Commercial Real Estate Market in Ellicott City, MD
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
85 active listings and 1,047 off-market properties in Ellicott City, MD. Commercial property asks $243/SF to buy (based on 8 listings) and $25.51/SF/Yr to lease (based on 9 listings).
Market Trends
Ellicott City, MD spans 54.1 square miles in Howard County, Maryland. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office vacancy in Ellicott City, MD runs 20.2% across the South region in 2025, up from 14.4% in 2019.
Retail
Retail vacancy in Ellicott City, MD runs 5.4% across the South region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Ellicott City, MD 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 Ellicott City, MD runs 11.3% across the South region in 2025, up from 8.5% in 2022.
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Ellicott City, MD has 91,922 residents in 33,247 households. Density runs 1,699 people per square mile. Median household income here is $164,685 and median gross rent $2,100 a month.
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 41 active for-sale and 44 active for-lease listings in Ellicott City, MD. The medians are based on 8 of the for-sale and 9 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.
- 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
