Self-storage market in Pittsburgh, PA — August 2026

Based on the 28 facilities we track in Pittsburgh — a sample of Pittsburgh’s market, not every facility.

As of August 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

25%

Median rate by size

5×5

$55/mo

~12% above US ($49/mo)

typical $47/mo–$63/mo

5×10

$79/mo

~23% above US ($64/mo)

typical $63/mo–$82/mo

10×10

$120/mo

~29% above US ($93/mo)

typical $107/mo–$162/mo

10×20

$209/mo

~53% above US ($137/mo)

typical $160/mo–$254/mo

The bigger picture

Pittsburgh, PA — market supply & demand

Lower storage supply per capita than ~79% of US metros — about 20.4 facilities per 100k people vs the 32.3 national median.

Pittsburgh, PA looks under-supplied relative to the markets we track.

A metro of 2.4M residents and 1.1M households — the demand base behind the per-100k figure.

Supply: our registry · as of 2026-06

Demand trend

Population down ~1% since 2020 — a contracting metro.

Net in-migration of ~11,000 residents since 2020.

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

Market context

Median household income

$73,942

Median gross rent

$1,011/mo

Renter share

71%

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 Pittsburgh, PA, as of August 2026. Facility data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Foursquare. Rates reflect published street rates; individual facility pricing varies. Figures describe the 28 facilities in our dataset for this metro — a sample skewed toward facilities on certain software platforms, not a complete census of the market.