STATE · AL
Self-storage in Alabama.
2026 market data, supply context, dominant cost driver. Sample metro: Montgomery.
10x10 median $/mo
$54
Montgomery
Sample metro
Montgomery
01 · MARKET DYNAMICS
What this state's storage market is doing.
Montgomery AL is the CHEAPEST market in the SpareFoot 2026 dataset at $54/mo for a typical 10x10 unit. State $/sqft median not separately published; Yardi tracks state at lower-tier pricing.
02 · SUPPLY CONTEXT
Supply per capita and pipeline.
Alabama storage supply ~5.8 sqft per capita estimated. Auburn, Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile are larger metros with slightly higher rents than Montgomery. Climate-control demand is high due to humidity.
03 · SAMPLE METROS
What the markets in this state look like.
Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery. Montgomery specifically is the cheapest US market in this dataset.
04 · DOMINANT COST DRIVER
What's structurally setting the rent.
Low absolute incomes. Storage rents reflect Alabama's bottom-quartile cost of living in the US.
Montgomery $54/mo cheapest market nationally.
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