Commercial Real Estate Market in Scarborough, ME
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
31 active listings and 626 off-market properties in Scarborough, ME. Commercial property asks $261/SF to buy and $16.00/SF/Yr to lease (based on 7 listings).
Market Trends
Scarborough, ME spans 47.6 square miles in Cumberland County, Maine. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Across Cumberland County, office space asks $206/SF to buy. Office vacancy in Scarborough, ME runs 19.9% across the Northeast region in 2025, up from 13.1% in 2019.
Retail
Across Cumberland County, retail space asks $282/SF to buy. Retail vacancy in Scarborough, 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 Scarborough, 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 Cumberland County, multifamily space asks $268/SF to buy. Multifamily vacancy in Scarborough, 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 83.2%
- Mixed use 5.8%
- Industrial 4%
- Commercial 2.8%
- Civic 2.4%
- Planned_development 1.8%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Scarborough, ME zones 31,610 acres across 27 districts. Commercial zoning covers 2.8% of zoned land, residential 83.2% and industrial 4%. The largest single district is Rural And Farming at 49.1%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 6.7% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
To conserve the integrity and natural qualities of rural open space for the betterment and future of the community and encourage the continuation of agriculture and related activities in these areas of the community. To this end, residential development shall not be in excess of 1 dwelling unit per 2 residential acres
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Scarborough, ME has 21,952 residents in 10,561 households. Density runs 461 people per square mile. Median household income here is $125,642 and median gross rent $1,821 a month.
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 18 active for-sale and 13 active for-lease listings in Scarborough, ME. The medians are based on 12 of the for-sale and 7 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: 31,610 zoned acres across 27 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
