Market Intelligence Raleigh, NC
Comp-rich · 41 tracked
Self-storage market in Raleigh, NC — August 2026
Based on the 41 facilities we track in Raleigh — a sample of Raleigh’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
24%
Median rate by size
5×5
$40/mo
~18% below US ($49/mo)
typical $38/mo–$48/mo
5×10
$54/mo
~16% below US ($64/mo)
typical $49/mo–$65/mo
10×10
$97/mo
~4% above US ($93/mo)
typical $75/mo–$113/mo
10×20
$144/mo
~5% above US ($137/mo)
typical $131/mo–$161/mo
The bigger picture
Raleigh-Cary, NC — market supply & demand
Lower storage supply per capita than ~90% of US metros — about 14.4 facilities per 100k people vs the 32.3 national median.
Raleigh-Cary, NC looks under-supplied relative to the markets we track.
A metro of 1.4M residents and 555K households — the demand base behind the per-100k figure.
Supply: our registry · as of 2026-06
Demand trend
Population up ~13% since 2020 — a growing metro.
Net in-migration of ~143,000 residents since 2020.
Population trends historically correlate with storage demand — not a forecast. Census PEP, 2025 vintage.
Market context
Median household income
$96,066
Median gross rent
$1,459/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 Raleigh, NC, as of August 2026. Facility data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Foursquare. Rates reflect published street rates; individual facility pricing varies. Figures describe the 41 facilities in our dataset for this metro — a sample skewed toward facilities on certain software platforms, not a complete census of the market.