Self-storage market in Houston, TX — July 2026

Based on the 143 facilities we track in Houston — a sample of Houston’s market, not every facility.

As of July 2026 · data via OpenStreetMap + Foursquare

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Market tightness

Soft

Aggregate demand signal — not a facility occupancy figure.

Running a move-in promo

10%

Median rate by size

5×5

$29/mo

~41% below US ($49/mo)

typical $14/mo–$45/mo

5×10

$43/mo

~34% below US ($65/mo)

typical $24/mo–$69/mo

10×10

$68/mo

~28% below US ($95/mo)

typical $50/mo–$99/mo

10×20

$144/mo

~5% above US ($137/mo)

typical $86/mo–$199/mo

The bigger picture

Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — market supply & demand

Lower storage supply per capita than ~86% of US metros — about 17.3 facilities per 100k people vs the 32.3 national median.

Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX looks under-supplied relative to the markets we track.

A metro of 7.3M residents and 2.6M households — the demand base behind the per-100k figure.

Supply: our registry · as of 2026-06

Demand trend

Population up ~10% since 2020 — a growing metro.

Net in-migration of ~517,000 residents since 2020.

Population trends historically correlate with storage demand — not a forecast. Census PEP, 2025 vintage.

Market context

Median household income

$80,458

Median gross rent

$1,378/mo

Renter share

61%

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 Houston, TX, as of July 2026. Facility data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Foursquare. Rates reflect published street rates; individual facility pricing varies. Figures describe the 143 facilities in our dataset for this metro — a sample skewed toward facilities on certain software platforms, not a complete census of the market.