Market Intelligence Philadelphia, PA
Comp-rich · 20 tracked
Self-storage market in Philadelphia, PA — August 2026
Based on the 20 facilities we track in Philadelphia — a sample of Philadelphia’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
0%
Median rate by size
5×5
$30/mo
~39% below US ($49/mo)
typical $20/mo–$51/mo
5×10
$67/mo
~5% above US ($64/mo)
typical $43/mo–$86/mo
10×10
$102/mo
~10% above US ($93/mo)
typical $90/mo–$131/mo
10×20
$166/mo
~21% above US ($137/mo)
typical $139/mo–$231/mo
The bigger picture
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — market supply & demand
Lower storage supply per capita than ~97% of US metros — about 9.4 facilities per 100k people vs the 32.3 national median.
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD looks under-supplied relative to the markets we track.
A metro of 6.2M residents and 2.4M households — the demand base behind the per-100k figure.
Supply: our registry · as of 2026-06
Demand trend
Population up ~1% since 2020 — a growing metro.
Net in-migration of ~57,000 residents since 2020.
Population trends historically correlate with storage demand — not a forecast. Census PEP, 2025 vintage.
Market context
Median household income
$89,273
Median gross rent
$1,413/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 Philadelphia, PA, 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.