Market Intelligence Los Angeles, CA
Comp-rich · 69 tracked
Self-storage market in Los Angeles, CA — August 2026
Based on the 69 facilities we track in Los Angeles — a sample of Los Angeles’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
9%
Median rate by size
5×5
$118/mo
~141% above US ($49/mo)
typical $98/mo–$142/mo
5×10
$165/mo
~158% above US ($64/mo)
typical $136/mo–$201/mo
10×10
$267/mo
~187% above US ($93/mo)
typical $206/mo–$327/mo
10×20
$430/mo
~214% above US ($137/mo)
typical $337/mo–$534/mo
The bigger picture
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — market supply & demand
Lower storage supply per capita than ~98% of US metros — about 7.2 facilities per 100k people vs the 32.3 national median.
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA looks under-supplied relative to the markets we track.
A metro of 13.0M residents and 4.5M households — the demand base behind the per-100k figure.
Supply: our registry · as of 2026-06
Demand trend
Population down ~3% since 2020 — a contracting metro.
Net out-migration of ~459,000 residents since 2020.
Population trends historically correlate with storage demand — not a forecast. Census PEP, 2025 vintage.
Market context
Median household income
$93,525
Median gross rent
$1,987/mo
Renter share
49%
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 Los Angeles, CA, as of August 2026. Facility data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Foursquare. Rates reflect published street rates; individual facility pricing varies. Figures describe the 69 facilities in our dataset for this metro — a sample skewed toward facilities on certain software platforms, not a complete census of the market.