Commercial Real Estate Market in Cedar Falls, IA
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
148 active listings and 2,481 off-market properties in Cedar Falls, IA. Commercial property asks $112/SF to buy and $20.00/SF/Yr to lease.
Market Trends
Cedar Falls, IA spans 127.6 square miles in Black Hawk County, Iowa. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office vacancy in Cedar Falls, IA runs 21.3% across the Midwest region in 2025, up from 13.7% in 2019.
Retail
Retail vacancy in Cedar Falls, IA runs 6.3% across the Midwest region in 2025, down from 8% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Cedar Falls, IA runs 4.9% across the Midwest region in 2025, up from 4.4% in 2019. Nearly 1.6x the 2022 low of 3.1%.
Multifamily
Multifamily space in Cedar Falls, IA has a median asking sale price of $85/SF (based on 6 listings). Vacancy runs 8% across the Midwest region in 2025, up from 6.5% in 2022.
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Cedar Falls, IA has 43,667 residents in 17,808 households. Density runs 342 people per square mile. Median household income here is $75,642 and median gross rent $1,176 a month.
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 63 active for-sale and 85 active for-lease listings in Cedar Falls, IA. The medians are based on 10 of the for-sale and 37 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.
- 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 Midwest region level, retail vacancy is reported at Midwest region level and industrial vacancy is reported at Midwest 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
