Commercial Real Estate Market in Bay City, MI
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
83 active listings and 2,745 off-market properties in Bay City, MI. Commercial property asks $117/SF to buy and $12.00/SF/Yr to lease (based on 9 listings).
Market Trends
Bay City, MI spans 95.8 square miles in Bay County, Michigan. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office space in Bay City, MI has a median asking sale price of $117/SF (based on 8 listings). Vacancy runs 21.3% across the Midwest region in 2025, up from 13.7% in 2019.
Retail
Retail space in Bay City, MI has a median asking sale price of $171/SF (based on 5 listings). Vacancy runs 6.3% across the Midwest region in 2025, down from 8% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Bay City, MI runs 4.9% across the Midwest region in 2025, up from 4.4% in 2019. Nearly 1.6x the 2022 low of 3.1%.
Multifamily
Multifamily space in Bay City, MI has a median asking sale price of $90/SF (based on 4 listings). Vacancy runs 8% across the Midwest region in 2025, up from 6.5% in 2022.
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Bay City, MI has 65,241 residents in 30,788 households. Density runs 681 people per square mile. Median household income here is $57,274 and median gross rent $814 a month.
Tools
Nearby Markets
| Market | Median Asking Price, $/SF | Median Asking Rent, $/SF/Yr |
|---|---|---|
| Freeland | $121 | $15.00 |
| Saginaw | $71 | $13.00 |
| Midland | $132 | $16.13 |
Commercial property in Bay City, MI asks $117/SF. The 3 bordering markets run from $71/SF in Saginaw to $132/SF in Midland, and the city sits below their $121/SF median.
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 53 active for-sale and 30 active for-lease listings in Bay City, MI. The medians are based on 22 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 Midwest region level, retail vacancy is reported at Midwest region level and industrial vacancy is reported at Midwest 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
