Storage Diligence · Texas Rate Survey
Houston Self Storage Rates
A weekly fixed-panel survey of published self storage asking rates in the Houston metro, by unit size, product and submarket.
Latest survey: week of September 7, 2026, sampled September 11, 2026. 937 quotes from 150 of 196 panel facilities across 15 submarkets. Back to Texas Storage Rates.
Asking rates by unit size
Monthly online asking rates at each standard footprint across the Houston metro: the metro index for each product, then the middle fifty percent and the full range of the individual non-climate rates quoted this week.
| Unit size | Typical use | Non-climate | Climate | Middle 50% (non-cl.) | Range (non-cl.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5×5 | closet, seasonal items | $20 (n=2) | $41 | $18 to $40 | $8 to $75 |
| 5×10 | one-bedroom apartment | $37 | $60 | $29 to $60 | $10 to $95 |
| 10×10 | two-bedroom apartment | $82 | $106 | $61 to $95 | $37 to $175 |
| 10×15 | three-bedroom home | $122 | $152 | $90 to $130 | $43 to $190 |
| 10×20 | house or vehicle | $146 | $186 | $114 to $170 | $52 to $230 |
Rate per square foot, and the climate premium
Asking rate divided by the unit’s nominal square footage, for each product, and the percentage by which climate-controlled space is priced above or below non-climate space at the same footprint.
| Unit size | $/sq ft non-climate | $/sq ft climate | Climate premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5×5 | $0.81 | $1.64 | +102.9% |
| 5×10 | $0.75 | $1.19 | +59.5% |
| 10×10 | $0.82 | $1.06 | +29.1% |
| 10×15 | $0.81 | $1.02 | +25.2% |
| 10×20 | $0.73 | $0.93 | +27.6% |
Where the market is, and what it charges
The Houston metro is surveyed as a set of submarkets, each with its own fixed panel of facilities. Each row is the median of that submarket’s panel for the week.
| Submarket | Panel | Share of panel | Median 5×10 climate | Median 10×10 non-cl. | Median 10×10 climate | 10×10 non-cl. WoW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conroe-Willis Conroe, Willis, Montgomery, Pinehurst | 12 | 6% | $36 | $105 | $84 | n/a |
| Cypress-Waller Cypress, Hockley, Waller, Hempstead, Brookshire, Pattison | 14 | 7% | $32 (n=4) | $99 | $106 | n/a |
| Houston Houston | 19 | 10% | $71 | $89 | $120 | n/a |
| Richmond-Rosenberg Richmond, Rosenberg, Needville | 14 | 7% | $66 (n=4) | $88 (n=4) | $107 | n/a |
| Katy-Fulshear Katy, Fulshear | 8 | 4% | $54 | $85 | $89 | n/a |
| Crosby-Dayton Crosby, Huffman, Dayton, Cleveland, Liberty, Coldspring, Point Blank, Shepherd | 14 | 7% | $95 (n=3) | $85 | $115 (n=3) | n/a |
| Brazoria County Angleton, Lake Jackson, Clute, Brazoria, West Columbia, Sweeny, Freeport, Richwood | 14 | 7% | $78 (n=2) | $82 (n=4) | $125 | n/a |
| Tomball-Magnolia Tomball, Magnolia | 13 | 7% | $40 | $77 | $75 | n/a |
| Galveston-Texas City Galveston, Texas City, La Marque, Santa Fe, Hitchcock, Crystal Beach | 14 | 7% | $90 (n=3) | $77 (n=3) | $139 (n=4) | n/a |
| Pearland-Alvin Pearland, Alvin, Manvel, Rosharon, Friendswood | 14 | 7% | $48 | $75 (n=2) | $88 | n/a |
| Spring-The Woodlands Spring, The Woodlands, Shenandoah, Oak Ridge North | 14 | 7% | $51 | $72 | $85 | n/a |
| Humble-Kingwood Humble, Atascocita, Kingwood, Porter, New Caney, Splendora | 14 | 7% | $40 | $72 | $83 | n/a |
| Clear Lake-League City League City, Webster, Dickinson, Kemah, Seabrook, Bacliff, San Leon | 10 | 5% | $49 | $68 | $103 | n/a |
| East Harris-Baytown Pasadena, Baytown, La Porte, Deer Park, Channelview, Highlands, South Houston, Mont Belvieu | 12 | 6% | $38 | $63 | $78 | n/a |
| Sugar Land-Missouri City Sugar Land, Missouri City, Stafford, Fresno | 10 | 5% | $32 | $52 | $66 | n/a |
Who owns the market
Facilities grouped by ownership tier: institutional (REIT, national platform or public company), regional operators with multiple sites in Texas or the region, and single-site independents.
| Ownership tier | Facilities | Share | Median 5×10 | Median 10×10 | Climate-controlled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institutional (REIT, national platform, public) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Regional operator (multi-site, one state or region) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Independents (single-site, owner-operated) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Climate-controlled is the share of rate-publishing facilities in each tier that offer climate-controlled units.
