Commercial Real Estate Market in Dayton, OH
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
414 active listings and 18,928 off-market properties in Dayton, OH. Commercial property asks $70/SF to buy and $15.00/SF/Yr to lease.
Market Trends
Dayton, OH spans 316.8 square miles in Darke County, Ohio. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office space in Dayton, OH has a median asking sale price of $79/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 Dayton, OH has a median asking sale price of $113/SF (based on 5 listings). Vacancy runs 7.6% in 2025, down from 9.8% in 2020. Nearly 1.5x the 2023 low of 5%.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Dayton, OH 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 Dayton, OH has a median asking sale price of $67/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
- Residential 33.6%
- Industrial 21.4%
- Commercial 16%
- Agricultural 10.2%
- Special 8.8%
- Civic 3.6%
- Mixed use 0.1%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Dayton, OH zones 36,373 acres across 26 districts. Commercial zoning covers 16% of zoned land, residential 33.6% and industrial 21.4%. The largest single district is Eclectic Single Family Residential at 15.1%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 37.4% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
Historic Overlay District HD-3 Historic Overlay District PD Planned Development Overlay District UP Urban Preservation Overlay District WO Well Head Operation District WP Water Protection Overlay District OS Park/Open Space District (Ord. 30515-05, passed 12-28-05, amend Ord. 30948-09, passed 12-16-09; amend Ord. 31426-15, passed 7-29-15; amend Ord. 31490-16…
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Dayton, OH has 489,504 residents in 231,159 households. Density runs 1,545 people per square mile. Median household income here is $70,082 and median gross rent $1,032 a month.
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 228 active for-sale and 186 active for-lease listings in Dayton, OH. The medians are based on 106 of the for-sale and 17 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: 36,373 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, industrial vacancy is reported at Midwest region level and multifamily 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
