Market Intelligence Dallas, TX
Comp-rich · 44 tracked
Self-storage market in Dallas, TX — August 2026
Based on the 44 facilities we track in Dallas — a sample of Dallas’s market, not every facility.
As of August 2026 · data via OpenStreetMap + Foursquare
Market tightness
Soft
Aggregate demand signal — not a facility occupancy figure.
Running a move-in promo
11%
Median rate by size
5×5
$33/mo
~33% below US ($49/mo)
typical $22/mo–$41/mo
5×10
$60/mo
~6% below US ($64/mo)
typical $42/mo–$77/mo
10×10
$104/mo
~12% above US ($93/mo)
typical $73/mo–$124/mo
10×20
$134/mo
~2% below US ($137/mo)
typical $114/mo–$200/mo
The bigger picture
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — market supply & demand
Lower storage supply per capita than ~86% of US metros — about 17.1 facilities per 100k people vs the 32.3 national median.
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX looks under-supplied relative to the markets we track.
A metro of 7.8M residents and 2.8M households — the demand base behind the per-100k figure.
Supply: our registry · as of 2026-06
Demand trend
Population up ~11% since 2020 — a growing metro.
Net in-migration of ~580,000 residents since 2020.
Population trends historically correlate with storage demand — not a forecast. Census PEP, 2025 vintage.
Market context
Median household income
$87,155
Median gross rent
$1,509/mo
Renter share
60%
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 Dallas, TX, as of August 2026. Facility data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Foursquare. Rates reflect published street rates; individual facility pricing varies. Figures describe the 44 facilities in our dataset for this metro — a sample skewed toward facilities on certain software platforms, not a complete census of the market.