Commercial Real Estate Market in Calais, ME
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
20 active listings and 31 off-market properties in Calais, ME.
Market Trends
Calais, ME spans 34.3 square miles in Washington County, Maine. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Across Washington County, office space asks $172/SF to buy. Office vacancy in Calais, ME runs 19.9% across the Northeast region in 2025, up from 13.1% in 2019.
Retail
Across Washington County, retail space asks $106/SF to buy. Retail vacancy in Calais, 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 Calais, 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 Washington County, multifamily space asks $85/SF to buy. Multifamily vacancy in Calais, 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
- Residential 71.7%
- Open space 20.5%
- Industrial 3.5%
- Commercial 1.6%
- Civic 1.3%
- Special 1.3%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Calais, ME zones 23,309 acres across 14 districts. Commercial zoning covers 1.6% of zoned land, residential 71.7%, open space 20.5% and industrial 3.5%. The largest single district is Rural Residence And Farming at 63.5%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 5.1% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
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Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Calais, ME has 3,079 residents in 1,603 households. Density runs 90 people per square mile. Median household income here is $48,654 and median gross rent $815 a month.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 20 active for-sale and 0 active for-lease listings in Calais, ME. The sale median is based on 17 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: 23,309 zoned acres across 14 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
