Santa Margarita, California short-term rental listings & supply

Name: Santa Margarita, California short-term rental supply data
Creator: AirDNA
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Updated September 29, 2026By The AirDNA Data Team

Santa Margarita, California has 3 active short-term rental listings, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

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Total active listings

-93.8% YoY

Santa Margarita, California short-term rental listings

Santa Margarita has 3 active short-term rental listings as of August 2026, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com. Active supply is down 93.8% from August 2025 to August 2026. Here's how the market breaks down:

By property type: 100% entire homes.
By size: 50% 1-bedroom, 25% 2-bedroom and 25% 5+ bedroom.
By channel: 50% cross-listed, 25% Airbnb-only and 25% Vrbo-only.
By availability: 75% full-time (271–365), 25% most of year (181–270).
By minimum stay: 50% 2 nights, 25% 3 nights and 25% 30+ nights.
By cancellation policy: 50% moderate, 25% flexible and 25% strict.

Rental demand score

Rental demand44
Seasonality48
Revenue growth27
Investability23
Regulation34

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Analyst's take

Santa Margarita's Rental Demand score: 44 out of 100.

Santa Margarita's Rental Demand subscore is 44 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 13.

Rental Demand combines two inputs: annual occupancy (54% in Santa Margarita) and year-over-year listing growth (active supply down 93.8% 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

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 →