Market Intelligence Wilmington, NC
Comp-rich · 20 tracked
Self-storage market in Wilmington, NC — August 2026
Based on the 20 facilities we track in Wilmington — a sample of Wilmington’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
45%
Median rate by size
5×5
$41/mo
~16% below US ($49/mo)
typical $36/mo–$59/mo
5×10
$74/mo
~16% above US ($64/mo)
typical $55/mo–$80/mo
10×10
$86/mo
~8% below US ($93/mo)
typical $78/mo–$93/mo
10×20
$133/mo
~3% below US ($137/mo)
typical $118/mo–$146/mo
The bigger picture
Wilmington, NC — market supply & demand
Wilmington, NC tracks the US norm on storage supply — about 28.6 facilities per 100k people vs the 32.3 national median.
A metro of 441K residents and 191K households — the demand base behind the per-100k figure.
Supply: our registry · as of 2026-06
Demand trend
Population up ~16% since 2020 — a growing metro.
Net in-migration of ~72,000 residents since 2020.
Population trends historically correlate with storage demand — not a forecast. Census PEP, 2025 vintage.
Market context
Median household income
$73,687
Median gross rent
$1,313/mo
Renter share
71%
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 Wilmington, NC, 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.