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Outer Banks Airbnb Data: Revenue and Occupancy by Town

AirROI tracks 5,358 active Airbnb homes on the Outer Banks: 5,239 in 16 towns, led by Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head, Corolla, Kitty Hawk, Duck and Manteo, and 119 elsewhere. These homes took an estimated 100,924 stays in the 12 months to October 2026, 55% of them in Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head and Corolla. A typical stay ran 5.2 nights and the average home earned $47,516 at 40% occupancy. Of these homes, 78% are houses, 15% are apartments or condos and 52% sleep 8 or more.

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

A listed town needs 50 or more active Airbnb homes, with at least 75% of them near the region. Figures are AirROI estimates. How they are made

Active Airbnb homes: 5,358
Avg. revenue per home: $47,516
Occupancy rate: 40%
Avg. nightly rate: $442

Towns

Outer Banks Towns by Airbnb Stays

Each row links to the town's own market page. Select a column to sort by it.

Outer Banks towns by Airbnb stays, with homes, typical stay, busiest month, nightly rate, occupancy, revenue per home and guest rating, 12 months to October 2026

1	Kill Devil Hills	28,483	1,224	4.9 nights	July	$357	43%	$42,624	4.81
2	Nags Head	16,560	904	5.5 nights	July	$500	40%	$54,564	4.71
3	Corolla	10,906	784	5.9 nights	July	$600	39%	$59,537	4.69
4	Kitty Hawk	10,012	444	5.2 nights	July	$399	44%	$48,938	4.84
5	Duck	4,944	285	5.9 nights	July	$518	42%	$57,936	4.77
6	Manteo	4,706	182	3.6 nights	July	$312	37%	$33,381	4.83
7	Avon	4,305	302	6.0 nights	June	$403	39%	$36,419	4.72
8	Rodanthe	3,417	192	5.7 nights	July	$479	41%	$54,164	4.80
9	Southern Shores	3,151	168	5.9 nights	July	$498	43%	$56,416	4.84
10	Ocracoke	2,744	145	5.0 nights	July	$299	37%	$27,919	4.86
11	Buxton	2,232	138	4.7 nights	July	$253	34%	$19,019	4.69
12	Frisco	2,190	122	5.4 nights	July	$323	40%	$30,977	4.78
13	Hatteras	1,837	154	4.7 nights	July	$347	31%	$23,867	4.64
14	Salvo	1,180	70	5.3 nights	June	$583	41%	$66,918	4.83
15	Colington	1,134	59	4.7 nights	July	$319	37%	$29,039	4.82
16	Waves	919	66	5.6 nights	July	$431	39%	$42,121	4.72
	Elsewhere in Currituck County	2,204	119	5.4 nights	August	$574	43%	$66,557	4.65

Figures cover the 12 months to October 2026. Region figures add up these 16 towns and Elsewhere in Currituck County, homes filed under a wider area, which take no rank. Occupancy counts only nights a home was open, so rate x occupancy x 365 runs higher than revenue per home. How these numbers are made.

Earnings

Revenue, Occupancy and Nightly Rate on the Outer Banks

Across the 13 towns with 100 or more Airbnb homes, revenue per home runs from $19,019 in Buxton to $59,537 in Corolla a year. Gaps like these often reflect home size and mix more than the town, so compare towns with similar homes.

Revenue per home, top 5

A year, AirROI estimate

Corolla $59,537
Duck $57,936
Southern Shores $56,416
Nags Head $54,564
Rodanthe $54,164

Occupancy, top 5

Nights booked, AirROI estimate

Lowest nightly rates among towns

With 100 or more homes, AirROI estimate

Buxton $253
Ocracoke $299
Manteo $312
Frisco $323
Hatteras $347

Among the 13 towns with 100 or more Airbnb homes, 12 months to Oct 2026.

Town by town

Where the Top Towns Stand Out on the Outer Banks

Among guests who left a review, Richmond is the top home city in 4 of the 8. Houses are the largest home type in all 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.

