San Luis Obispo, California short-term rental listings & supply

Name: San Luis Obispo, California short-term rental supply data
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Updated September 29, 2026By The AirDNA Data Team

San Luis Obispo, California has 3,436 active short-term rental listings, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

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Total active listings

3,436

+514.7% YoY

San Luis Obispo, California short-term rental listings

San Luis Obispo has 3,436 active short-term rental listings as of August 2026, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com. Active supply is up 514.7% from August 2025 to August 2026. Here's how the market breaks down:

By property type: 94.1% entire homes, 5.8% private rooms and 0.1% shared rooms.
By size: 33.3% 1-bedroom, 24.9% 3-bedroom, 24.8% 2-bedroom, 10.6% 4-bedroom, and 6.4% 5+ bedroom.
By channel: 52.7% cross-listed, 39.7% Airbnb-only and 7.6% Vrbo-only.
By availability: 67.3% full-time (271–365), 14.1% most of year (181–270), 10.8% part-time (91–180 nights), and 7.7% seasonal (1–90 nights).
By minimum stay: 46% 2 nights, 31.8% 30+ nights, 17.2% 3 nights, 2.6% 4–6 nights, 2.1% 7–29 nights, and 0.2% 1 night.
By cancellation policy: 47.9% moderate, 23.5% strict, 22.8% flexible, 5.3% super strict, and 0.5% no refund.

Rental demand score

Rental demand72
Seasonality66
Revenue growth96
Investability57
Regulation71

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Analyst's take

San Luis Obispo's Rental Demand score: 72 out of 100.

San Luis Obispo's Rental Demand subscore is 72 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 76.

Rental Demand combines two inputs: annual occupancy (52% in San Luis Obispo) and year-over-year listing growth (active supply up 514.7% 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

How AirDNA defines these metrics

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 →