Commercial Real Estate Market in Orleans, MA
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
45 active listings and 557 off-market properties in Orleans, MA. Commercial property asks $389/SF to buy and $37.15/SF/Yr to lease (based on 6 listings).
Market Trends
Orleans, MA spans 12.1 square miles in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Across Barnstable County, office space asks $315/SF to buy. Office vacancy in Orleans, MA runs 19.9% across the Northeast region in 2025, up from 13.1% in 2019.
Retail
Across Barnstable County, retail space asks $373/SF to buy. Retail vacancy in Orleans, MA runs 6% across the Northeast region in 2025, little changed from 6% in 2019. Down from a 2020 peak of 7.1%.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Orleans, MA runs 7.6% across the Northeast region in 2025, up from 5.4% in 2019. Nearly 2.4x the 2021 low of 3.2%.
Multifamily
Across Barnstable County, multifamily space asks $567/SF to buy. Multifamily vacancy in Orleans, MA runs 5.6% across the Northeast region in 2025, up from 4% in 2022.
Zoning & Land Use
Land Use Mix share of zoned land by category
- Residential 79.4%
- Industrial 14.8%
- Commercial 4.7%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Orleans, MA zones 9,265 acres across 9 districts. Commercial zoning covers 4.7% of zoned land, residential 79.4% and industrial 14.8%. The largest single district is Residence at 79.2%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 19.5% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Orleans, MA has 6,307 residents in 5,685 households. Density runs 523 people per square mile. Median household income here is $98,798 and median gross rent $1,181 a month.
Tools
Nearby Markets
| Market | Median Asking Price, $/SF | Median Asking Rent, $/SF/Yr |
|---|---|---|
| Eastham | $407 | $12.50 |
| Brewster | $356 | — |
| Harwich | $350 | $18.00 |
| Chatham | $432 | $33.64 |
Commercial property in Orleans, MA asks $389/SF. The 4 bordering markets run from $350/SF in Harwich to $432/SF in Chatham, and the city sits in line with their $382/SF median.
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 28 active for-sale and 17 active for-lease listings in Orleans, MA. The medians are based on 20 of the for-sale and 6 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: 9,265 zoned acres across 9 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 Northeast region level, retail vacancy is reported at Northeast region level and industrial vacancy is reported at Northeast 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
