Commercial Real Estate Market in York, PA
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
326 active listings and 4,357 off-market properties in York, PA. Commercial property asks $98/SF to buy and $15.00/SF/Yr to lease.
Market Trends
York, PA spans 197.6 square miles in York County, Pennsylvania. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office vacancy in York, PA runs 19.9% across the Northeast region in 2025, up from 13.1% in 2019.
Retail
Retail vacancy in York, 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 York, 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 York County, multifamily space asks $108/SF to buy. Multifamily vacancy in York, 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
- Commercial 49.5%
- Residential 30.5%
- Open space 8.6%
- Civic 6.5%
- Mixed use 4.9%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
York, PA zones 3,415 acres across 9 districts. Commercial zoning covers 49.5% of zoned land, residential 30.5% and open space 8.6%. The largest single district is Employment Center at 25.6%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 49.5% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
York, PA has 210,319 residents in 87,227 households. Density runs 1,064 people per square mile. Median household income here is $75,774 and median gross rent $1,223 a month.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 161 active for-sale and 165 active for-lease listings in York, PA. The medians are based on 75 of the for-sale and 10 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: 3,415 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
