Mountain townsNew York2026

New York Mountain Towns

Saugerties, Hunter and Lake Placid were the most booked of the 23 mountain towns in New York on Airbnb in the 12 months to October 2026, with an estimated 9,991, 9,741 and 9,687 stays. July is the busiest month across them, and the typical stay is 4.0 nights.

Source: AirROI Reviewed by Jun Zhou, Founder @ AirROI Updated November 4, 2026

Figures are AirROI estimates. How they are made

Among the 10 towns with 200+ homes

Most booked of these 10: Saugerties 9,991 stays
Highest revenue per home of these 10: Saugerties $54,126 a year
Highest rated of these 10: Woodstock 4.92 out of 5
Lowest nightly rate of these 10: Shandaken $341 a night
Longest typical stay of these 10: Woodstock 5.3 nights

Ranking

New York Mountain Towns Ranked by Airbnb Stays

Every one of the mountain towns and villages in New York with 100 or more Airbnb homes and recent stays, most booked first.

New York Mountain Towns ranked by Airbnb stays, with homes, typical stay, busiest month, nightly rate, occupancy, revenue per home and guest rating

1	Saugerties	9,991	349	4.4 nights	July	$424	42%	$54,126	4.91
2	Hunter. Includes Tannersville.	9,741	408	3.6 nights	August	$445	31%	$42,815	4.87
3	Lake Placid	9,687	399	4.7 nights	July	$464	38%	$50,701	4.85
4	Shandaken. Includes Phoenicia and Pine Hill.	8,013	278	3.3 nights	August	$341	34%	$37,270	4.86
5	Windham	7,905	395	3.5 nights	August	$523	28%	$43,650	4.87
6	Lake George. Includes Lake George Village.	7,590	417	3.6 nights	August	$372	32%	$30,158	4.76
7	Jay. Includes Upper Jay and Au Sable Forks.	6,783	192	3.9 nights	July	$337	44%	$50,335	4.92
8	Woodstock	6,056	222	5.3 nights	August	$386	41%	$46,720	4.92
9	North Elba. Includes Ray Brook.	5,856	231	4.4 nights	July	$477	39%	$47,939	4.87
10	Middletown. Includes Fleischmanns and Margaretville.	5,281	198	4.1 nights	July	$348	36%	$39,976	4.88
11	Rochester (Ulster County)	4,940	155	3.9 nights	August	$466	41%	$56,976	4.91
12	Wilmington	4,332	139	3.5 nights	July	$376	40%	$53,995	4.91
13	Webb. Includes Old Forge.	4,207	214	4.3 nights	July	$382	38%	$33,782	4.88
14	Johnsburg	4,192	205	3.8 nights	February	$359	32%	$30,424	4.86
15	Wawarsing. Includes Ellenville and Cragsmoor.	3,635	131	4.2 nights	August	$383	40%	$43,488	4.88
16	New Paltz	3,406	109	3.7 nights	October	$362	42%	$45,532	4.90
17	Saranac Lake	3,274	143	5.0 nights	July	$377	40%	$35,172	4.83
18	Rockland. Includes Roscoe and Livingston Manor.	3,004	125	3.4 nights	August	$340	34%	$35,320	4.89
19	Roxbury	2,854	126	4.4 nights	August	$357	37%	$41,233	4.91
20	Chester. Includes Chestertown.	2,773	124	3.8 nights	August	$389	33%	$37,434	4.87
21	Bolton. Includes Bolton Landing.	2,304	129	4.4 nights	August	$756	36%	$62,347	4.89
22	Schroon. Includes Schroon Lake.	2,000	109	4.6 nights	July	$293	35%	$28,052	4.83
23	Indian Lake. Includes Blue Mountain Lake.	1,876	115	4.1 nights	July	$303	32%	$23,136	4.84

Figures are AirROI estimates for the 12 months to October 2026, and stays count Airbnb bookings only. Typical stay is a booking's length, occupancy the share of available nights booked, and revenue the yearly average per home, before costs. Guest rating is out of 5. Airbnb data files some places as one district or township, so Hunter and rows like it cover several towns.

Town by town

Where the Top Towns Stand Out

5 of 8 are busiest in August. Saugerties, Lake Placid and Jay peak in July. Among guests who left a review, New York is the top home city in all 8. Houses are the largest home type in 7 of the 8. The lines below add what the table can't show, where one of the 8 most booked towns leads its peers or differs from the rest.

Saugerties
Of the 10 mountain towns in New York with 200 or more homes, Saugerties had the highest occupancy, at 42%, in the 12 months to October 2026.
Lake Placid
Of the 10 mountain towns in New York with 200 or more homes, Lake Placid had the biggest share of apartments and condos, at 48%, in the 12 months to October 2026.
4
Shandaken
Of the 10 mountain towns in New York with 200 or more homes, Shandaken had the lowest nightly rate, at $341, in the 12 months to October 2026.
5
Windham
Of the 10 mountain towns in New York with 200 or more homes, Windham had the biggest share of homes that sleep 8 or more, at 61%, and had the highest nightly rate, at $523, in the 12 months to October 2026.
6
Lake George
Of the 10 mountain towns in New York with 200 or more homes, Lake George had the most Airbnb homes, at 417, in the 12 months to October 2026.
8
Woodstock
Of the 10 mountain towns in New York with 200 or more homes, Woodstock had the highest guest rating, at 4.92, and had the longest typical stay, at 5.3 nights, in the 12 months to October 2026.

