Commercial Real Estate Market in Harrisburg, PA
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315 active listings and 4,971 off-market properties in Harrisburg, PA. Commercial property asks $112/SF to buy and $14.50/SF/Yr to lease.
Market Trends
Harrisburg, PA spans 120.7 square miles in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office vacancy in Harrisburg, PA runs 19.9% across the Northeast region in 2025, up from 13.1% in 2019.
Retail
Retail vacancy in Harrisburg, 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 Harrisburg, 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
Across Dauphin County, multifamily space asks $96/SF to buy. Multifamily vacancy in Harrisburg, 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
- Open space 43.6%
- Residential 22.3%
- Industrial 17%
- Civic 11.5%
- Commercial 5.8%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Harrisburg, PA zones 7,604 acres across 9 districts. Commercial zoning covers 5.8% of zoned land, residential 22.3%, open space 43.6% and industrial 17%. The largest single district is Open Space Recreation at 42%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 22.7% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
To preserve important open space and environmental resources, to maintain flood prone areas in open space to minimize flood damages and hazards, to provide for a range of recreation-oriented facilities to serve residents and to attract visitors to the City, and to provide for certain water related public utilities
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Harrisburg, PA has 180,991 residents in 81,256 households. Density runs 1,500 people per square mile. Median household income here is $74,653 and median gross rent $1,236 a month.
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Nearby Markets
| Market | Median Asking Price, $/SF | Median Asking Rent, $/SF/Yr |
|---|---|---|
| Swatara | $152 | $20.00 |
| Steelton | $81 | — |
| Highspire | $152 | — |
| Hummelstown | $206 | — |
Commercial property in Harrisburg, PA asks $112/SF. The 4 bordering markets run from $81/SF in Steelton to $206/SF in Hummelstown, and the city sits below their $152/SF median.
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 179 active for-sale and 136 active for-lease listings in Harrisburg, PA. The medians are based on 90 of the for-sale and 24 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: 7,604 zoned acres across 9 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
