Emerald Isle, North Carolina short-term rental listings & supply

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Emerald Isle, North Carolina has 919 active short-term rental listings, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

Total active listings
919
-29.9% YoY
Most popular size
3BR
31.4% of all active listings
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Emerald Isle, North Carolina short-term rental listings

Emerald Isle has 919 active short-term rental listings as of October 2026, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com. Active supply is down 29.9% from October 2025 to October 2026. Here's how the market breaks down:

  • By property type: 99.7% entire homes, 0.3% private rooms.
  • By size: 31.4% 3-bedroom, 27.8% 4-bedroom, 18.9% 5+ bedroom, 13.9% 2-bedroom, and 8% 1-bedroom.
  • By channel: 52.3% cross-listed, 32.9% Vrbo-only and 14.8% Airbnb-only.
  • By availability: 46.2% full-time (271–365), 21.6% most of year (181–270), 20.8% part-time (91–180 nights), and 11.4% seasonal (1–90 nights).
  • By minimum stay: 35.4% 3 nights, 24.5% 7–29 nights, 18.9% 2 nights, 11.4% 30+ nights, 9.6% 4–6 nights, and 0.2% 1 night.
  • By cancellation policy: 29.8% strict, 28.4% no refund, 25.2% super strict, 13% moderate, and 3.6% flexible.
67
Rental demand score
Analyst's take

Emerald Isle's Rental Demand score: 67 out of 100.

Emerald Isle's Rental Demand subscore is 67 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 45.

Rental Demand combines two inputs: annual occupancy (56% in Emerald Isle) and year-over-year listing growth (active supply down 29.9% from October 2025 to October 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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Active listings over timeIllustrative preview

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

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Listing mix

Four ways to slice Emerald Isle's 919 listings

Property type

Entire home leads at 99.7%

  • Entire home99.7%
  • Private room0.3%

Bedrooms

3BR leads at 31.4%

  • 1BR8%
  • 2BR13.9%
  • 3BR31.4%
  • 4BR27.8%
  • 5BR+18.9%

Channel

Multi-platform leads at 52.3%

  • Airbnb only14.8%
  • Vrbo only32.9%
  • Multi-platform52.3%

Availability

Full-time (271–365) leads at 46.2%

  • Seasonal (1–90 nights)11.4%
  • Part-time (91–180 nights)20.8%
  • Most of year (181–270)21.6%
  • Full-time (271–365)46.2%

Listings by minimum stay

Share of Emerald Isle active supply by host-set minimum stay

1 night
0.2%
2 nights
18.9%
3 nights
35.4%
4–6 nights
9.6%
7–29 nights
24.5%
30+ nights
11.4%

Listings by cancellation policy

Share of Emerald Isle active supply by host cancellation policy

Flexible
3.6%
Moderate
13%
Strict
29.8%
Super strict
25.2%
No refund
28.4%

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