Market Intelligence Nashville, TN
Comp-rich · 29 tracked
Self-storage market in Nashville, TN — August 2026
Based on the 29 facilities we track in Nashville — a sample of Nashville’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
17%
Median rate by size
5×5
$52/mo
~6% above US ($49/mo)
typical $48/mo–$68/mo
5×10
$67/mo
~5% above US ($64/mo)
typical $56/mo–$80/mo
10×10
$99/mo
~6% above US ($93/mo)
typical $92/mo–$122/mo
10×20
$167/mo
~22% above US ($137/mo)
typical $146/mo–$204/mo
The bigger picture
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — market supply & demand
Lower storage supply per capita than ~78% of US metros — about 20.8 facilities per 100k people vs the 32.3 national median.
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN looks under-supplied relative to the markets we track.
A metro of 2.0M residents and 806K households — the demand base behind the per-100k figure.
Supply: our registry · as of 2026-06
Demand trend
Population up ~9% since 2020 — a growing metro.
Net in-migration of ~141,000 residents since 2020.
Population trends historically correlate with storage demand — not a forecast. Census PEP, 2025 vintage.
Market context
Median household income
$82,499
Median gross rent
$1,434/mo
Renter share
66%
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 Nashville, TN, as of August 2026. Facility data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Foursquare. Rates reflect published street rates; individual facility pricing varies. Figures describe the 29 facilities in our dataset for this metro — a sample skewed toward facilities on certain software platforms, not a complete census of the market.