Commercial Real Estate Market in Sterling, CO
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
21 active listings and 814 off-market properties in Sterling, CO.
Market Trends
Sterling, CO spans 475.8 square miles in Logan County, Colorado. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office vacancy in Sterling, CO runs 20.8% across the West region in 2025, up from 11% in 2019.
Retail
Retail vacancy in Sterling, CO runs 5.8% across the West region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Sterling, 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 space in Sterling, CO has a median asking sale price of $122/SF (based on 5 listings). Vacancy 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
- Residential 34.7%
- Industrial 24.6%
- Commercial 20.7%
- Open space 16.3%
- Civic 0.4%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Sterling, CO zones 4,107 acres across 12 districts. Commercial zoning covers 20.7% of zoned land, residential 34.7%, open space 16.3% and industrial 24.6%. The largest single district is Community Business at 19.1%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 45.4% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
Areas permitting a wider range of retail, business, and commercial opportunities serving a number of neighborhoods, the community, and/or visitors.
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Sterling, CO has 17,702 residents in 6,864 households. Density runs 37 people per square mile. Median household income here is $49,221 and median gross rent $1,033 a month.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Where does Realmo's Sterling market data come from?
Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 19 active for-sale and 2 active for-lease listings in Sterling, CO. The sale median is based on 6 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.
- Zoning and land use
- The current municipal zoning release: 4,107 zoned acres across 12 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
