Commercial Real Estate Market in McHenry, IL
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
74 active listings and 1,385 off-market properties in McHenry, IL. Commercial property asks $124/SF to buy (based on 9 listings) and $16.25/SF/Yr to lease.
Market Trends
McHenry, IL spans 59.6 square miles in McHenry County, Illinois. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office space in McHenry, IL has a median asking sale price of $102/SF (based on 6 listings). Vacancy runs 21.3% across the Midwest region in 2025, up from 13.7% in 2019.
Retail
Retail vacancy in McHenry, IL runs 6.3% across the Midwest region in 2025, down from 8% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in McHenry, 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 vacancy in McHenry, IL 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 66.4%
- Commercial 12.6%
- Industrial 9.3%
- Agricultural 8.1%
- Civic 1.2%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
McHenry, IL zones 8,386 acres across 23 districts. Commercial zoning covers 12.6% of zoned land, residential 66.4% and industrial 9.3%. The largest single district is Low Density Single Family Residential District at 17%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 21.9% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
RS-1 Low Density Single-Family Residential District RS-1a Medium Low Density Single-Family Residential District RS-2 Medium Density Single-Family Residential District RS-3 Medium High Density Single-Family Residential District RS-4 High Density Single-Family Residential District RA-1 Attached Residential District RM-1 Low Density Multi-Family Residential Dis…
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
McHenry, IL has 56,503 residents in 23,609 households. Density runs 948 people per square mile. Median household income here is $94,129 and median gross rent $1,584 a month.
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 35 active for-sale and 39 active for-lease listings in McHenry, IL. The medians are based on 9 of the for-sale and 11 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: 8,386 zoned acres across 23 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
