Market Intelligence Cincinnati, OH
Comp-rich · 20 tracked
Self-storage market in Cincinnati, OH — July 2026
Based on the 20 facilities we track in Cincinnati — a sample of Cincinnati’s market, not every facility.
As of July 2026 · data via OpenStreetMap + Foursquare
Market tightness
Balanced
Aggregate demand signal — not a facility occupancy figure.
Running a move-in promo
15%
Median rate by size
5×5
$25/mo
~49% below US ($49/mo)
typical $19/mo–$35/mo
5×10
$65/mo
in line w/ US ($65/mo)
typical $40/mo–$79/mo
10×10
$83/mo
~13% below US ($95/mo)
typical $70/mo–$98/mo
10×20
$164/mo
~20% above US ($137/mo)
typical $117/mo–$183/mo
The bigger picture
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — market supply & demand
Lower storage supply per capita than ~89% of US metros — about 15.3 facilities per 100k people vs the 32.3 national median.
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN looks under-supplied relative to the markets we track.
A metro of 2.3M residents and 899K households — the demand base behind the per-100k figure.
Supply: our registry · as of 2026-06
Demand trend
Population up ~3% since 2020 — a growing metro.
Net in-migration of ~46,000 residents since 2020.
Population trends historically correlate with storage demand — not a forecast. Census PEP, 2025 vintage.
Market context
Median household income
$79,490
Median gross rent
$1,047/mo
Renter share
68%
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 Cincinnati, OH, as of July 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.