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Big Bear Lake, California short-term rental listings & supply

Updated By The AirDNA Data Team

Big Bear Lake, California has 2,682 active short-term rental listings, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

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Total active listings
2,682
-39.8% YoY
Most popular size
3BR
35.3% of all active listings
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Big Bear Lake, California short-term rental listings

Big Bear Lake has 2,682 active short-term rental listings as of August 2026, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com. Active supply is down 39.8% from August 2025 to August 2026. Here's how the market breaks down:

  • By property type: 99.3% entire homes, 0.6% private rooms and 0.1% shared rooms.
  • By size: 35.3% 3-bedroom, 28% 2-bedroom, 17.2% 4-bedroom, 10.5% 1-bedroom, and 9% 5+ bedroom.
  • By channel: 66.2% cross-listed, 28.2% Airbnb-only and 5.5% Vrbo-only.
  • By availability: 69.4% full-time (271–365), 14.2% most of year (181–270), 9.4% part-time (91–180 nights), and 6.9% seasonal (1–90 nights).
  • By minimum stay: 57% 2 nights, 37.2% 30+ nights, 3.1% 3 nights, 1.6% 4–6 nights, 0.7% 7–29 nights, and 0.4% 1 night.
  • By cancellation policy: 65.7% moderate, 16.6% flexible, 14.4% strict, 3.3% super strict, and 0.1% no refund.
47
Rental demand score
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Analyst's take

Big Bear Lake's Rental Demand score: 47 out of 100.

Big Bear Lake's Rental Demand subscore is 47 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 49.

Rental Demand combines two inputs: annual occupancy (36% in Big Bear Lake) and year-over-year listing growth (active supply down 39.8% from August 2025 to August 2026).

It is benchmarked against other short-term rental markets in the same country with at least 15 active listings.

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Key definitions

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Active listings
Active listings are the short-term rentals on Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com that were available or booked in the trailing 12 months. AirDNA de-duplicates the same home across channels, and the count refreshes monthly.How AirDNA counts active listings →
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Active listings over timeIllustrative preview

How Big Bear Lake's active short-term rental supply has trended over the past year.

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Listing mix

Four ways to slice Big Bear Lake's 2,682 listings

Property type

Entire home leads at 99.3%

  • Entire home99.3%
  • Private room0.6%
  • Shared room0.1%

Bedrooms

3BR leads at 35.3%

  • 1BR10.5%
  • 2BR28%
  • 3BR35.3%
  • 4BR17.2%
  • 5BR+9%

Channel

Multi-platform leads at 66.2%

  • Airbnb only28.2%
  • Vrbo only5.5%
  • Multi-platform66.2%

Availability

Full-time (271–365) leads at 69.4%

  • Seasonal (1–90 nights)6.9%
  • Part-time (91–180 nights)9.4%
  • Most of year (181–270)14.2%
  • Full-time (271–365)69.4%

Listings by minimum stay

Share of Big Bear Lake active supply by host-set minimum stay

1 night
0.4%
2 nights
57%
3 nights
3.1%
4–6 nights
1.6%
7–29 nights
0.7%
30+ nights
37.2%

Listings by cancellation policy

Share of Big Bear Lake active supply by host cancellation policy

Flexible
16.6%
Moderate
65.7%
Strict
14.4%
Super strict
3.3%
No refund
0.1%

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Big Bear Lake market overview

The full Big Bear Lake market: 2,682 listings, $44.7K average revenue, 36% occupancy, $397 ADR. Topline metrics and the AirDNA Market Score.

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Revenue

Annual earnings, revenue by property type, and daily rates by segment.

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Seasonality

Occupancy, RevPAR, peak and trough months, seasonality score.

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Property Managers

The largest property managers operating in Big Bear Lake.

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