Market Intelligence Denver, CO
Comp-rich · 40 tracked
Self-storage market in Denver, CO — August 2026
Based on the 40 facilities we track in Denver — a sample of Denver’s market, not every facility.
As of August 2026 · data via OpenStreetMap + Foursquare
Market tightness
Soft
Aggregate demand signal — not a facility occupancy figure.
Running a move-in promo
15%
Median rate by size
5×5
$47/mo
~4% below US ($49/mo)
typical $38/mo–$56/mo
5×10
$63/mo
~2% below US ($64/mo)
typical $48/mo–$90/mo
10×10
$107/mo
~15% above US ($93/mo)
typical $97/mo–$137/mo
10×20
$190/mo
~39% above US ($137/mo)
typical $151/mo–$225/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 August 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.