Market Intelligence Vancouver, WA
Comp-rich · 25 tracked
Self-storage market in Vancouver, WA — August 2026
Based on the 25 facilities we track in Vancouver — a sample of Vancouver’s market, not every facility.
As of August 2026 · data via OpenStreetMap + Foursquare
Market tightness
Soft
Aggregate demand signal — not a facility occupancy figure.
Running a move-in promo
20%
Median rate by size
5×5
$49/mo
in line w/ US ($49/mo)
typical $40/mo–$55/mo
5×10
$60/mo
~6% below US ($64/mo)
typical $53/mo–$72/mo
10×10
$101/mo
~9% above US ($93/mo)
typical $94/mo–$142/mo
10×20
$190/mo
~39% above US ($137/mo)
typical $168/mo–$217/mo
The bigger picture
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — market supply & demand
Lower storage supply per capita than ~92% of US metros — about 13.3 facilities per 100k people vs the 32.3 national median.
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA looks under-supplied relative to the markets we track.
A metro of 2.5M residents and 1.0M households — the demand base behind the per-100k figure.
Supply: our registry · as of 2026-06
Demand trend
Population roughly flat since 2020.
Net in-migration of ~10,000 residents since 2020.
Population trends historically correlate with storage demand — not a forecast. Census PEP, 2025 vintage.
Market context
Median household income
$94,573
Median gross rent
$1,654/mo
Renter share
62%
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 Vancouver, WA, as of August 2026. Facility data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Foursquare. Rates reflect published street rates; individual facility pricing varies. Figures describe the 25 facilities in our dataset for this metro — a sample skewed toward facilities on certain software platforms, not a complete census of the market.