Market Intelligence Fort Lauderdale, FL
Comp-rich · 22 tracked
Self-storage market in Fort Lauderdale, FL — August 2026
Based on the 22 facilities we track in Fort Lauderdale — a sample of Fort Lauderdale’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
18%
Median rate by size
5×5
$33/mo
~33% below US ($49/mo)
typical $28/mo–$56/mo
5×10
$54/mo
~16% below US ($64/mo)
typical $49/mo–$82/mo
10×10
$146/mo
~57% above US ($93/mo)
typical $113/mo–$177/mo
10×20
$229/mo
~67% above US ($137/mo)
typical $194/mo–$308/mo
The bigger picture
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — market supply & demand
Lower storage supply per capita than ~97% of US metros — about 8.9 facilities per 100k people vs the 32.3 national median.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL looks under-supplied relative to the markets we track.
A metro of 6.1M residents and 2.3M 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 ~222,000 residents since 2020.
Population trends historically correlate with storage demand — not a forecast. Census PEP, 2025 vintage.
Market context
Median household income
$73,481
Median gross rent
$1,770/mo
Renter share
60%
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 Fort Lauderdale, FL, as of August 2026. Facility data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Foursquare. Rates reflect published street rates; individual facility pricing varies. Figures describe the 22 facilities in our dataset for this metro — a sample skewed toward facilities on certain software platforms, not a complete census of the market.