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5x10 storage unit: what fits, and what it costs
Nearly every branch keeps a 5x10: 4,536 of them, behind only the 10x10. Half of everything advertised falls between $36 and $79, around a median of $54, or $1.08 a square foot.
| Measure | Online rate | Regular rate |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest tenth of locations | $24 | $36 |
| Lower quartile | $36 | $54 |
| Median | $54 | $81 |
| Upper quartile | $79 | $119 |
| Dearest tenth | $115 | $173 |
What fits in a 5x10
50 square feet, roughly a walk-in wardrobe. A single room: a mattress upright, a dresser, a bike, a stack of cartons. At the median online rate that is $1.08 a square foot.
Cheapest markets for a 5x10
4 of the ten cheapest 5x10 markets sit in Florida: Fort Myers, Spring Hill, Bradenton and Ocala. Huntsville, AL undercuts all of them at $18, 67% below the national median.
| Market | Locations | Median | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntsville, AL | 14 | $18 | -67% |
| Fort Myers, FL | 17 | $22 | -59% |
| Lawrenceville, GA | 39 | $24 | -56% |
| Shreveport, LA | 14 | $25 | -54% |
| Spring Hill, FL | 10 | $25 | -54% |
| Macon, GA | 8 | $25 | -54% |
| Bradenton, FL | 37 | $27 | -50% |
| Ocala, FL | 35 | $27 | -50% |
Most expensive markets
Honolulu, HI leads at $167, 9.3× what Huntsville asks. Set against each market's own level across the range, though, a 5x10 is priced much where its neighbours are: Savannah, GA is the largest outlier at 36% over, then Amherst at 33%; Frisco, TX sits 30% under and Houston 28%.
| Market | Locations | Median | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honolulu, HI | 15 | $167 | +209% |
| San Juan, PR | 11 | $147 | +172% |
| Los Angeles, CA | 144 | $142 | +163% |
| Brooklyn, NY | 35 | $130 | +141% |
| San Francisco, CA | 52 | $126 | +133% |
| San Diego, CA | 25 | $114 | +111% |
| La Puente, CA | 10 | $110 | +104% |
| Irvine, CA | 52 | $106 | +96% |
All 128 markets, cheapest first
| Market | Locations | Median | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntsville, AL | 14 | $18 | -67% |
| Fort Myers, FL | 17 | $22 | -59% |
| Lawrenceville, GA | 39 | $24 | -56% |
| Shreveport, LA | 14 | $25 | -54% |
| Spring Hill, FL | 10 | $25 | -54% |
| Macon, GA | 8 | $25 | -54% |
| Bradenton, FL | 37 | $27 | -50% |
| Ocala, FL | 35 | $27 | -50% |
| Fort Worth, TX | 69 | $28 | -48% |
| Victorville, CA | 11 | $28 | -48% |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 70 | $30 | -44% |
| Memphis, TN | 20 | $30 | -44% |
| Amarillo, TX | 13 | $30 | -44% |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 37 | $31 | -43% |
| Naples, FL | 9 | $31 | -43% |
| Chattanooga, TN | 14 | $31 | -43% |
| Tulsa, OK | 20 | $32 | -41% |
| Pensacola, FL | 14 | $33 | -39% |
| Daytona Beach, FL | 8 | $33 | -39% |
| Fayetteville, GA | 37 | $33 | -39% |
| Las Vegas, NV | 46 | $34 | -37% |
| Houston, TX | 178 | $34 | -37% |
| Webster, TX | 24 | $34 | -37% |
| Cincinnati, OH | 39 | $34 | -37% |
| Santa Rosa Beach, FL | 9 | $34 | -37% |
| Augusta, GA | 10 | $35 | -35% |
| Conroe, TX | 21 | $35 | -35% |
| Mesa, AZ | 30 | $36 | -33% |
| San Antonio, TX | 60 | $37 | -31% |
| Mobile, AL | 21 | $37 | -31% |
| Greenville, SC | 14 | $37 | -31% |
| Tucson, AZ | 15 | $38 | -30% |
| Louisville, KY | 23 | $38 | -30% |
| Dayton, OH | 11 | $38 | -30% |
| Mission, TX | 23 | $38 | -30% |
| Fort Pierce, FL | 13 | $39 | -28% |
| Kansas City, KS | 31 | $39 | -28% |
| Frisco, TX | 29 | $39 | -28% |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 12 | $39 | -28% |
| Palm Desert, CA | 9 | $40 | -26% |
| Dallas, TX | 160 | $41 | -24% |
| Atlanta, GA | 107 | $41 | -24% |
| Fayetteville, NC | 10 | $41 | -24% |
| Palm Bay, FL | 11 | $42 | -22% |
| Wichita, KS | 20 | $42 | -22% |
| Indianapolis, IN | 50 | $42 | -22% |
| Wilmington, NC | 8 | $42 | -22% |
| Nashua, NH | 13 | $42 | -22% |
| Birmingham, AL | 21 | $43 | -20% |
| Brownsville, TX | 11 | $43 | -20% |
| Ledgewood, NJ | 13 | $43 | -20% |
| Phoenix, AZ | 71 | $44 | -19% |
| Rock Hill, SC | 8 | $45 | -17% |
| Jacksonville, FL | 23 | $46 | -15% |
| Tampa, FL | 59 | $46 | -15% |
| Charleston, SC | 22 | $46 | -15% |
| Detroit, MI | 62 | $46 | -15% |
| Charlotte, NC | 50 | $47 | -13% |
| El Paso, TX | 11 | $48 | -11% |
| Knoxville, TN | 10 | $48 | -11% |
| Kansas City, MO | 24 | $49 | -9% |
| Milwaukee, WI | 14 | $50 | -7% |
