Market Intelligence Houston, TX
Comp-rich · 146 tracked
Self-storage market in Houston, TX — August 2026
Based on the 146 facilities we track in Houston — a sample of Houston’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
10%
Median rate by size
5×5
$29/mo
~41% below US ($49/mo)
typical $15/mo–$45/mo
5×10
$39/mo
~39% below US ($64/mo)
typical $22/mo–$69/mo
10×10
$75/mo
~19% below US ($93/mo)
typical $48/mo–$102/mo
10×20
$125/mo
~9% below US ($137/mo)
typical $85/mo–$175/mo
The bigger picture
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — market supply & demand
Lower storage supply per capita than ~86% of US metros — about 17.3 facilities per 100k people vs the 32.3 national median.
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX looks under-supplied relative to the markets we track.
A metro of 7.3M residents and 2.6M households — the demand base behind the per-100k figure.
Supply: our registry · as of 2026-06
Demand trend
Population up ~10% since 2020 — a growing metro.
Net in-migration of ~517,000 residents since 2020.
Population trends historically correlate with storage demand — not a forecast. Census PEP, 2025 vintage.
Market context
Median household income
$80,458
Median gross rent
$1,378/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 Houston, TX, as of August 2026. Facility data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Foursquare. Rates reflect published street rates; individual facility pricing varies. Figures describe the 146 facilities in our dataset for this metro — a sample skewed toward facilities on certain software platforms, not a complete census of the market.