Cape Girardeau, Missouri short-term rental listings & supply

Name: Cape Girardeau, Missouri short-term rental supply data
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Updated September 29, 2026By The AirDNA Data Team

Cape Girardeau, Missouri has 140 active short-term rental listings, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

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Total active listings

140

-29.3% YoY

Cape Girardeau, Missouri short-term rental listings

Cape Girardeau has 140 active short-term rental listings as of August 2026, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com. Active supply is down 29.3% from August 2025 to August 2026. Here's how the market breaks down:

By property type: 89% entire homes, 11% private rooms.
By size: 40.2% 1-bedroom, 31.1% 2-bedroom, 19.1% 3-bedroom, 8.6% 4-bedroom, and 1% 5+ bedroom.
By channel: 59.6% Airbnb-only, 36.5% cross-listed and 3.8% Vrbo-only.
By availability: 58.9% full-time (271–365), 17.7% most of year (181–270), 14.8% part-time (91–180 nights), and 8.6% seasonal (1–90 nights).
By minimum stay: 56.9% 30+ nights, 28.2% 2 nights, 7.7% 3 nights, 5.7% 7–29 nights, and 1.4% 4–6 nights.
By cancellation policy: 43.8% flexible, 41.6% moderate and 14.6% strict.

Rental demand score

Rental demand86
Seasonality88
Revenue growth51
Investability78
Regulation72

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Analyst's take

Cape Girardeau's Rental Demand score: 86 out of 100.

Cape Girardeau's Rental Demand subscore is 86 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 87.

Rental Demand combines two inputs: annual occupancy (58% in Cape Girardeau) and year-over-year listing growth (active supply down 29.3% 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 →