Self storage near Postville, IA: 8x20 units at our Waukon facility
26 minutes from Postville — 17 miles by road on US-18 / US-52. 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.
Agricultural hub along US-18 between Waukon and Calmar.
Getting to Waukon from Postville
Twenty-six minutes on US-18 — for most Postville households that is shorter than errands they already run to Waukon. At that distance the annual rate almost always wins, and there is no real case for paying the delivery premium unless you are loading in stages around shift work.
Route measured 26 minutes (17 miles) via US-18 and US-52 from the center of Postville to the facility address — not straight-line distance. Prefer we bring it to you? Portable storage delivered to Postville.
Storage in Postville, IA
A working town on US-18 that calls itself Hometown to the World.
Postville sits on US-18 between Waukon and Calmar and calls itself "Hometown to the World" — a town of about 2,400 whose population is roughly 43% Hispanic and draws from Mexican and Somali communities among others. Agri Star, the kosher meat plant, anchors employment with a few hundred jobs, and the surrounding country is straightforward Allamakee County farm ground.
That mix produces a particular storage pattern: shift-work households in rental property with limited garage space, farm and shop overflow that has nowhere to go between seasons, and families moving between houses within the same town. Our Waukon yard is 17 miles up the road — about 26 minutes — which for most Postville customers is a shorter trip than the drive they already make for groceries.
- County
- Allamakee County
- Population
- ~2,400
- Nearest units
- Waukon, IA
- Drive
- 17 mi · 26 min
What's open at Waukon right now
3 of 50 units are open at Waukon — that's 94% full. At this level units usually go within a week or two, so if the timing in Postville matters, reserve rather than plan to.
Counts come from our live inventory system and refresh hourly.
Storing in Postville? Pick annual.
If your storage timeline in Postville 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 Postville: at 26 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 Postville.
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 Postville 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 Driftless region it skews like this:
Farm parts, seasonal implements and shop overflow off the US-18 corridor
Household goods during a move or downsizing
Small-business stock that has outgrown the back room
Postville is home to roughly 2,400 people in Allamakee County. Our nearest units sit 17 miles away in Waukon, IA — 26 minutes door to gate.
A lot of our Postville customers are looking for practical, dependable storage while they move, remodel, or make room at home. We try to keep the rental process simple so getting extra space doesn’t become another project.
Common questions from Postville
At 26 minutes each way, yes for almost any timeline. Once you're moved in most Postville 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 Postville page — $100/mo annual or $120/mo month-to-month, plus a delivery fee based on distance from our Waukon yard.
Reserve a unit at Waukon
$65/mo on annual · 24/7 access · no setup fee · sign electronically in 5 minutes