Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina short-term rental listings & supply

Name: Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina short-term rental supply data
Creator: AirDNA
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Updated September 16, 2026By The AirDNA Data Team

Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina has 1,631 active short-term rental listings, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

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Total active listings

1,631

+31.7% YoY

Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina short-term rental listings

Ocean Isle Beach has 1,631 active short-term rental listings as of August 2026, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com. Active supply is up 31.7% from August 2025 to August 2026. Here's how the market breaks down:

By property type: 99.4% entire homes, 0.6% private rooms.
By size: 26.9% 5+ bedroom, 24.4% 4-bedroom, 19.7% 3-bedroom, 17.9% 2-bedroom, and 11.1% 1-bedroom.
By channel: 54.6% cross-listed, 30% Vrbo-only and 15.4% Airbnb-only.
By availability: 53.4% full-time (271–365), 18.5% most of year (181–270), 16.5% part-time (91–180 nights), and 11.6% seasonal (1–90 nights).
By minimum stay: 37.6% 3 nights, 30.4% 2 nights, 13.9% 30+ nights, 11.1% 7–29 nights, 6.3% 4–6 nights, and 0.7% 1 night.
By cancellation policy: 28.3% strict, 28.3% super strict, 18% moderate, 15.5% no refund, and 9.9% flexible.

Rental demand score

Rental demand60
Seasonality44
Revenue growth45
Investability74
Regulation59

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Analyst's take

Ocean Isle Beach's Rental Demand score: 60 out of 100.

Ocean Isle Beach's Rental Demand subscore is 60 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 43.

Rental Demand combines two inputs: annual occupancy (51% in Ocean Isle Beach) and year-over-year listing growth (active supply up 31.7% 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

How AirDNA defines these metrics

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 →