Market Intelligence Chattanooga, TN
Comp-rich · 20 tracked
Self-storage market in Chattanooga, TN — August 2026
Based on the 20 facilities we track in Chattanooga — a sample of Chattanooga’s market, not every facility.
As of August 2026 · data via OpenStreetMap + Foursquare
Market tightness
Balanced
Aggregate demand signal — not a facility occupancy figure.
Running a move-in promo
15%
Median rate by size
5×5
$32/mo
~35% below US ($49/mo)
typical $14/mo–$52/mo
5×10
$65/mo
~2% above US ($64/mo)
typical $28/mo–$89/mo
10×10
$75/mo
~19% below US ($93/mo)
typical $45/mo–$95/mo
10×20
$113/mo
~18% below US ($137/mo)
typical $63/mo–$122/mo
The bigger picture
Chattanooga, TN-GA — market supply & demand
Chattanooga, TN-GA tracks the US norm on storage supply — about 28.8 facilities per 100k people vs the 32.3 national median.
A metro of 569K residents and 227K households — the demand base behind the per-100k figure.
Supply: our registry · as of 2026-06
Demand trend
Population up ~5% since 2020 — a growing metro.
Net in-migration of ~32,000 residents since 2020.
Population trends historically correlate with storage demand — not a forecast. Census PEP, 2025 vintage.
Market context
Median household income
$68,666
Median gross rent
$1,084/mo
Renter share
68%
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 Chattanooga, TN, as of August 2026. Facility data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Foursquare. Rates reflect published street rates; individual facility pricing varies. Figures describe the 20 facilities in our dataset for this metro — a sample skewed toward facilities on certain software platforms, not a complete census of the market.