Market Intelligence Clearwater, FL
Comp-rich · 20 tracked
Self-storage market in Clearwater, FL — July 2026
Based on the 20 facilities we track in Clearwater — a sample of Clearwater’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
25%
Median rate by size
5×5
$29/mo
~41% below US ($49/mo)
typical $27/mo–$34/mo
5×10
$50/mo
~23% below US ($65/mo)
typical $43/mo–$59/mo
10×10
$80/mo
~16% below US ($95/mo)
typical $59/mo–$94/mo
10×20
$147/mo
~7% above US ($137/mo)
typical $128/mo–$161/mo
The bigger picture
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — market supply & demand
Lower storage supply per capita than ~89% of US metros — about 14.9 facilities per 100k people vs the 32.3 national median.
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL looks under-supplied relative to the markets we track.
A metro of 3.2M residents and 1.3M households — the demand base behind the per-100k figure.
Supply: our registry · as of 2026-06
Demand trend
Population up ~7% since 2020 — a growing metro.
Net in-migration of ~255,000 residents since 2020.
Population trends historically correlate with storage demand — not a forecast. Census PEP, 2025 vintage.
Market context
Median household income
$71,254
Median gross rent
$1,497/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 Clearwater, FL, 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.