Kill Devil Hills
Of the 13 towns on the Outer Banks with 100 or more homes, Kill Devil Hills had the most Airbnb homes, at 1,224, in the 12 months to October 2026.
Corolla
Of the 13 towns on the Outer Banks with 100 or more homes, Corolla had the highest revenue per home, at $59,537, and had the biggest share of homes that sleep 8 or more, at 84%, in the 12 months to October 2026.
4
Kitty Hawk
Of the 13 towns on the Outer Banks with 100 or more homes, Kitty Hawk had the highest occupancy, at 44%, in the 12 months to October 2026.
6
Manteo
In the 12 months to October 2026, among guests who left a review, Raleigh was the top home city for Manteo, Outer Banks, at 5%.
7
Avon
Of the 13 towns on the Outer Banks with 100 or more homes, Avon had the longest typical stay, at 6.0 nights, in the 12 months to October 2026.

When

Busiest and Quietest Months on the Outer Banks

July, June and August rank as the busiest months for Airbnb nights on the Outer Banks, and February and January as the quietest. July is the busiest month in 14 of the 16 towns, while Avon and Salvo peak in June. Across the 16 towns, nightly rates run lowest in November, at about $360, and highest in July, at about $609.

July ranks first, January last

Airbnb months in calendar order, 12 months to October 2026. 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

From busiest to quietest: July, June, August, September, May, April, October, March, November, December, February, January.

Month by month: rank, share of nights, typical stay and nightly rate

Months on the Outer Banks by rank, 12 months to October 2026
Rank	Month	Share of nights	Typical stay	Nightly rate
1	July	13.7%	6.5 nights	$609
2	June	13.1%	6.0 nights	$593
3	August	12.6%	5.1 nights	$545
4	September	9.7%	4.0 nights	$422
5	May	9.3%	5.0 nights	$440
6	April	7.6%	4.9 nights	$380
7	October	7.4%	4.0 nights	$368
8	March	6.1%	4.9 nights	$365
9	November	5.9%	4.0 nights	$360
10	December	5.4%	4.3 nights	$371
11	February	4.8%	5.2 nights	$365
12	January	4.3%	5.3 nights	$369

Who comes

Where Guests Come From on the Outer Banks

Among guests who left a review, 97.9% come from within the United States. The top home cities among those guests are Richmond, Raleigh and Washington. Buxton draws the most from abroad, at 3.6%, among towns with 100 or more homes.

97.9% from within the United States

Among guests who left a review, as of October 2026

Top home cities

Among guests who left a review

Richmond 3.9%
Raleigh 3.1%
Washington 2.4%
Virginia Beach 2.1%

FAQ

Questions About Outer Banks Airbnb Data

How much do Airbnb homes earn on the Outer Banks?

AirROI estimates the average Airbnb home on the Outer Banks earned $47,516 in the 12 months to October 2026, at 40% occupancy and $442 a night. Across towns with 100 or more homes, revenue per home runs from $19,019 in Buxton to $59,537 in Corolla.

Which of the 16 Outer Banks towns get the most Airbnb stays?

Kill Devil Hills (28,483), Nags Head (16,560) and Corolla (10,906) on the Outer Banks, by AirROI's estimated stays in the 12 months to October 2026.

When is the Outer Banks busiest on Airbnb?

AirROI ranks July first for Airbnb nights on the Outer Banks and January last, in the 12 months to October 2026.

How long do Airbnb guests stay on the Outer Banks?

AirROI puts the typical Airbnb stay on the Outer Banks at 5.2 nights in the 12 months to October 2026. Across towns with 100 or more homes, it runs from 3.6 nights in Manteo to 6.0 nights in Avon.

How many Airbnb homes are there on the Outer Banks?

AirROI counts 5,358 active Airbnb homes on the Outer Banks, as of October 2026, 119 of them filed under Currituck County as a whole. Town by town, that runs from 59 in Colington to 1,224 in Kill Devil Hills.

Method

How These Numbers Are Made

Every figure is an AirROI estimate for the 12 months to October 2026, from the market page of each town listed here, and covers Airbnb only. Stays count bookings. For a file that spreads over 40 km, only homes within 40 km of another listed town's centre count as near the region. Homes and stays add up across the rows. Occupancy, nightly rate and revenue are averages weighted by each town's active homes, the way AirROI's state pages work them out, and a town's stale figures would be left out of them. The typical stay weights each town's stay by its stays. Busiest and quietest months weight each town by its Airbnb nights. These are region averages, not medians, and they cover only the rows on this page, so they do not count every home that uses the Outer Banks name. Typical stay is a booking's length, occupancy the share of available nights booked, and revenue the yearly average per home, based on asking prices on booked nights, before cleaning, management, tax and any loan. Guest rating is out of 5. Origin counts guests who left a review.