Market Intelligence Columbus, OH
Comp-rich · 36 tracked
Self-storage market in Columbus, OH — August 2026
Based on the 36 facilities we track in Columbus — a sample of Columbus’s market, not every facility.
As of August 2026 · data via OpenStreetMap + Foursquare
Market tightness
Balanced
Aggregate demand signal — not a facility occupancy figure.
Running a move-in promo
22%
Median rate by size
5×5
$43/mo
~12% below US ($49/mo)
typical $31/mo–$59/mo
5×10
$61/mo
~5% below US ($64/mo)
typical $43/mo–$74/mo
10×10
$96/mo
~3% above US ($93/mo)
typical $84/mo–$116/mo
10×20
$156/mo
~14% above US ($137/mo)
typical $132/mo–$180/mo
The bigger picture
Columbus, OH — market supply & demand
Lower storage supply per capita than ~86% of US metros — about 17.2 facilities per 100k people vs the 32.3 national median.
Columbus, OH looks under-supplied relative to the markets we track.
A metro of 2.2M residents and 855K 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 ~68,000 residents since 2020.
Population trends historically correlate with storage demand — not a forecast. Census PEP, 2025 vintage.
Market context
Median household income
$79,847
Median gross rent
$1,208/mo
Renter share
61%
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 Columbus, OH, as of August 2026. Facility data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Foursquare. Rates reflect published street rates; individual facility pricing varies. Figures describe the 36 facilities in our dataset for this metro — a sample skewed toward facilities on certain software platforms, not a complete census of the market.