Self-storage market in Kansas City, MO — July 2026

Based on the 21 facilities we track in Kansas City — a sample of Kansas City’s market, not every facility.

As of July 2026 · data via OpenStreetMap + Foursquare

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Market tightness

Balanced

Aggregate demand signal — not a facility occupancy figure.

Running a move-in promo

43%

Median rate by size

5×5

$46/mo

~6% below US ($49/mo)

typical $32/mo–$66/mo

5×10

$73/mo

~12% above US ($65/mo)

typical $54/mo–$92/mo

10×10

$106/mo

~12% above US ($95/mo)

typical $81/mo–$129/mo

10×20

$165/mo

~20% above US ($137/mo)

typical $134/mo–$196/mo

The bigger picture

Kansas City, MO-KS — market supply & demand

Lower storage supply per capita than ~84% of US metros — about 18.2 facilities per 100k people vs the 32.3 national median.

Kansas City, MO-KS looks under-supplied relative to the markets we track.

A metro of 2.2M residents and 882K households — the demand base behind the per-100k figure.

Supply: our registry · as of 2026-06

Demand trend

Population up ~3% since 2020 — a growing metro.

Net in-migration of ~51,000 residents since 2020.

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

Market context

Median household income

$81,927

Median gross rent

$1,201/mo

Renter share

66%

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 Kansas City, MO, as of July 2026. Facility data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Foursquare. Rates reflect published street rates; individual facility pricing varies. Figures describe the 21 facilities in our dataset for this metro — a sample skewed toward facilities on certain software platforms, not a complete census of the market.