Market Intelligence Fort Lauderdale, FL
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Self-storage market in Fort Lauderdale, FL — July 2026
Based on the 23 facilities we track in Fort Lauderdale — a sample of Fort Lauderdale’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
Early read — we don’t yet track enough facilities in Fort Lauderdale, FL to publish precise per-size medians. As coverage fills in, the per-size medians and your rate position vs the US will appear here.
The bigger picture
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — market supply & demand
Lower storage supply per capita than ~97% of US metros — about 8.9 facilities per 100k people vs the 32.3 national median.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL looks under-supplied relative to the markets we track.
A metro of 6.1M residents and 2.3M households — the demand base behind the per-100k figure.
Supply: our registry · as of 2026-06
Demand trend
Population up ~4% since 2020 — a growing metro.
Net in-migration of ~222,000 residents since 2020.
Population trends historically correlate with storage demand — not a forecast. Census PEP, 2025 vintage.
Market context
Median household income
$73,481
Median gross rent
$1,770/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 Fort Lauderdale, FL, as of July 2026. Facility data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Foursquare. Rates reflect published street rates; individual facility pricing varies. Figures describe the 23 facilities in our dataset for this metro — a sample skewed toward facilities on certain software platforms, not a complete census of the market.