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Chapel Hill, North Carolina short-term rental listings & supply

Updated By The AirDNA Data Team

Chapel Hill, North Carolina has 413 active short-term rental listings, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

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Total active listings
413
-28.9% YoY
Most popular size
1BR
45.1% of all active listings
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina short-term rental listings

Chapel Hill has 413 active short-term rental listings as of August 2026, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com. Active supply is down 28.9% from August 2025 to August 2026. Here's how the market breaks down:

  • By property type: 84.1% entire homes, 15.9% private rooms.
  • By size: 45.1% 1-bedroom, 24.9% 2-bedroom, 18% 3-bedroom, 7% 4-bedroom, and 4.9% 5+ bedroom.
  • By channel: 66% Airbnb-only, 26.3% cross-listed and 7.7% Vrbo-only.
  • By availability: 57.8% full-time (271–365), 16.5% part-time (91–180 nights), 16.5% most of year (181–270), and 9.2% seasonal (1–90 nights).
  • By minimum stay: 37.5% 2 nights, 36.7% 30+ nights, 13.8% 3 nights, 5.7% 4–6 nights, 5.4% 7–29 nights, and 1.1% 1 night.
  • By cancellation policy: 47.7% moderate, 30% flexible, 16.9% strict, 3.1% super strict, and 2.3% no refund.
83
Rental demand score
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Analyst's take

Chapel Hill's Rental Demand score: 83 out of 100.

Chapel Hill's Rental Demand subscore is 83 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 86.

Rental Demand combines two inputs: annual occupancy (59% in Chapel Hill) and year-over-year listing growth (active supply down 28.9% 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

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Active listings
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How Chapel Hill's active short-term rental supply has trended over the past year.

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Listing mix

Four ways to slice Chapel Hill's 413 listings

Property type

Entire home leads at 84.1%

  • Entire home84.1%
  • Private room15.9%

Bedrooms

1BR leads at 45.1%

  • 1BR45.1%
  • 2BR24.9%
  • 3BR18%
  • 4BR7%
  • 5BR+4.9%

Channel

Airbnb only leads at 66%

  • Airbnb only66%
  • Vrbo only7.7%
  • Multi-platform26.3%

Availability

Full-time (271–365) leads at 57.8%

  • Seasonal (1–90 nights)9.2%
  • Part-time (91–180 nights)16.5%
  • Most of year (181–270)16.5%
  • Full-time (271–365)57.8%

Listings by minimum stay

Share of Chapel Hill active supply by host-set minimum stay

1 night
1.1%
2 nights
37.5%
3 nights
13.8%
4–6 nights
5.7%
7–29 nights
5.4%
30+ nights
36.7%

Listings by cancellation policy

Share of Chapel Hill active supply by host cancellation policy

Flexible
30%
Moderate
47.7%
Strict
16.9%
Super strict
3.1%
No refund
2.3%

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Chapel Hill market overview

The full Chapel Hill market: 413 listings, $32.2K average revenue, 59% occupancy, $164 ADR. Topline metrics and the AirDNA Market Score.

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Revenue

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Seasonality

Occupancy, RevPAR, peak and trough months, seasonality score.

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Property Managers

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