Market Intelligence Virginia Beach, VA
Comp-rich · 50 tracked
Self-storage market in Virginia Beach, VA — July 2026
Based on the 50 facilities we track in Virginia Beach — a sample of Virginia Beach’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
44%
Median rate by size
5×5
$53/mo
~8% above US ($49/mo)
typical $45/mo–$66/mo
5×10
$63/mo
~3% below US ($65/mo)
typical $50/mo–$82/mo
10×10
$112/mo
~18% above US ($95/mo)
typical $95/mo–$129/mo
10×20
$159/mo
~16% above US ($137/mo)
typical $126/mo–$176/mo
The bigger picture
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — market supply & demand
Lower storage supply per capita than ~87% of US metros — about 16.6 facilities per 100k people vs the 32.3 national median.
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC looks under-supplied relative to the markets we track.
A metro of 1.8M residents and 701K 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 ~1,000 residents since 2020.
Population trends historically correlate with storage demand — not a forecast. Census PEP, 2025 vintage.
Market context
Median household income
$80,533
Median gross rent
$1,416/mo
Renter share
63%
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 Virginia Beach, VA, as of July 2026. Facility data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Foursquare. Rates reflect published street rates; individual facility pricing varies. Figures describe the 50 facilities in our dataset for this metro — a sample skewed toward facilities on certain software platforms, not a complete census of the market.