Commercial Real Estate Market in Stanford, KY
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
8 active listings and 464 off-market properties in Stanford, KY.
Market Trends
Stanford, KY spans 139.6 square miles in Lincoln County, Kentucky. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office vacancy in Stanford, KY runs 20.2% across the South region in 2025, up from 14.4% in 2019.
Retail
Retail space in Stanford, KY has a median asking sale price of $395/SF (based on 3 listings). Vacancy runs 5.4% across the South region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Stanford, KY runs 7.9% across the South region in 2025, up from 6% in 2019. Nearly 2.3x the 2022 low of 3.5%.
Multifamily
Multifamily vacancy in Stanford, KY runs 11.3% across the South region in 2025, up from 8.5% in 2022.
Zoning & Land Use
Land Use Mix share of zoned land by category
- Residential 59.1%
- Commercial 27.2%
- Industrial 9.6%
- Agricultural 4%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Stanford, KY zones 2,817 acres across 10 districts. Commercial zoning covers 27.2% of zoned land, residential 59.1% and industrial 9.6%. The largest single district is Residential Low Density at 44.4%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 36.9% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
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Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Stanford, KY has 12,034 residents in 5,686 households. Density runs 86 people per square mile. Median household income here is $54,566 and median gross rent $688 a month.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 8 active for-sale and 0 active for-lease listings in Stanford, KY. The sale median is based on 7 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: 2,817 zoned acres across 10 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 South region level, retail vacancy is reported at South region level and industrial vacancy is reported at South 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
