Waves, North Carolina short-term rental revenue & daily rates

Name: Waves, North Carolina short-term rental revenue data
Creator: AirDNA
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Updated August 5, 2026By The AirDNA Data Team

In Waves, North Carolina, the average short-term rental earns $36.1K per year and books at a $509 average daily rate.

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Annual revenue

$36.1K

-61.0% YoY

Average daily rate

$509

-25.1% YoY

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Waves, North Carolina short-term rental revenue and daily rates

The average active short-term rental in Waves earns $36.1K a year, booking at an average daily rate of $509 per night. Both figures are trailing-twelve-month averages across every active Waves listing on Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

From July 2025 to July 2026, Waves short-term rental revenue is down 61.0% and the average daily rate is down 25.1%.

Revenue growth score

Rental demand87
Seasonality41
Revenue growth40
Investability75
Regulation63

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Analyst's take

Waves's Revenue Growth score: 40 out of 100.

Waves's Revenue Growth subscore is 40 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 47.

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. Waves's RevPAR is down 39.2% 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

How AirDNA defines these metrics

Annual revenue: Annual revenue is the trailing-twelve-month earnings of a typical active listing before host expenses, including booked nightly rates plus cleaning and other guest fees.How AirDNA calculates revenue →
Average daily rate (ADR): ADR is the average nightly price guests actually paid across booked nights in the trailing 12 months. Nights that didn't book are excluded.How AirDNA calculates ADR →