Sunset Beach, California short-term rental listings & supply

Name: Sunset Beach, California short-term rental supply data
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Updated August 5, 2026By The AirDNA Data Team

Sunset Beach, California has 68 active short-term rental listings, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

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Total active listings

-5.6% YoY

Sunset Beach, California short-term rental listings

Sunset Beach has 68 active short-term rental listings as of July 2026, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com. Active supply is down 5.6% from July 2025 to July 2026. Here's how the market breaks down:

By property type: 88.2% entire homes, 11.8% private rooms.
By size: 32.4% 3-bedroom, 29.4% 2-bedroom, 23.5% 1-bedroom, 10.3% 4-bedroom, and 4.4% 5+ bedroom.
By channel: 57.4% cross-listed, 35.3% Airbnb-only and 7.4% Vrbo-only.
By availability: 63.2% full-time (271–365), 20.6% most of year (181–270), 10.3% part-time (91–180 nights), and 5.9% seasonal (1–90 nights).
By minimum stay: 35.3% 3 nights, 32.4% 30+ nights, 16.2% 2 nights, 14.7% 4–6 nights, and 1.5% 1 night.
By cancellation policy: 46.9% strict, 28.1% moderate, 21.9% flexible, and 3.1% super strict.

Rental demand score

Rental demand71
Seasonality61
Revenue growth74
Investability52
Regulation76

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Analyst's take

Sunset Beach's Rental Demand score: 71 out of 100.

Sunset Beach's Rental Demand subscore is 71 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 60.

Rental Demand combines two inputs: annual occupancy (55% in Sunset Beach) and year-over-year listing growth (active supply down 5.6% from July 2025 to July 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 →