Commercial Real Estate Market in Rifle, CO
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
47 active listings and 552 off-market properties in Rifle, CO. Commercial property asks $233/SF to buy and $13.00/SF/Yr to lease.
Market Trends
Rifle, CO spans 1,022.7 square miles in Garfield County, Colorado. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office space in Rifle, CO has a median asking sale price of $226/SF (based on 4 listings). Vacancy runs 20.8% across the West region in 2025, up from 11% in 2019.
Retail
Retail vacancy in Rifle, CO runs 5.8% across the West region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Rifle, CO 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
Multifamily vacancy in Rifle, CO runs 8.6% across the West region in 2025, up from 7% in 2022.
Zoning & Land Use
Land Use Mix share of zoned land by category
- Planned_development 36.7%
- Residential 19.3%
- Industrial 15.3%
- Commercial 12.3%
- Agricultural 9.2%
- Special 2.9%
- Open space 1.7%
- Mixed use 0.3%
- Civic 0.1%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
The purpose of the LDRPUD District is to regulate established and developing areas of the City primarily built as single-unit residential neighborhoods or best suited for low density residential development
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Rifle, CO has 14,336 residents in 5,088 households. Density runs 14 people per square mile. Median household income here is $81,506 and median gross rent $1,236 a month.
Tools
Lease vs Buy Breakeven
At $13.00/SF/Yr lease vs $233/SF buy → buying wins if held > 6.7 years.
At a 5.6% gross asking yield the payback reads short relative to leasing. Assumes 30% down at 6.5% fixed, 2% a year in taxes and upkeep, 3% appreciation, 5% opportunity cost, 2% closing plus 5% selling costs, and a 3% annual rent escalator.
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 28 active for-sale and 19 active for-lease listings in Rifle, CO. The medians are based on 11 of the for-sale and 12 of the for-lease listings, those that state a price or rent per square foot. 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.
- Zoning and land use
- The current municipal zoning release: 4,463 zoned acres across 26 districts. Shares are of zoned land, so parcels the release leaves unclassified are excluded from the mix.
- 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