Operators with more than one location
Every operator with two or more facilities in the Houston metro, ranked by count.
| Operator | Facilities | Share of market |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Discounting
How many rate-publishing facilities are running a move-in promotion on the survey date, the share of advertised units covered, and the median and deepest discount off the street rate.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Facilities running a promotion | n/a |
| Share of advertised units on promotion | n/a |
| Median discount off street rate | n/a |
| Deepest discount | n/a |
Against the Texas market
Houston compared with the statewide Texas index across the twenty rate markets in the weekly survey, by unit size and product.
| Unit size | Type | Houston | Texas index | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5×5 | Non-climate | $20 (n=2) | $50 | -59.9% |
| 5×5 | Climate | $41 | $46 | -10.5% |
| 5×10 | Non-climate | $37 | $72 | -48.3% |
| 5×10 | Climate | $60 | $71 | -16.0% |
| 10×10 | Non-climate | $82 | $87 | -5.5% |
| 10×10 | Climate | $106 | $115 | -8.4% |
| 10×15 | Non-climate | $122 | $112 | +9.2% |
| 10×15 | Climate | $152 | $93 | +64.5% |
| 10×20 | Non-climate | $146 | $147 | -1.0% |
| 10×20 | Climate | $186 | $221 | -15.9% |
How much of this market is actually visible
Not every facility publishes a price. This table reports how much of the census could be read, which is the basis for every median above.
| Pricing disclosure | Facilities | Share | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Publishes per-size rates | n/a | n/a | Full unit-by-unit pricing online |
| Publishes bands only | n/a | n/a | Starting-at pricing with no per-size rate |
| Publishes no pricing | n/a | n/a | Working listing that quotes by phone or enquiry only |
| Could not be read | n/a | n/a | Site unreachable or bot-protected; no rate recorded |
Method and caveats
Storage Diligence runs a fixed-panel survey. Each market or submarket holds a standing panel of about fourteen self storage facilities, drawn from the Storage Diligence census of Texas facilities and balanced so that national REITs are a fixed minority alongside regional chains and single-site independents. The same panel is re-quoted every week, on the same weekday, so a move in the numbers is a move in what operators are asking rather than a change in which facilities were sampled. A facility that goes three weeks without publishing a rate is replaced.
Rates are the online monthly rate the facility publishes for a unit of the stated size and product, before Texas sales tax, tenant insurance, administration fees and locks. Where a facility shows a crossed-out street rate beside a lower online rate, the online rate is recorded. Rates are never estimated, interpolated or carried forward from a previous week; a facility that publishes nothing that week contributes nothing. Sold-out units are excluded.
Non-climate (drive-up) and climate-controlled units are reported separately because they are different products at different price points, and the mix of the two varies sharply by market. The week-over-week and four-week changes track non-climate space because it is the product sold in every market.
A submarket figure is the median of its panel’s quotes for that size. A metro figure is a chained, population-weighted index over the metro’s submarkets, which moves only by the change measured across submarkets present in both weeks, so a submarket coming online for the first time cannot move it by itself. Figures resting on fewer than five quotes are shown in grey with their count and are indicative only; they are excluded from the $/sq ft averages.
Rates are the advertised online asking rate on the survey date: what a new tenant would be quoted, not contract rents, and not what existing tenants pay after rate increases. Panel facilities are quoted from their own live pricing page where one exists, then the brand’s site, then a listing service; a quote’s source is recorded with it. The ownership, discounting and transparency tables above are filled from the panel as those measures are added to the survey.
Figures are approximate and subject to revision. E.&O.E.
Need the facility-level detail?
The facility-by-facility survey behind this page, competitive sets for a specific trade area, and acquisition audits for self storage assets in Houston are available on request.
Part of the Texas Storage Rates series from Storage Diligence.
