Nags Head, North Carolina short-term rental listings & supply

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Nags Head, North Carolina has 1,563 active short-term rental listings, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

Total active listings
1,563
-23.5% YoY
Most popular size
5BR+
35% of all active listings
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Nags Head, North Carolina short-term rental listings

Nags Head has 1,563 active short-term rental listings as of August 2026, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com. Active supply is down 23.5% from August 2025 to August 2026. Here's how the market breaks down:

  • By property type: 99.7% entire homes, 0.3% private rooms.
  • By size: 35% 5+ bedroom, 26.2% 4-bedroom, 23.1% 3-bedroom, 9.1% 2-bedroom, and 6.5% 1-bedroom.
  • By channel: 58.5% cross-listed, 26.5% Vrbo-only and 15% Airbnb-only.
  • By availability: 38.6% full-time (271–365), 22.9% most of year (181–270), 22.5% part-time (91–180 nights), and 15.9% seasonal (1–90 nights).
  • By minimum stay: 49.1% 3 nights, 21.6% 30+ nights, 13.5% 7–29 nights, 10.6% 2 nights, 4.7% 4–6 nights, and 0.6% 1 night.
  • By cancellation policy: 42.4% super strict, 26.6% no refund, 17.5% moderate, 12% strict, and 1.5% flexible.
83
Rental demand score
Analyst's take

Nags Head's Rental Demand score: 83 out of 100.

Nags Head's Rental Demand subscore is 83 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 58.

Rental Demand combines two inputs: annual occupancy (60% in Nags Head) and year-over-year listing growth (active supply down 23.5% 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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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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How Nags Head's active short-term rental supply has trended over the past year.

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Listing mix

Four ways to slice Nags Head's 1,563 listings

Property type

Entire home leads at 99.7%

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

Bedrooms

5BR+ leads at 35%

  • 1BR6.5%
  • 2BR9.1%
  • 3BR23.1%
  • 4BR26.2%
  • 5BR+35%

Channel

Multi-platform leads at 58.5%

  • Airbnb only15%
  • Vrbo only26.5%
  • Multi-platform58.5%

Availability

Full-time (271–365) leads at 38.6%

  • Seasonal (1–90 nights)15.9%
  • Part-time (91–180 nights)22.5%
  • Most of year (181–270)22.9%
  • Full-time (271–365)38.6%

Listings by minimum stay

Share of Nags Head active supply by host-set minimum stay

1 night
0.6%
2 nights
10.6%
3 nights
49.1%
4–6 nights
4.7%
7–29 nights
13.5%
30+ nights
21.6%

Listings by cancellation policy

Share of Nags Head active supply by host cancellation policy

Flexible
1.5%
Moderate
17.5%
Strict
12%
Super strict
42.4%
No refund
26.6%

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