Commercial Real Estate Market in Lincoln, NE
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
343 active listings and 6,053 off-market properties in Lincoln, NE. Commercial property asks $146/SF to buy and $14.50/SF/Yr to lease.
Market Trends
Lincoln, NE spans 262.7 square miles in Lancaster County, Nebraska. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office space in Lincoln, NE has a median asking sale price of $82/SF (based on 3 listings). Vacancy runs 21.3% across the Midwest region in 2025, up from 13.7% in 2019.
Retail
Retail space in Lincoln, NE has a median asking sale price of $175/SF (based on 3 listings). Vacancy runs 6.3% across the Midwest region in 2025, down from 8% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial space in Lincoln, NE has a median asking sale price of $111/SF (based on 4 listings). Vacancy 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 Lincoln, NE has a median asking sale price of $151/SF. Vacancy runs 8% across the Midwest region in 2025, up from 6.5% in 2022.
Zoning & Land Use
Land Use Mix share of zoned land by category
- Agricultural 58.8%
- Residential 23.5%
- Industrial 5.9%
- Commercial 4.1%
- Mixed use 0.1%
- Civic 0%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Lincoln, NE has 299,302 residents in 129,772 households. Density runs 1,139 people per square mile. Median household income here is $74,461 and median gross rent $1,068 a month.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 116 active for-sale and 227 active for-lease listings in Lincoln, NE. The medians are based on 42 of the for-sale and 40 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: 185,122 zoned acres across 26 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 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
