Market Intelligence Birmingham, AL
Comp-rich · 32 tracked
Self-storage market in Birmingham, AL — July 2026
Based on the 32 facilities we track in Birmingham — a sample of Birmingham’s market, not every facility.
As of July 2026 · data via OpenStreetMap + Foursquare
Market tightness
Soft
Aggregate demand signal — not a facility occupancy figure.
Running a move-in promo
13%
Median rate by size
5×5
$38/mo
~22% below US ($49/mo)
typical $35/mo–$49/mo
5×10
$64/mo
~2% below US ($65/mo)
typical $49/mo–$80/mo
10×10
$115/mo
~21% above US ($95/mo)
typical $83/mo–$134/mo
10×20
$163/mo
~19% above US ($137/mo)
typical $119/mo–$215/mo
The bigger picture
Birmingham, AL — market supply & demand
Lower storage supply per capita than ~71% of US metros — about 23.9 facilities per 100k people vs the 32.3 national median.
Birmingham, AL looks under-supplied relative to the markets we track.
A metro of 1.2M residents and 461K households — the demand base behind the per-100k figure.
Supply: our registry · as of 2026-06
Demand trend
Population up ~1% since 2020 — a growing metro.
Net in-migration of ~19,000 residents since 2020.
Population trends historically correlate with storage demand — not a forecast. Census PEP, 2025 vintage.
Market context
Median household income
$69,627
Median gross rent
$1,114/mo
Renter share
71%
Census 2023 ACS 5-yr · demand context — these historically correlate with storage demand, not a forecast.
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Data & methodology
Aggregate analysis of publicly available self-storage facility data in Birmingham, AL, as of July 2026. Facility data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Foursquare. Rates reflect published street rates; individual facility pricing varies. Figures describe the 32 facilities in our dataset for this metro — a sample skewed toward facilities on certain software platforms, not a complete census of the market.