Self-storage in Texas.
2026 market data, supply context, dominant cost driver. Sample metro: Dallas-Fort Worth.
What this state's storage market is doing.
Texas state monthly average $64.70 (SpareFoot Feb 2026). Houston specifically $49.43 — among the cheapest major metros in the US. State-level $/sqft is not separately published; the 10x10 weighted median sits around $93 per Public Storage 2026 guide.
Supply per capita and pipeline.
Texas storage supply ~6.4 sqft per capita per Yardi — third highest after Florida and Nevada. Phoenix is not in TX but the same Sun Belt oversupply dynamics apply across DFW, Houston, San Antonio, Austin. The supply pipeline is thinning but still elevated.
What the markets in this state look like.
Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Austin. All four metros show Sun-Belt oversupply dynamics, though Austin has the strongest pricing power due to rapid population growth.
What's structurally setting the rent.
Supply pipeline + migration deceleration. Texas migration is down ~50% YoY in 2025 per US Census; demand softening + new construction = chronic downward pressure on rents.