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How much does a 5x10 storage unit cost?

Nearly every branch keeps a 5x10: 4,341 of them, behind only the 10x10. Half of everything advertised falls between $35 and $82, around a median of $55, or $1.10 a square foot.

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 $1.10 a square foot.

That much is industry guidance; no listing records what was stored.

Cheapest markets for a 5x10

6 of the ten cheapest 5x10 markets sit in Florida: Fort Myers, Venice, Daytona Beach, Bradenton, Ocala and Spring Hill. Huntsville, AL undercuts all of them at $18, 67% below the national median.

Most expensive markets

Los Angeles, CA heads the table at $156, 8.7× what Huntsville asks. The surprise is lower down: Savannah, GA, cheap for storage in general, marks a 5x10 up 50% on its own level, Brownsville by 41% and Boise by 39%. Houston, TX runs 33% the other side, Las Vegas 30%.

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 $0.92 apiece, barely under the $1.10 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 69% of 16 branches, in Milwaukee, WI.