Commercial Real Estate Market in Carbondale, IL
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
68 active listings and 1,281 off-market properties in Carbondale, IL. Commercial property asks $87/SF to buy and $8.84/SF/Yr to lease (based on 3 listings).
Market Trends
Carbondale, IL spans 111.6 square miles in Jackson County, Illinois. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office space in Carbondale, IL has a median asking sale price of $95/SF (based on 4 listings). Vacancy runs 21.3% across the Midwest region in 2025, up from 13.7% in 2019.
Retail
Retail space in Carbondale, IL has a median asking sale price of $183/SF (based on 3 listings). Vacancy runs 6.3% across the Midwest region in 2025, down from 8% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Carbondale, IL 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 Carbondale, IL has a median asking sale price of $80/SF (based on 8 listings). 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
- Agricultural 54.9%
- Residential 15.8%
- Civic 12.7%
- Open space 6.5%
- Commercial 4.3%
- Industrial 3.4%
- Planned_development 1.3%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
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Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Carbondale, IL has 29,784 residents in 16,290 households. Density runs 267 people per square mile. Median household income here is $39,682 and median gross rent $762 a month.
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 55 active for-sale and 13 active for-lease listings in Carbondale, IL. The medians are based on 19 of the for-sale and 3 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: 32,141 zoned acres across 27 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
