Home | Newsletter | Advertise

142,000 Visitors and $77 Million: Airbnb By the Numbers in DC

  • November 30th 2015

by UrbanTurf Staff

✉️ Want to forward this article? Click here.

142,000 Visitors and $77 Million: Airbnb By the Numbers in DC: Figure 1
One-bedroom Airbnb rental in Logan Circle.

In late September, legislation was introduced in the District that would heavily regulate the city’s Airbnb industry. Shortly before Thanksgiving, the multi-billion-dollar short-term rental company published a report, perhaps in response to the proposed bills, that illustrates the economic impact that Airbnb has on the nation’s capital.

142,000 Visitors and $77 Million: Airbnb By the Numbers in DC: Figure 2

Here is a quick snapshot of the report by the numbers:

  • $77 million: The amount that Airbnb tourists spent in DC between September 2014 and October 2015.
  • 3,600: The number of Airbnb hosts in DC.
  • 38: The average age of a host.
  • $5,100: Annual earnings for a typical Airbnb host.
  • 142,000: The total number of inbound Airbnb guests that DC has hosted over the last 12 months.
  • 78%: The percentage of Airbnb listings in DC rented for less than 90 days a year.
  • 4.4 nights: Average length of stay for an Airbnb guest in DC.

Curious what it’s like to be an Airbnb host in DC? Check out UrbanTurf’s interview with a local host from this summer.

See other articles related to: airbnb, airbnb dc

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/142000_visitors_airbnb_by_the_numbers_in_dc/10630.

Pipeline: New Condos & Apartments Coming to the DC Area

DC Real Estate Guides

Short guides to navigating the DC-area real estate market

We've collected all our helpful guides for buying, selling and renting in and around Washington, DC in one place. Start browsing below!

First-Timer Primers

Intro guides for first-time home buyers

Red Flags Revealed During a Home Inspection Top 5 Tax Breaks For Homeowners Tax Relief for DC Homeowners
Condo Fee Tutorial What is a Rent Back? 10 Ways To Tell If a Home Renovation is Well Done
Obtaining a Basic Business License For Your Rental What is an Adjustable Rate Mortgage? The Splitting the Rent Formula
How Much Cash Do You Need to Buy a House? Is This Condo Building Financially Healthy? Interest Rates and Mortgage Points
The Scoop on Mortgage Insurance

Unique Spaces

Awesome and unusual real estate from across the DC Metro

The Most Intriguing Loft in DC The R Street Firehouse DC’s One-Room House
Dupont Circle’s Old Frat House To Become Alley Home Best Transition From a Garage To a Home The Roundhouse
Tilden Gardens Restaurant-Turned-Home Hits Market Next Week Logan Circle’s Most Intriguing Garage Frank Lloyd Wright Goes Green in Kensington
Sears Bungalow Gets a Modern Makeover Old Town General Store Becomes Three-Level Home Making the Most of a Skinny House
A Studio 27 Renovation on Capitol Hill Once a Carriage House, Now a Home The Bank that Became a Home
From Pie to Hooch to Heroin to Home The Live-Aboards of Gangplank Marina A Treehouse with Rock Creek Park As A Backyard
Modern Tranquility in Sperryville Saddle Up For Stable Living Throwing a Curve at 550 Square Feet
A Modern Hilltop Retreat Tilden Street Restaurant Becomes Spacious Home Focus on Design: A Vastu Unit at 22 West
The DC Area’s First Net Zero Home A Yankee Goes Green DC’s First Carbon Neutral Home
Eco-Friendly Alley House Off H Street The Gym, The Stables and The Firehouse