In Fort Walton Beach, Florida, the average short-term rental earns $32.3K per year and books at a $186 average daily rate.
The average active short-term rental in Fort Walton Beach earns $32.3K a year, booking at an average daily rate of $186 per night. Both figures are trailing-twelve-month averages across every active Fort Walton Beach listing on Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.
From August 2025 to August 2026, Fort Walton Beach short-term rental revenue is down 34.2% and the average daily rate is down 44.8%.
Fort Walton Beach's Revenue Growth subscore is 82 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 52.
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. Fort Walton Beach's RevPAR is down 48.5% 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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The average active Fort Walton Beach short-term rental earns $32.3K a year.
Fort Walton Beach's market-wide average daily rate is $186 per booked night.
Fort Walton Beach's average daily rate is down 44.8% from August 2025 to August 2026, now $186 per booked night.
Fort Walton Beach short-term rental revenue is down 34.2% from August 2025 to August 2026, averaging $32.3K per active listing.
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