Just starting your Fort Valley self storage search? There are a few things you should know. Storage unit prices and availability in Fort Valley are determined by many different factors, including real estate, population growth, the wealth of the local population, the current economic climate, and more. Using US Census data, we've pieced together a better picture of those factors as they relate to self storage in Fort Valley.
If there are many people moving to or from Fort Valley, prices could be higher than in other cities. That's because self storage if often used as part of a home move. We can get a good idea of whether or not many people are moving to or from Fort Valley by looking at the change in population. From 2010 to 2014, the Fort Valley metro area population fell from 9,822 to 8,952, a loss of -8.86% according to the US Census.
Housing occupancy and vacancy rates in Fort Valley can help us get a better idea of how much demand there is for living and storage space in Fort Valley and thus the kind of storage prices and availability we should expect to find. If there's low vacancy rates in Fort Valley housing, there's likely low vacancy at Fort Valley storage facilities. This would allow storage facilities in Fort Valley to charge higher prices for their units. Fort Valley is estimated to have a 88.1% housing occupancy rate, while the vacancy rate is at 11.9%. That's a higher rate than average for US cities, suggesting storage unit occupancy in Fort Valley may also be higher. That might make it harder to find cheap storage in Fort Valley.