Santa Cruz, California short-term rental revenue & daily rates

Name: Santa Cruz, California short-term rental revenue data
Creator: AirDNA
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Updated November 5, 2026By The AirDNA Data Team

In Santa Cruz, California, the average short-term rental earns $70.2K per year and books at a $389 average daily rate.

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Annual revenue

$70.2K

+48.0% YoY

Average daily rate

$389

-4.1% YoY

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Santa Cruz, California short-term rental revenue and daily rates

The average active short-term rental in Santa Cruz earns $70.2K a year, booking at an average daily rate of $389 per night. Both figures are trailing-twelve-month averages across every active Santa Cruz listing on Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

From October 2025 to October 2026, Santa Cruz short-term rental revenue is up 48.0% and the average daily rate is down 4.1%.

Revenue growth score

Rental demand78
Seasonality60
Revenue growth92
Investability55
Regulation66

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Analyst's take

Santa Cruz's Revenue Growth score: 92 out of 100.

Santa Cruz's Revenue Growth subscore is 92 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 70.

Revenue Growth is the year-over-year change in RevPAR (revenue per available rental), counting only properties booked in both periods so new and delisted listings can't skew it. Santa Cruz's RevPAR is up 8.7% from October 2025 to October 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

Annual revenue: Annual revenue is the trailing-twelve-month earnings of a typical active listing before host expenses, including booked nightly rates plus cleaning and other guest fees.How AirDNA calculates revenue →
Average daily rate (ADR): ADR is the average nightly price guests actually paid across booked nights in the trailing 12 months. Nights that didn't book are excluded.How AirDNA calculates ADR →