Commercial Real Estate Market in Wiscasset, ME
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
4 active listings and 27 off-market properties in Wiscasset, ME.
Market Trends
Wiscasset, ME spans 33.4 square miles in Lincoln County, Maine. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office vacancy in Wiscasset, ME runs 19.9% across the Northeast region in 2025, up from 13.1% in 2019.
Retail
Across Lincoln County, retail space asks $315/SF to buy. Retail vacancy in Wiscasset, 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 Wiscasset, 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 Lincoln County, multifamily space asks $295/SF to buy. Multifamily vacancy in Wiscasset, 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 90.3%
- Open space 2%
- Commercial 1.9%
- Industrial 1.7%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Wiscasset, ME zones 15,955 acres across 14 districts. Commercial zoning covers 1.9% of zoned land, residential 90.3%, open space 2% and industrial 1.7%. The largest single district is Rural District at 76.9%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 3.6% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
This zoning district is intended to include storage of fishing, clamming and similar gear, renting of rooms in a private dwelling
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Wiscasset, ME has 4,461 residents in 2,286 households. Density runs 133 people per square mile. Median household income here is $82,750 and median gross rent $1,190 a month.
Tools
Nearby Markets
Commercial property in Wiscasset, ME asks $195/SF. The 2 bordering markets run from $234/SF in Boothbay to $284/SF in Edgecomb, and the city sits below their $259/SF median.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 4 active for-sale and 0 active for-lease listings in Wiscasset, ME. The sale median is based on 3 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: 15,955 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
