Bay City, Texas short-term rental listings & supply

Name: Bay City, Texas short-term rental supply data
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Updated August 5, 2026By The AirDNA Data Team

Bay City, Texas has 263 active short-term rental listings, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

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Total active listings

263

-5.7% YoY

Bay City, Texas short-term rental listings

Bay City has 263 active short-term rental listings as of July 2026, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com. Active supply is down 5.7% from July 2025 to July 2026. Here's how the market breaks down:

By property type: 91.3% entire homes, 4.9% private rooms and 3.8% shared rooms.
By size: 31.6% 2-bedroom, 30.8% 3-bedroom, 24.3% 1-bedroom, 10.6% 4-bedroom, and 2.7% 5+ bedroom.
By channel: 48.7% cross-listed, 36.9% Airbnb-only and 14.4% Vrbo-only.
By availability: 74.9% full-time (271–365), 10.3% most of year (181–270), 8% part-time (91–180 nights), and 6.8% seasonal (1–90 nights).
By minimum stay: 63.5% 2 nights, 28.5% 30+ nights, 6.8% 3 nights, 0.8% 4–6 nights, and 0.4% 7–29 nights.
By cancellation policy: 51.4% moderate, 40.5% flexible, 6.3% strict, and 1.8% super strict.

Rental demand score

Rental demand55
Seasonality53
Revenue growth54
Investability79
Regulation69

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Analyst's take

Bay City's Rental Demand score: 55 out of 100.

Bay City's Rental Demand subscore is 55 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 48.

Rental Demand combines two inputs: annual occupancy (40% in Bay City) and year-over-year listing growth (active supply down 5.7% 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

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 →