Commercial Real Estate Market in Dubuque, IA
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
164 active listings and 2,813 off-market properties in Dubuque, IA. Commercial property asks $76/SF to buy and $12.00/SF/Yr to lease.
Market Trends
Dubuque, IA spans 111.7 square miles in Dubuque County, Iowa. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office space in Dubuque, IA has a median asking sale price of $140/SF (based on 3 listings). Vacancy runs 21.3% across the Midwest region in 2025, up from 13.7% in 2019.
Retail
Retail space in Dubuque, IA has a median asking sale price of $132/SF (based on 7 listings). Vacancy runs 6.3% across the Midwest region in 2025, down from 8% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Dubuque, 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 Dubuque, IA has a median asking sale price of $72/SF. Vacancy runs 8% across the Midwest region in 2025, up from 6.5% in 2022.
Zoning & Land Use
Land Use Mix share of zoned land by category
- Residential 46.6%
- Planned_development 20.3%
- Agricultural 11.7%
- Commercial 9.9%
- Industrial 9.2%
- Civic 1.6%
- Open space 0.6%
- Mixed use 0.1%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
R - 1 Single - Family Residential The R - 1 District is the most restrictive residential district and is intended to protect low density residential areas from the encroachment of incompatible uses. The principal use of land in this district is for low density single - family dwellings and related recreational, religious and educational facilities. 5 - 2.1 P…
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Dubuque, IA has 74,809 residents in 33,492 households. Density runs 670 people per square mile. Median household income here is $73,857 and median gross rent $954 a month.
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 81 active for-sale and 83 active for-lease listings in Dubuque, IA. The medians are based on 42 of the for-sale and 40 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: 20,731 zoned acres across 42 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 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
