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Morehead City, North Carolina short-term rental listings & supply

Updated By The AirDNA Data Team

Morehead City, North Carolina has 240 active short-term rental listings, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

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Total active listings
240
+0.0% YoY
Most popular size
3BR
30.8% of all active listings
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Morehead City, North Carolina short-term rental listings

Morehead City has 240 active short-term rental listings as of July 2026, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com. Active supply is up 0.0% from July 2025 to July 2026. Here's how the market breaks down:

  • By property type: 94.2% entire homes, 5.8% private rooms.
  • By size: 30.8% 3-bedroom, 30.4% 1-bedroom, 26.3% 2-bedroom, 8.3% 4-bedroom, and 4.2% 5+ bedroom.
  • By channel: 48.3% Airbnb-only, 41.7% cross-listed and 10% Vrbo-only.
  • By availability: 54.6% full-time (271–365), 15.8% seasonal (1–90 nights), 15.4% most of year (181–270), and 14.2% part-time (91–180 nights).
  • By minimum stay: 46.3% 2 nights, 25% 30+ nights, 21.3% 3 nights, 5.4% 4–6 nights, and 2.1% 7–29 nights.
  • By cancellation policy: 44.9% moderate, 28% flexible, 15% strict, and 12.1% super strict.
71
Rental demand score
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Analyst's take

Morehead City's Rental Demand score: 71 out of 100.

Morehead City's Rental Demand subscore is 71 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 55.

Rental Demand combines two inputs: annual occupancy (46% in Morehead City) and year-over-year listing growth (active supply up 0.0% 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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Key definitions

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

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Listing mix

Four ways to slice Morehead City's 240 listings

Property type

Entire home leads at 94.2%

  • Entire home94.2%
  • Private room5.8%

Bedrooms

3BR leads at 30.8%

  • 1BR30.4%
  • 2BR26.3%
  • 3BR30.8%
  • 4BR8.3%
  • 5BR+4.2%

Channel

Airbnb only leads at 48.3%

  • Airbnb only48.3%
  • Vrbo only10%
  • Multi-platform41.7%

Availability

Full-time (271–365) leads at 54.6%

  • Seasonal (1–90 nights)15.8%
  • Part-time (91–180 nights)14.2%
  • Most of year (181–270)15.4%
  • Full-time (271–365)54.6%

Listings by minimum stay

Share of Morehead City active supply by host-set minimum stay

2 nights
46.3%
3 nights
21.3%
4–6 nights
5.4%
7–29 nights
2.1%
30+ nights
25%

Listings by cancellation policy

Share of Morehead City active supply by host cancellation policy

Flexible
28%
Moderate
44.9%
Strict
15%
Super strict
12.1%

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Morehead City market overview

The full Morehead City market: 240 listings, $17.9K average revenue, 46% occupancy, $258 ADR. Topline metrics and the AirDNA Market Score.

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Revenue

Annual earnings, revenue by property type, and daily rates by segment.

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Seasonality

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

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Property Managers

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