Commercial Real Estate Market in Butler, PA
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
67 active listings and 1,354 off-market properties in Butler, PA.
Market Trends
Butler, PA spans 149.1 square miles in Butler County, Pennsylvania. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office vacancy in Butler, PA runs 19.9% across the Northeast region in 2025, up from 13.1% in 2019.
Retail
Retail vacancy in Butler, PA runs 6% across the Northeast region in 2025, little changed from 6% in 2019. Down from a 2020 peak of 7.1%.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Butler, PA runs 7.6% across the Northeast region in 2025, up from 5.4% in 2019. Nearly 2.4x the 2021 low of 3.2%.
Multifamily
Multifamily vacancy in Butler, PA runs 5.6% across the Northeast region in 2025, up from 4% in 2022.
Zoning & Land Use
Land Use Mix share of zoned land by category
- Residential 66.9%
- Industrial 17.9%
- Mixed use 11.8%
- Commercial 3.4%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Butler, PA zones 1,743 acres across 8 districts. Commercial zoning covers 3.4% of zoned land, residential 66.9% and industrial 17.9%. The largest single district is Medium Density Residential at 39.7%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 21.3% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
Boundaries and Regulations § 260-8 Applicability. § 260-9 Interpretation of boundaries. § 260-10 General regulations. Article IV Establishment of Districts § 260-11 Purpose. § 260-12 Enumeration of districts. Article V R-1 Low-Density Residential District § 260-13 Permitted uses. § 260-14 Accessory uses. § 260-15 Conditional uses. § 260-15.1 Special exceptio…
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Butler, PA has 55,464 residents in 26,330 households. Density runs 372 people per square mile. Median household income here is $67,245 and median gross rent $843 a month.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Where does Realmo's Butler market data come from?
Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 50 active for-sale and 17 active for-lease listings in Butler, PA. The sale median is based on 5 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: 1,743 zoned acres across 8 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 Northeast region level, retail vacancy is reported at Northeast region level and industrial vacancy is reported at Northeast 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
