In Hays, North Carolina, the average short-term rental earns $17.4K per year and books at a $205 average daily rate.
The average active short-term rental in Hays earns $17.4K a year, booking at an average daily rate of $205 per night. Both figures are trailing-twelve-month averages across every active Hays listing on Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.
From July 2025 to July 2026, Hays short-term rental revenue is down 37.6% and the average daily rate is down 8.2%.
Hays's Revenue Growth subscore is 41 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 77.
Revenue Growth is the year-over-year change in RevPAR (revenue per available rental), counting only properties booked in both periods so new and delisted listings can't skew it. Hays's RevPAR is 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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How a typical listing's monthly revenue rises and falls across the year.
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The average active Hays short-term rental earns $17.4K a year.
Hays's market-wide average daily rate is $205 per booked night.
Hays's average daily rate is down 8.2% from July 2025 to July 2026, now $205 per booked night.
Hays short-term rental revenue is down 37.6% from July 2025 to July 2026, averaging $17.4K per active listing.
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