Market Intelligence Indianapolis, IN
Comp-rich · 80 tracked
Self-storage market in Indianapolis, IN — August 2026
Based on the 80 facilities we track in Indianapolis — a sample of Indianapolis’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
14%
Median rate by size
5×5
$30/mo
~39% below US ($49/mo)
typical $24/mo–$46/mo
5×10
$62/mo
~3% below US ($64/mo)
typical $36/mo–$70/mo
10×10
$96/mo
~3% above US ($93/mo)
typical $62/mo–$120/mo
10×20
$111/mo
~19% below US ($137/mo)
typical $92/mo–$139/mo
The bigger picture
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — market supply & demand
Lower storage supply per capita than ~80% of US metros — about 19.9 facilities per 100k people vs the 32.3 national median.
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN looks under-supplied relative to the markets we track.
A metro of 2.1M residents and 829K 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 ~80,000 residents since 2020.
Population trends historically correlate with storage demand — not a forecast. Census PEP, 2025 vintage.
Market context
Median household income
$77,065
Median gross rent
$1,142/mo
Renter share
67%
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 Indianapolis, IN, as of August 2026. Facility data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Foursquare. Rates reflect published street rates; individual facility pricing varies. Figures describe the 80 facilities in our dataset for this metro — a sample skewed toward facilities on certain software platforms, not a complete census of the market.