When to go

Busiest and Quietest Months

July, August and September rank as the busiest months for Airbnb nights across the mountain towns in New York, and March and April as the quietest. July is the busiest month in 10 of the 23, while Hunter, Shandaken and Windham peak in August. Across the 23 towns, nightly rates run lowest in April, at about $388, and highest in July, at about $447. Across the 23 towns, stays run longest in July, at 4.9 nights, and shortest in October, at 3.0 nights.

July ranks first, April last

Airbnb months in calendar order. The number is the month's rank, and 1 is the busiest. The bar shows its part of Airbnb nights.

Three busiest months
Other months

Month by month: rank, typical stay and nightly rate

Months in New York by rank
Rank	Month	Typical stay	Nightly rate
1	July	4.9 nights	$447
2	August	4.2 nights	$437
3	September	3.1 nights	$402
4	October	3.0 nights	$406
5	June	4.3 nights	$415
6	February	3.4 nights	$406
7	January	3.5 nights	$407
8	December	4.2 nights	$410
9	November	3.5 nights	$394
10	May	3.7 nights	$403
11	March	3.3 nights	$391
12	April	4.1 nights	$388

Who comes

Where Guests Come From

Among guests who left a review, 95.3% come from within the United States. Among those guests, the largest group from abroad comes from Canada. The top home cities among those guests are New York, Philadelphia and Rochester. Lake Placid draws the most from abroad, at 6.1%, among towns with 200 or more homes.

Top home cities

Among guests who left a review

95.3% from within the United States

New York 28%
Philadelphia 1.9%
Rochester 1.4%

The money view

Revenue, Occupancy and Nightly Rate

Among the 10 towns with 200 or more Airbnb homes, Saugerties has the highest estimated revenue per home, at $54,126 a year. Of those 10, Saugerties has the highest occupancy, at 42%, and Shandaken has the lowest nightly rate on Airbnb, at $341. Saugerties is also the most booked of the 23.

Highest revenue per home of these 10

A year, AirROI estimate

Saugerties $54,126
Lake Placid $50,701
North Elba $47,939
Woodstock $46,720
Windham $43,650

Highest occupancy of these 10

Nights booked, AirROI estimate

Lowest nightly rate of these 10

On Airbnb, AirROI estimate

Shandaken $341
Johnsburg $359
Lake George $372
Webb $382
Woodstock $386

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the most popular mountain town in New York?

By AirROI's estimates, Saugerties is the most booked of the 23 mountain towns in New York, with 9,991 Airbnb stays in the 12 months to October 2026. Hunter is second, with 9,741. This counts Airbnb bookings only.

What is the most affordable mountain town in New York?

By AirROI's estimated nightly rate on Airbnb in the 12 months to October 2026, among mountain towns in New York with 200 or more homes, the lowest are Shandaken ($341), Johnsburg ($359) and Lake George ($372). That is the average asking price on booked nights, not what it costs to live or buy there.

What are some small mountain towns in New York?

By AirROI's count of active Airbnb homes as of October 2026, the smallest of the 23 mountain towns it lists in New York are New Paltz (109), Schroon (109) and Indian Lake (115). AirROI's list starts at 100 homes, so smaller places are not on it.

What mountain towns in New York offer the strongest Airbnb returns?

Returns depend on what a home costs to buy and run, which AirROI's figures do not cover. On AirROI's estimated revenue per home in the 12 months to October 2026, among mountain towns in New York with 200 or more homes, the highest are Saugerties ($54,126), Lake Placid ($50,701) and North Elba ($47,939). Among the same towns, Saugerties has the highest occupancy, at 42%.

Method

How These Lists and Numbers Are Made

How a town gets on this list. A town needs 100 or more Airbnb homes with recent stays. A language model then judges the place from its name, state, country and coordinates, not from words in its name: it has to sit in a mountain range or right at its foot, with the mountains the reason it is known and why people go. The town's own listings can back that up, with 15% of its listing titles naming the mountains. A town whose listings do not gets a second, stricter check, which asks whether people go there for that or mainly for something else. Big cities stay off. Corrections come last: places the checks got wrong are added or taken off, and rows that name one place are joined.

How the figures are made. Stays, occupancy, nightly rate and revenue are AirROI estimates built from Airbnb listing data, and cover Airbnb only. A town's stays are its bookings in the period, and the typical stay and busiest month come from the same data. Guest ratings, home sizes and how far ahead guests book are the latest figures in each town's AirROI data. Month ranks compare each month's part of Airbnb nights. Origin rests on 451,151 reviews and describes guests who left a review, not everyone who stayed. A town needs 1,000 reviews before this page gives its share from abroad.