Tips for Finding Self Storage in Fort Walton Beach, FL

Before beginning your self storage search in Fort Walton Beach, there are a few things you should know. Fort Walton Beach storage unit prices and availability are closely related to things like real estate prices, the type of housing available in the area, the city's wealth, and whether or not many people are moving to the area. In order to give you a better idea of these factors in Fort Walton Beach, we pulled in data from the US Census.

Many people use storage as part of their move, so if there are many people moving to Fort Walton Beach, you might expect storage prices to be higher and unit availability to be lower. A city with a high amount of moving activity should see substantial changes in population, so by looking at population data for Fort Walton Beach we can get a better idea of the amount of moving activity. The US Census tells us that the metro area population of Fort Walton Beach grew from 19,503 in 2010 to 21,558 in 2014, which is a rate of 10.54% growth over four years.

One way to get an idea of the demand for housing and storage space in Fort Walton Beach is to look at housing occupancy and vacancy rates. Low rates of vacancy in Fort Walton Beach housing could indicate that real estate is in short supply. Self storage units in Fort Walton Beach may then also be in short supply, which means Fort Walton Beach storage unit prices may be higher. The US Census estimates that housing vacancy rates in Fort Walton Beach are at 12.4%, while the occupancy rate is at 87.6%. That's a lower vacancy rate than the average for cities in the United States, and suggests that storage facility vacancy in Fort Walton Beach may also be lower. Low vacancy allows storage facilities to charge higher rent, so a cheap storage unit could be trickier to find in Fort Walton Beach than in other cities.

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