Boston, Massachusetts short-term rental listings & supply

Name: Boston, Massachusetts short-term rental supply data
Creator: AirDNA
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Updated September 16, 2026By The AirDNA Data Team

Boston, Massachusetts has 10,520 active short-term rental listings, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

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Total active listings

10,520

+201.1% YoY

Boston, Massachusetts short-term rental listings

Boston has 10,520 active short-term rental listings as of August 2026, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com. Active supply is up 201.1% from August 2025 to August 2026. Here's how the market breaks down:

By property type: 73.9% entire homes, 26% private rooms and 0.1% shared rooms.
By size: 53.2% 1-bedroom, 22.1% 2-bedroom, 14.2% 3-bedroom, 6.9% 4-bedroom, and 3.6% 5+ bedroom.
By channel: 64.8% Airbnb-only, 30.2% cross-listed and 5% Vrbo-only.
By availability: 51.3% full-time (271–365), 18.4% most of year (181–270), 16.8% part-time (91–180 nights), and 13.4% seasonal (1–90 nights).
By minimum stay: 39.7% 30+ nights, 26.7% 2 nights, 14.7% 7–29 nights, 11.2% 3 nights, 7.2% 4–6 nights, and 0.5% 1 night.
By cancellation policy: 35% moderate, 34.7% strict, 24.3% flexible, 5.1% super strict, and 0.9% no refund.

Rental demand score

Rental demand86
Seasonality60
Revenue growth68
Investability52
Regulation64

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Analyst's take

Boston's Rental Demand score: 86 out of 100.

Boston's Rental Demand subscore is 86 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 56.

Rental Demand combines two inputs: annual occupancy (65% in Boston) and year-over-year listing growth (active supply up 201.1% 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 →