Market Intelligence Abilene, TX
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Self-storage market in Abilene, TX — August 2026
Based on the 20 facilities we track in Abilene — a sample of Abilene’s market, not every facility.
As of August 2026 · data via OpenStreetMap + Foursquare
Market tightness
Tight
Aggregate demand signal — not a facility occupancy figure.
Running a move-in promo
15%
Median rate by size
Early read — we don’t yet track enough facilities in Abilene, TX to publish precise per-size medians. As coverage fills in, the per-size medians and your rate position vs the US will appear here.
The bigger picture
Abilene, TX — market supply & demand
Higher storage supply per capita than ~80% of US metros — about 45.4 facilities per 100k people vs the 32.3 national median.
Abilene, TX looks over-supplied relative to the markets we track.
A metro of 178K residents and 66K households — the demand base behind the per-100k figure.
Supply: our registry · as of 2026-06
Demand trend
Population up ~5% since 2020 — a growing metro.
Net in-migration of ~8,000 residents since 2020.
Population trends historically correlate with storage demand — not a forecast. Census PEP, 2025 vintage.
Market context
Median household income
$66,464
Median gross rent
$1,095/mo
Renter share
64%
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 Abilene, TX, as of August 2026. Facility data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Foursquare. Rates reflect published street rates; individual facility pricing varies. Figures describe the 20 facilities in our dataset for this metro — a sample skewed toward facilities on certain software platforms, not a complete census of the market.