Commercial Real Estate Market in Kent, OH
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
38 active listings and 1,182 off-market properties in Kent, OH.
Market Trends
Kent, OH spans 40.2 square miles in Portage County, Ohio. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office vacancy in Kent, OH runs 21.3% across the Midwest region in 2025, up from 13.7% in 2019.
Retail
Retail vacancy in Kent, OH runs 6.3% across the Midwest region in 2025, down from 8% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Kent, 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
Across Portage County, multifamily space asks $138/SF to buy. Multifamily vacancy in Kent, OH 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 56.3%
- Civic 15%
- Industrial 11.1%
- Open space 9.4%
- Commercial 8.2%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Kent, OH zones 5,776 acres across 15 districts. Commercial zoning covers 8.2% of zoned land, residential 56.3%, open space 9.4% and industrial 11.1%. The largest single district is Medium Density Residential at 24.4%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 19.3% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
This district is established to encourage single family residential development at medium densities in areas of existing development of such density and thereby providing a more orderly and efficient extension of public facilities
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Kent, OH has 44,024 residents in 20,235 households. Density runs 1,096 people per square mile. Median household income here is $57,415 and median gross rent $989 a month.
Tools
Nearby Markets
| Market | Median Asking Price, $/SF | Median Asking Rent, $/SF/Yr |
|---|---|---|
| Stow | $136 | $11.42 |
| Tallmadge | $122 | — |
| Ravenna | $109 | — |
| Cuyahoga Falls | $138 | $13.74 |
Commercial property in Kent, OH asks $124/SF. The 4 bordering markets run from $109/SF in Ravenna to $138/SF in Cuyahoga Falls, and the city sits below their $129/SF median.
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 17 active for-sale and 21 active for-lease listings in Kent, OH. The sale median is based on 8 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: 5,776 zoned acres across 15 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
