Market Intelligence Knoxville, TN
Comp-rich · 34 tracked
Self-storage market in Knoxville, TN — August 2026
Based on the 34 facilities we track in Knoxville — a sample of Knoxville’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
12%
Median rate by size
5×5
$59/mo
~20% above US ($49/mo)
typical $43/mo–$67/mo
5×10
$75/mo
~17% above US ($64/mo)
typical $68/mo–$95/mo
10×10
$110/mo
~18% above US ($93/mo)
typical $93/mo–$140/mo
10×20
$175/mo
~28% above US ($137/mo)
typical $120/mo–$206/mo
The bigger picture
Knoxville, TN — market supply & demand
Lower storage supply per capita than ~67% of US metros — about 25.3 facilities per 100k people vs the 32.3 national median.
Knoxville, TN looks under-supplied relative to the markets we track.
A metro of 920K residents and 371K households — the demand base behind the per-100k figure.
Supply: our registry · as of 2026-06
Demand trend
Population up ~7% since 2020 — a growing metro.
Net in-migration of ~73,000 residents since 2020.
Population trends historically correlate with storage demand — not a forecast. Census PEP, 2025 vintage.
Market context
Median household income
$69,734
Median gross rent
$1,080/mo
Renter share
70%
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 Knoxville, TN, as of August 2026. Facility data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Foursquare. Rates reflect published street rates; individual facility pricing varies. Figures describe the 34 facilities in our dataset for this metro — a sample skewed toward facilities on certain software platforms, not a complete census of the market.