Spirit Lake, Iowa short-term rental listings & supply

Name: Spirit Lake, Iowa short-term rental supply data
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Updated September 29, 2026By The AirDNA Data Team

Spirit Lake, Iowa has 568 active short-term rental listings, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

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Total active listings

568

+125.4% YoY

Spirit Lake, Iowa short-term rental listings

Spirit Lake has 568 active short-term rental listings as of August 2026, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com. Active supply is up 125.4% from August 2025 to August 2026. Here's how the market breaks down:

By property type: 99.2% entire homes, 0.8% private rooms.
By size: 41.6% 3-bedroom, 21.9% 4-bedroom, 14.9% 2-bedroom, 12.8% 1-bedroom, and 8.9% 5+ bedroom.
By channel: 48.8% cross-listed, 27.7% Airbnb-only and 23.5% Vrbo-only.
By availability: 50.2% full-time (271–365), 23% part-time (91–180 nights), 15.8% most of year (181–270), and 11% seasonal (1–90 nights).
By minimum stay: 35.4% 2 nights, 33.8% 3 nights, 19.3% 30+ nights, 7.4% 4–6 nights, 3.6% 7–29 nights, and 0.4% 1 night.
By cancellation policy: 45.2% strict, 27.4% moderate, 14.4% flexible, and 13% super strict.

Rental demand score

Rental demand51
Seasonality43
Revenue growth72
Investability70
Regulation58

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Analyst's take

Spirit Lake's Rental Demand score: 51 out of 100.

Spirit Lake's Rental Demand subscore is 51 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 45.

Rental Demand combines two inputs: annual occupancy (45% in Spirit Lake) and year-over-year listing growth (active supply up 125.4% 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 →