Market Intelligence Denver, CO
Comp-rich · 40 tracked
Self-storage market in Denver, CO — July 2026
Based on the 40 facilities we track in Denver — a sample of Denver’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
$59/mo
~20% above US ($49/mo)
typical $35/mo–$76/mo
5×10
$72/mo
~11% above US ($65/mo)
typical $50/mo–$103/mo
10×10
$105/mo
~11% above US ($95/mo)
typical $84/mo–$138/mo
10×20
$181/mo
~32% above US ($137/mo)
typical $139/mo–$209/mo
The bigger picture
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — market supply & demand
Lower storage supply per capita than ~91% of US metros — about 13.9 facilities per 100k people vs the 32.3 national median.
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO looks under-supplied relative to the markets we track.
A metro of 3.0M residents and 1.2M households — the demand base behind the per-100k figure.
Supply: our registry · as of 2026-06
Demand trend
Population up ~4% since 2020 — a growing metro.
Net in-migration of ~62,000 residents since 2020.
Population trends historically correlate with storage demand — not a forecast. Census PEP, 2025 vintage.
Market context
Median household income
$102,339
Median gross rent
$1,805/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 Denver, CO, as of July 2026. Facility data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Foursquare. Rates reflect published street rates; individual facility pricing varies. Figures describe the 40 facilities in our dataset for this metro — a sample skewed toward facilities on certain software platforms, not a complete census of the market.