Commercial Real Estate Market in Colchester, VT
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
20 active listings and 449 off-market properties in Colchester, VT.
Market Trends
Colchester, VT spans 36.7 square miles in Chittenden County, Vermont. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office vacancy in Colchester, VT runs 19.9% across the Northeast region in 2025, up from 13.1% in 2019.
Retail
Retail vacancy in Colchester, VT 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 Colchester, VT 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 Chittenden County, multifamily space asks $287/SF to buy. Multifamily vacancy in Colchester, VT 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
- Special 47.9%
- Residential 28.6%
- Agricultural 10.6%
- Commercial 6.4%
- Industrial 4.7%
- Mixed use 0.9%
- Open space 0.1%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
FP Flood Plain District AMU Agricultural Mixed-Use District (5) Overlay Districts GD4C General Development Four Commercial District SD Shoreland District WPD Water Protection District HPD Historic Preservation District TDRD Transferable Development Rights District 2.01-B Description of Certain Districts. 2-2 Colchester Development Regulations Supplement 49 (…
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Colchester, VT has 17,536 residents in 7,701 households. Density runs 478 people per square mile. Median household income here is $97,442 and median gross rent $1,323 a month.
Tools
Nearby Markets
| Market | Median Asking Price, $/SF | Median Asking Rent, $/SF/Yr |
|---|---|---|
| Winooski | $293 | — |
| Burlington | $274 | $15.00 |
Commercial property in Colchester, VT asks $223/SF. The 2 bordering markets run from $274/SF in Burlington to $293/SF in Winooski, and the city sits below their $283/SF median.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 9 active for-sale and 11 active for-lease listings in Colchester, VT. The sale median is based on 3 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: 37,959 zoned acres across 20 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
