Market Intelligence Mobile, AL
Comp-rich · 20 tracked
Self-storage market in Mobile, AL — August 2026
Based on the 20 facilities we track in Mobile — a sample of Mobile’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
20%
Median rate by size
5×5
$29/mo
~41% below US ($49/mo)
typical $19/mo–$40/mo
5×10
$36/mo
~44% below US ($64/mo)
typical $28/mo–$48/mo
10×10
$50/mo
~46% below US ($93/mo)
typical $33/mo–$75/mo
10×20
$58/mo
~58% below US ($137/mo)
typical $52/mo–$97/mo
The bigger picture
Mobile, AL — market supply & demand
Lower storage supply per capita than ~71% of US metros — about 23.5 facilities per 100k people vs the 32.3 national median.
Mobile, AL looks under-supplied relative to the markets we track.
A metro of 413K residents and 161K households — the demand base behind the per-100k figure.
Supply: our registry · as of 2026-06
Demand trend
Population roughly flat since 2020.
Net out-migration of ~2,000 residents since 2020.
Population trends historically correlate with storage demand — not a forecast. Census PEP, 2025 vintage.
Market context
Median household income
$58,119
Median gross rent
$1,021/mo
Renter share
65%
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 Mobile, AL, as of August 2026. Facility data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Foursquare. Rates reflect published street rates; individual facility pricing varies. Figures describe the 20 facilities in our dataset for this metro — a sample skewed toward facilities on certain software platforms, not a complete census of the market.