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Market Intelligence Phoenix, AZ

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Self-storage market in Phoenix, AZ — July 2026

Based on the 33 facilities we track in Phoenix — a sample of Phoenix’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

9%

Median rate by size

5×5

$31/mo

~37% below US ($49/mo)

typical $26/mo–$46/mo

5×10

$60/mo

~8% below US ($65/mo)

typical $36/mo–$90/mo

10×10

$100/mo

~5% above US ($95/mo)

typical $77/mo–$122/mo

10×20

$154/mo

~12% above US ($137/mo)

typical $121/mo–$219/mo

The bigger picture

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — market supply & demand

Lower storage supply per capita than ~93% of US metros — about 12.6 facilities per 100k people vs the 32.3 national median.

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ looks under-supplied relative to the markets we track.

A metro of 4.9M residents and 1.9M households — the demand base behind the per-100k figure.

Supply: our registry · as of 2026-06

Demand trend

Population up ~7% since 2020 — a growing metro.

Net in-migration of ~300,000 residents since 2020.

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

Market context

Median household income

$84,703

Median gross rent

$1,581/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 Phoenix, AZ, as of July 2026. Facility data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Foursquare. Rates reflect published street rates; individual facility pricing varies. Figures describe the 33 facilities in our dataset for this metro — a sample skewed toward facilities on certain software platforms, not a complete census of the market.