| Blackwood, NJ | 31 | $50 | -7% |
| Davenport, FL | 8 | $50 | -7% |
| Canton, MI | 21 | $51 | -6% |
| Omaha, NE | 11 | $51 | -6% |
| Portland, OR | 89 | $52 | -4% |
| Vancouver, WA | 18 | $52 | -4% |
| Columbus, OH | 31 | $52 | -4% |
| Schaumburg, IL | 40 | $52 | -4% |
| Columbia, SC | 24 | $53 | -2% |
| Philadelphia, PA | 38 | $53 | -2% |
| St Louis, MO | 28 | $53 | -2% |
| Akron, OH | 9 | $53 | -2% |
| Orlando, FL | 81 | $54 | same |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 13 | $54 | same |
| Baltimore, MD | 54 | $54 | same |
| Minneapolis, MN | 75 | $54 | same |
| Stockton, CA | 14 | $55 | +2% |
| Raleigh, NC | 54 | $56 | +4% |
| Cleveland, OH | 10 | $57 | +6% |
| Austin, TX | 54 | $58 | +7% |
| New Orleans, LA | 18 | $58 | +7% |
| Prince Frederick, MD | 8 | $58 | +7% |
| Salem, OR | 16 | $59 | +9% |
| Savannah, GA | 9 | $59 | +9% |
| Sacramento, CA | 33 | $60 | +11% |
| Bend, OR | 9 | $60 | +11% |
| Denver, CO | 78 | $61 | +13% |
| Greensboro, NC | 12 | $61 | +13% |
| Boise, ID | 18 | $61 | +13% |
| Brick, NJ | 15 | $62 | +15% |
| Lancaster, PA | 10 | $62 | +15% |
| Tacoma, WA | 24 | $63 | +17% |
| New Castle, DE | 8 | $64 | +19% |
| Bridgewater, NJ | 15 | $65 | +20% |
| Richmond, VA | 14 | $66 | +22% |
| West Palm Beach, FL | 35 | $66 | +22% |
| Roanoke, VA | 8 | $66 | +22% |
| Randolph, MA | 10 | $66 | +22% |
| Virginia Beach, VA | 34 | $67 | +24% |
| Fort Collins, CO | 12 | $67 | +24% |
| Nashville, TN | 25 | $70 | +30% |
| Reno, NV | 8 | $70 | +30% |
| Chicago, IL | 97 | $71 | +31% |
| West Haven, CT | 9 | $71 | +31% |
| Riverside, CA | 47 | $71 | +31% |
| Boston, MA | 32 | $77 | +43% |
| Pleasanton, CA | 10 | $79 | +46% |
| Davie, FL | 43 | $81 | +50% |
| Jersey City, NJ | 11 | $81 | +50% |
| Seattle, WA | 81 | $82 | +52% |
| Patchogue, NY | 22 | $83 | +54% |
| Vallejo, CA | 28 | $85 | +57% |
| Alexandria, VA | 60 | $86 | +59% |
| Silver Spring, MD | 41 | $88 | +63% |
| Amherst, NY | 9 | $92 | +70% |
| San Jose, CA | 49 | $96 | +78% |
| Simi Valley, CA | 11 | $102 | +89% |
| Miami, FL | 63 | $104 | +93% |
| Irvine, CA | 52 | $106 | +96% |
| La Puente, CA | 10 | $110 | +104% |
| San Diego, CA | 25 | $114 | +111% |
| San Francisco, CA | 52 | $126 | +133% |
| Brooklyn, NY | 35 | $130 | +141% |
| Los Angeles, CA | 144 | $142 | +163% |
| San Juan, PR | 11 | $147 | +172% |
| Honolulu, HI | 15 | $167 | +209% |
Is a 5x10 the right size?
Climbing out of a 5x10 is the steepest move in the small half of the range: the 25 square feet a 5x15 adds are charged at $0.84 apiece, barely under the $1.08 this unit already asks. Dropping to a 5x5 gives back $20 a month and half the floor. Whichever way you go, the unit is everywhere: its thinnest showing is 83% of 24 branches, in Wichita, KS.
Where these numbers come from. 30,586 advertised prices read from Public
Storage's own published listings across 4,536 locations in 336 markets,
last checked 2026-08-31.
Online rate vs regular rate. Every listing publishes two figures and the regular rate is 1.5× the online rate at the median. That is a pricing rule, not a second quote. Figures here are the online rate (the promotional price for booking on the web) unless labelled otherwise. Budget on the regular rate.
Advertised rates for new rentals, not quotes; they move with availability. Insurance, admin fees and limited-time offers are excluded. This covers Public Storage only, which is a limit of what is collected here rather than of what exists. Not affiliated with Public Storage.
Cite this. Storage Price Index (2026). 5x10 storage unit: what fits, and what it costs. Read 2026-08-31. CC BY 4.0. https://storagepriceindex.com/cost/5x10/
Online rate vs regular rate. Every listing publishes two figures and the regular rate is 1.5× the online rate at the median. That is a pricing rule, not a second quote. Figures here are the online rate (the promotional price for booking on the web) unless labelled otherwise. Budget on the regular rate.
Advertised rates for new rentals, not quotes; they move with availability. Insurance, admin fees and limited-time offers are excluded. This covers Public Storage only, which is a limit of what is collected here rather than of what exists. Not affiliated with Public Storage.
Cite this. Storage Price Index (2026). 5x10 storage unit: what fits, and what it costs. Read 2026-08-31. CC BY 4.0. https://storagepriceindex.com/cost/5x10/