Commercial Real Estate Market in Auburn, ME
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
63 active listings and 821 off-market properties in Auburn, ME. Commercial property asks $152/SF to buy and $11.50/SF/Yr to lease (based on 5 listings).
Market Trends
Auburn, ME spans 59.3 square miles in Androscoggin County, Maine. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Across Androscoggin County, office space asks $130/SF to buy. Office vacancy in Auburn, ME runs 19.9% across the Northeast region in 2025, up from 13.1% in 2019.
Retail
Across Androscoggin County, retail space asks $196/SF to buy. Retail vacancy in Auburn, ME 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 Auburn, ME 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 Androscoggin County, multifamily space asks $131/SF to buy. Multifamily vacancy in Auburn, ME 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
- Agricultural 52.1%
- Residential 19.6%
- Industrial 8.6%
- Commercial 7.7%
- Planned_development 6.5%
- Civic 5.5%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
The City of Auburn is hereby divided into zoning districts designated as follows and more fully described on the official Zoning Map. District Title Classification Short Title Agriculture & Resource Protection Resource AG Low Density Country Residential Resource/ LDCR R e s i d e n t i a l Rural Residence Residential RR Suburban Residence Residential SR Urba…
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Auburn, ME has 24,061 residents in 11,113 households. Density runs 405 people per square mile. Median household income here is $66,552 and median gross rent $983 a month.
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Nearby Markets
Commercial property in Auburn, ME asks $152/SF. The 2 bordering markets run from $99/SF in Greene to $123/SF in Lewiston, and the city sits above their $111/SF median.
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 49 active for-sale and 14 active for-lease listings in Auburn, ME. The medians are based on 44 of the for-sale and 5 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: 39,210 zoned acres across 17 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
