Commercial Real Estate Market in Wooster, OH
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
48 active listings and 2,889 off-market properties in Wooster, OH. Commercial property asks $140/SF to buy (based on 6 listings) and $11.64/SF/Yr to lease (based on 6 listings).
Market Trends
Wooster, OH spans 154.9 square miles in Wayne County, Ohio. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office vacancy in Wooster, OH runs 21.3% across the Midwest region in 2025, up from 13.7% in 2019.
Retail
Retail vacancy in Wooster, OH runs 6.3% across the Midwest region in 2025, down from 8% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Wooster, 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 Wayne County, multifamily space asks $108/SF to buy. Multifamily vacancy in Wooster, 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 40%
- Industrial 26.7%
- Commercial 9.3%
- Open space 1.9%
- Civic 1.4%
- Planned_development 1%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Wooster, OH zones 11,134 acres across 15 districts. Commercial zoning covers 9.3% of zoned land, residential 40%, open space 1.9% and industrial 26.7%. The largest single district is Suburban Single Family Residential District at 23.9%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 36% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
The purpose of the I-2 General Industrial District is to provide for industrial and other uses that by virtue of their external effects, noise, glare, fumes, smoke, dust, odors, truck and/or rail traffic, should be isolated from residential and commercial uses. These uses perform essential functions for the City, including employment, and should be provided…
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Wooster, OH has 44,666 residents in 19,369 households. Density runs 288 people per square mile. Median household income here is $71,319 and median gross rent $881 a month.
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 18 active for-sale and 30 active for-lease listings in Wooster, OH. The medians are based on 6 of the for-sale and 6 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: 11,134 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, industrial vacancy is reported at Midwest region level and asking prices run materially above recent closed pricing.
- 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
