Commercial Real Estate Market in Ripon, WI
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
14 active listings and 431 off-market properties in Ripon, WI.
Market Trends
Ripon, WI spans 110.9 square miles in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office vacancy in Ripon, WI runs 21.3% across the Midwest region in 2025, up from 13.7% in 2019.
Retail
Retail space in Ripon, WI has a median asking sale price of $92/SF (based on 3 listings). Vacancy runs 6.3% across the Midwest region in 2025, down from 8% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Ripon, WI 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
Multifamily vacancy in Ripon, WI 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 60.8%
- Commercial 16%
- Industrial 13.2%
- Civic 7.2%
- Agricultural 2.8%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Ripon, WI zones 2,793 acres across 11 districts. Commercial zoning covers 16% of zoned land, residential 60.8% and industrial 13.2%. The largest single district is Single Family Residence at 29.4%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 29.2% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
Single Family (R-1) residence district is intended to provide a quiet, pleasant and relatively spacious living area protected from traffic hazards and the intrusion of incompatible land uses
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Ripon, WI has 10,938 residents in 4,918 households. Density runs 99 people per square mile. Median household income here is $65,914 and median gross rent $708 a month.
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Nearby Markets
Commercial property in Ripon, WI asks $92/SF. The 2 bordering markets run from $102/SF in Princeton to $242/SF in Markesan, and the city sits below their $172/SF median.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 14 active for-sale and 0 active for-lease listings in Ripon, WI. The sale median is based on 7 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: 2,793 zoned acres across 11 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 and industrial vacancy is reported at Midwest 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
