Self storage near Fayette, IA: 8x20 units at our West Union facility
13 minutes from Fayette — 9 miles by road on IA-93. One unit size: 8′ × 20′ shipping container, about 1,280 cu ft. Same rate at every BSU facility — $65/mo on annual (saves $180/yr) or $80/mo month-to-month. 24/7 drive-up access from your first cleared payment.
Home of Upper Iowa University; predictable end-of-semester storage demand.
Getting to West Union from Fayette
Thirteen minutes — the shortest drive of any town we serve. There is no scenario in Fayette where the distance is the deciding factor; storing with us is about as inconvenient as using a spare room across town. Take the annual rate and stop thinking about it.
Route measured 13 minutes (9 miles) via IA-93 from the center of Fayette to the facility address — not straight-line distance. Prefer we bring it to you? Portable storage delivered to Fayette.
Storage in Fayette, IA
Upper Iowa University sets the clock in a town of 1,300.
Fayette is a town of roughly 1,300 with a university founded in 1857 sitting in the middle of it. Upper Iowa's residential campus turns over on a fixed schedule, and in a town this size that turnover is the dominant storage event of the year — leases end, apartments empty, and a few hundred people all need somewhere to put a room's worth of belongings in the same two-week window.
The upside for Fayette is distance: our West Union yard is 9 miles away, about 13 minutes. That is the shortest drive of any town we serve, close enough that storing here is genuinely no more inconvenient than using a spare room across town. For a summer-long student store or a between-leases gap, it is hard to beat.
- County
- Fayette County
- Population
- ~1,300
- Nearest units
- West Union, IA
- Drive
- 9 mi · 13 min
What's open at West Union right now
6 of 25 units are open at West Union (76% full), so there is space for a Fayette customer today. Reserving online holds one immediately — 24/7 gate access starts as soon as your first payment clears.
Counts come from our live inventory system and refresh hourly.
Storing in Fayette? Pick annual.
If your storage timeline in Fayette is longer than nine months, the annual rate wins. $65/mo locked for 12 months saves $180/yr compared to $80/mo month-to-month, and you won't hit a mid-year rate change. If you genuinely think you'll be in and out in under a season — say, between two moves — the month-to-month option is cleaner. We don't do hidden fees and we don't do introductory teaser rates that step up later.
One thing specific to Fayette: at 13 minutes out, the annual rate is almost always the right pick, because the drive is cheap enough that you won't talk yourself into the pricier delivered option halfway through.
Best for: home-to-home moves with no firm end date, ag/contractor seasonal storage, and college-cycle storage around Fayette.
Best for: short bridge between moves, post-flood/renovation cleanup, job-site project of known duration.
Over 12 months versus month-to-month. The break-even is ~9 months — anything beyond and annual is straight money saved.
What Fayette customers actually put in an 8x20
The unit is about 1,280 cubic feet — the contents of a 3-bedroom home with the appliances, or a full-size pickup with room to walk around it. Drive-up access means you back a trailer right to the door: no hallways, no lift, no booking a loading dock. What actually shows up varies by town, and in the Fayette County it skews like this:
Upper Iowa University students over the summer or between leases
Short bridge storage when one lease ends before the next begins
Family furniture during a renovation
Fayette is home to roughly 1,300 people in Fayette County. Our nearest units sit 9 miles away in West Union, IA — 13 minutes door to gate.
Around the beginning and end of the school year we usually hear from Upper Iowa University students who need temporary storage between leases or over the summer. Those shorter rentals are a common reason people from Fayette choose us.
Common questions from Fayette
At 13 minutes each way, yes for almost any timeline. Once you're moved in most Fayette customers visit a handful of times a year, and $65/mo on annual is hard to beat by driving less far.
Yes. 24/7 gate access starts the day your first payment clears. Same code, same gate, no time restrictions.
We standardize on the 8x20 shipping container. If you need significantly less space, an 8x20 may still be the right call — splitting belongings across two facilities usually costs more than slightly over-buying once.
If you'd rather we bring the container to you, see our portable storage in Fayette page — $100/mo annual or $120/mo month-to-month, plus a delivery fee based on distance from our West Union yard.
Reserve a unit at West Union
$65/mo on annual · 24/7 access · no setup fee · sign electronically in 5 minutes