Carolina Beach, North Carolina short-term rental listings & supply

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Carolina Beach, North Carolina has 2,765 active short-term rental listings, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

Total active listings
2,765
-3.3% YoY
Most popular size
2BR
29.3% of all active listings
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Carolina Beach, North Carolina short-term rental listings

Carolina Beach has 2,765 active short-term rental listings as of July 2026, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com. Active supply is down 3.3% from July 2025 to July 2026. Here's how the market breaks down:

  • By property type: 97.8% entire homes, 2.2% private rooms.
  • By size: 29.3% 2-bedroom, 25% 1-bedroom, 24.8% 3-bedroom, 11.9% 4-bedroom, and 8.9% 5+ bedroom.
  • By channel: 69% cross-listed, 22.4% Airbnb-only and 8.6% Vrbo-only.
  • By availability: 56% full-time (271–365), 16.7% most of year (181–270), 15.7% part-time (91–180 nights), and 11.6% seasonal (1–90 nights).
  • By minimum stay: 38.4% 2 nights, 31.4% 3 nights, 16.9% 30+ nights, 10.2% 4–6 nights, 2.9% 7–29 nights, and 0.2% 1 night.
  • By cancellation policy: 32.5% moderate, 26.7% super strict, 22.2% strict, 17.4% flexible, and 1.2% no refund.
Analyst's take

Carolina Beach's Rental Demand score: 77 out of 100.

Carolina Beach's Rental Demand subscore is 77 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 61.

Rental Demand combines two inputs: annual occupancy (55% in Carolina Beach) and year-over-year listing growth (active supply down 3.3% 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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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
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Active listings over timeIllustrative preview

How Carolina Beach's active short-term rental supply has trended over the past year.

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Listing mix

Four ways to slice Carolina Beach's 2,765 listings

Property type

Entire home leads at 97.8%

  • Entire home97.8%
  • Private room2.2%

Bedrooms

2BR leads at 29.3%

  • 1BR25%
  • 2BR29.3%
  • 3BR24.8%
  • 4BR11.9%
  • 5BR+8.9%

Channel

Multi-platform leads at 69%

  • Airbnb only22.4%
  • Vrbo only8.6%
  • Multi-platform69%

Availability

Full-time (271–365) leads at 56%

  • Seasonal (1–90 nights)11.6%
  • Part-time (91–180 nights)15.7%
  • Most of year (181–270)16.7%
  • Full-time (271–365)56%

Listings by minimum stay

Share of Carolina Beach active supply by host-set minimum stay

1 night
0.2%
2 nights
38.4%
3 nights
31.4%
4–6 nights
10.2%
7–29 nights
2.9%
30+ nights
16.9%

Listings by cancellation policy

Share of Carolina Beach active supply by host cancellation policy

Flexible
17.4%
Moderate
32.5%
Strict
22.2%
Super strict
26.7%
No refund
1.2%

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