Market Intelligence Los Angeles, CA
Comp-rich · 71 tracked
Self-storage market in Los Angeles, CA — July 2026
Based on the 71 facilities we track in Los Angeles — a sample of Los Angeles’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
10%
Median rate by size
5×5
$132/mo
~169% above US ($49/mo)
typical $111/mo–$148/mo
5×10
$185/mo
~185% above US ($65/mo)
typical $154/mo–$218/mo
10×10
$310/mo
~226% above US ($95/mo)
typical $237/mo–$353/mo
10×20
$446/mo
~226% above US ($137/mo)
typical $343/mo–$569/mo
The bigger picture
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — market supply & demand
Lower storage supply per capita than ~98% of US metros — about 7.2 facilities per 100k people vs the 32.3 national median.
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA looks under-supplied relative to the markets we track.
A metro of 13.0M residents and 4.5M households — the demand base behind the per-100k figure.
Supply: our registry · as of 2026-06
Demand trend
Population down ~3% since 2020 — a contracting metro.
Net out-migration of ~459,000 residents since 2020.
Population trends historically correlate with storage demand — not a forecast. Census PEP, 2025 vintage.
Market context
Median household income
$93,525
Median gross rent
$1,987/mo
Renter share
49%
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 Los Angeles, CA, as of July 2026. Facility data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Foursquare. Rates reflect published street rates; individual facility pricing varies. Figures describe the 71 facilities in our dataset for this metro — a sample skewed toward facilities on certain software platforms, not a complete census of the market.