The UpRev Market Index, September 2026 edition: $272 a night, 74.1% of December nights open and 29.3% estimated occupancy in the median of 34 US short-term rental markets

What stood out across the 34 markets?

• The median near-term quoted nightly price of the median region was $272, from $185 in Albany to $663 in Pacific Grove, where only 60 homes had a near-term quote.
• As collected in September 2026, December was 74.1% open to book at the median region's bookable entire homes, from 55.5% in Hawaii to 82.3% in Columbus. A night that is not open may be booked or blocked by the host.
• October, which began soon after collection, was 51.2% open in the median region, from 29.7% in Cambridge to 69.4% in Broward County.
• New York City is a monthly market: 85.9% of its bookable entire homes ask for a minimum stay of 30 nights or more, against 15.7% in the median region, and only 893 of its 10,111 bookable entire homes had a near-term quote.
• Host discounts ran from 40.0% of near-term quotes in Broward County to 14.0% in San Francisco; the median region's share was 24.0%.
• Estimated occupancy from 1 July to each snapshot, by Inside Airbnb's review-based model with each region's own average stay, was 29.3% in the median region, from 15.0% in Hawaii to 40.3% in Seattle. It reads low, because reviews follow check-out.
• Nashville has the largest homes: 29.9% of its bookable entire homes have 4 or more bedrooms, against 12.9% in the median region and 3.7% in New York City.
• Hosts with two or more listings run 83.2% of Hawaii's bookable entire homes and 41.9% of Denver's; the median region's share was 62.0%.
• Between the June and September snapshots, bookable entire homes changed by -2.3% in the median region, from -12.4% in New York City and Pacific Grove to 3.7% in Salem, OR. These are two snapshots, not a trend.
• For homes with 4 or more bedrooms the median near-term quote ran from $328 in Rochester to $1,521 in Hawaii, around a median of $540 across the 30 regions with enough of them to price.

Which markets rank highest and lowest?

Each market's own headline figure, from its market page, at both ends of three rankings; a cut that would split markets tied at one figure takes in every market at that figure. The full rankings list every market.

Airbnb Estimated Occupancy by City

The five highest: Seattle, WA (40.3%), Chicago, IL (38.1%), Portland, OR (37.6%), Bozeman, MT (36.7%) and Jersey City, NJ (35.7%). The five lowest: Hawaii (15.0%), Broward County, FL (17.5%), Las Vegas (Clark County, NV) (17.8%), New York City, NY (18.8%) and Santa Clara County, CA (22.7%). Median market: 29.3%. Airbnb Estimated Occupancy by City, the full ranking.

Airbnb Nightly Price by City

The five highest: Pacific Grove, CA ($663), Santa Cruz County, CA ($501), Cambridge, MA ($476), New York City, NY ($475) and Rhode Island ($410). The seven lowest: Albany, NY ($185), Portland, OR ($206), Rochester, NY ($208), Dallas, TX ($218), Salem, OR ($221), Oakland, CA ($221) and Fort Worth, TX ($221). Median market: $272. Airbnb Nightly Price by City, the full ranking.

Airbnb Open Nights by City

The five highest: Columbus, OH (82.3%), Dallas, TX (82.1%), Fort Worth, TX (80.0%), Chicago, IL (79.6%) and Washington, D.C. (79.3%). The five lowest: Hawaii (55.5%), San Francisco, CA (59.6%), Rhode Island (61.4%), Pacific Grove, CA (69.0%) and Oakland, CA (69.1%). Median market: 74.1%. Airbnb Open Nights by City, the full ranking.

What is each market's largest departure from the median?

A market's largest departure is the one measure on which it sits furthest from the median of the markets, scaled by how widely all the markets spread on that measure, so a market set apart by its bedroom mix and one set apart by its prices read on one scale. The measures run from the largest departure to the smallest; under each, its markets with their own figure and where it ranks, each linked to the market's own page.

• Share of bookable entire homes reviewed in the last 12 months, against a median of 79.2% across 34 markets: New York City (47.6%, the lowest), Clark County, NV (64.7%, the 2nd lowest), Los Angeles (65.8%, the 3rd lowest) and Asheville (85.1%, the 4th highest).
• Median near-term quoted nightly price, against a median of $272 across 34 markets: Pacific Grove ($663, the highest), Santa Cruz County ($501, the 2nd highest), San Mateo County ($377, the 8th highest), Rochester ($208, the 3rd lowest) and San Diego ($330, the 12th highest).
• Share of December nights still open to book, against a median of 74.1% across 34 markets: Hawaii (55.5%, the lowest), San Francisco (59.6%, the 2nd lowest), Rhode Island (61.4%, the 3rd lowest) and Columbus (82.3%, the highest).
• Share of bookable entire homes that are studios, against a median of 5.3% across 31 markets: Boston (17.8%, the highest) and Oakland (11.0%, the 6th highest).
• Share of bookable entire homes that are homes with 4 or more bedrooms, against a median of 12.9% across 34 markets: Nashville (29.9%, the highest), Twin Cities MSA (25.6%, the 2nd highest) and Austin (20.1%, the 5th highest).
• Share of October nights still open to book, against a median of 51.2% across 34 markets: Cambridge (29.7%, the lowest) and Dallas (66.6%, the 2nd highest).
• Share of all listings that are entire homes, against a median of 77.4% across 34 markets: Newark (50.7%, the lowest) and Santa Clara County (56.1%, the 4th lowest).
• Share of bookable entire homes that are 2-bedroom homes, against a median of 27.2% across 34 markets: Bozeman (36.1%, the 2nd highest) and Chicago (34.0%, the 3rd highest).
• Share of near-term quotes carrying a host discount, against a median of 24.0% across 34 markets: Broward County (40.0%, the highest) and New Orleans (39.2%, the 2nd highest).
• Share of bookable entire homes that are 1-bedroom homes, against a median of 32.5% across 34 markets: Albany (50.6%, the highest) and Washington, D.C. (45.8%, the 2nd highest).
• Share of bookable entire homes that are 3-bedroom homes, against a median of 18.7% across 34 markets: Portland (7.2%, the lowest), Jersey City (29.3%, the 3rd highest) and Fort Worth (27.3%, the 5th highest).
• Change in bookable entire homes since the June snapshot, against a median of -2.3% across 34 markets: Salem, OR (3.7%, the highest) and Seattle (-8.1%, the 4th lowest).
• Share of bookable entire homes run by hosts with 2 or more listings, against a median of 62.0% across 34 markets: Denver (41.9%, the lowest).

Source: Inside Airbnb (https://insideairbnb.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Aggregated and summarised by UpRev; the figures are UpRev's, not Inside Airbnb's.

What was counted?

UpRev counted 285,261 listings in the 34 snapshots: 216,642 entire homes, of which 185,125 were bookable entire homes and 108,022 carried a near-term quote. Every region is read from its own snapshot and collection days.

Every figure here counts short-term rental (STR) listings on Airbnb as Inside Airbnb collected them: the bookable entire homes it could quote a price for, grouped by bedrooms, as the method page sets out. How the data is built.

Data: Inside Airbnb (https://insideairbnb.com), listings, calendar and reviews files, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). UpRev aggregated and summarised the data; the figures are UpRev's, not Inside Airbnb's, and Inside Airbnb does not endorse this benchmark.

When is the next edition?

UpRev publishes the Market Index quarterly, one edition for each of Inside Airbnb's quarterly releases, and every edition keeps its own address. The benchmark is quarterly. The next issue, from the December 2026 snapshots, follows in February 2027.

The UpRev Market Index: every edition · Airbnb Market Data: every market's own page