Commercial Real Estate Market in East Palo Alto, CA
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
14 active listings and 235 off-market properties in East Palo Alto, CA.
Market Trends
East Palo Alto, CA spans 8.4 square miles in Santa Clara County, California. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office vacancy in East Palo Alto, CA runs 20.8% across the West region in 2025, up from 11% in 2019.
Retail
Retail vacancy in East Palo Alto, CA runs 5.8% across the West region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in East Palo Alto, CA runs 7.9% across the West region in 2025, up from 3.7% in 2019. Nearly 3.2x the 2022 low of 2.5%.
Multifamily
Across Santa Clara County, multifamily space asks $685/SF to buy. Multifamily vacancy in East Palo Alto, CA runs 8.6% across the West region in 2025, up from 7% in 2022.
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
East Palo Alto, CA has 48,281 residents in 15,927 households. Density runs 5,721 people per square mile. Median household income here is $148,031 and median gross rent $2,710 a month.
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Nearby Markets
| Market | Median Asking Price, $/SF | Median Asking Rent, $/SF/Yr |
|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto | $949 | $60.00 |
| Menlo Park | $1,079 | $12.00 |
Commercial property in East Palo Alto, CA asks $481/SF. The 2 bordering markets run from $949/SF in Palo Alto to $1,079/SF in Menlo Park, and the city sits below their $1,014/SF median.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 6 active for-sale and 8 active for-lease listings in East Palo Alto, CA. The sale median is based on 4 of the for-sale listings that state a price per square foot; too few for-lease listings state a rent per square foot for a rent median. These are ASKING figures from live listings, not closed-transaction prices, and a figure resting on fewer than 10 listings says so where it is quoted.
- Vacancy rates
- Published per-sector market series, taken at the metro level where one exists and otherwise at the Census-region level — a chart reading "in <region> region" is a regional number, not this city's.
- Refresh
- The monthly aggregates close at the end of the previous month, so 31 October 2026 — not today — is the honest last update.
- Known limitations
- office vacancy is reported at West region level, retail vacancy is reported at West region level and industrial vacancy is reported at West region level.
- Coverage
- Metrics below the 10-observation threshold fall back one geographic level. The geography used is named on each figure.
Compiled by the Realmo Data team · reviewed 31 October 2026 · How Realmo checks market page data · Report a data issue
