Arlington, Texas Airbnb Market Data 2026

How much does an Airbnb in Arlington, Texas earn, and can you get a permit to run one here? Both answers hang on where the house sits, because this Tarrant County city only lets a home in single-family zoning operate as a short-term rental inside its STR Zone, the patch of Arlington around AT&T Stadium, Globe Life Field and Six Flags Over Texas. Outside that zone, a house in one of the city's single-family districts can't get a permit at all, however good the numbers look.

The numbers need one explanation up front, too, because BNBCalc has no Arlington market and files the city under its Dallas market instead, a market that spans 19 Texas counties and reaches all the way to Tyler. Only about 4.4% of the market's listings sit inside Arlington's city limits, so any market average you see from BNBCalc for Arlington describes the whole metro, with the city as one small part of it. Every Arlington figure I quote comes from my own cut of BNBCalc's listing data, and I'll label anything metro-wide as metro-wide.

That cut tells a sharper story than the metro averages do. Arlington's median listing trails the rest of the Dallas market by nearly $3,000, yet inside the STR Zone the median listing earns about $33,300, roughly 60% more than the $20,800 a listing takes in everywhere else in the city, so the zoning map ends up answering the money question too.

How Much Do Arlington Airbnbs Earn in 2026?

Over its trailing twelve months the median Arlington listing took in about $24,100, charging a median $275 a night and filling 28.5% of its nights, while everywhere else in the Dallas market the median sat close to $27,000. So Arlington charges more per night than the metro does ($275 against $256) but books a little less often, and the citywide median ends up roughly 11% lower. I got those figures by tallying BNBCalc's listings within the city limits, as of October 2026.

Part of that 11% gap comes down to what's for rent, since the typical Arlington listing is a two-bedroom whereas elsewhere in the metro it's a three-bedroom. Bedroom count only explains some of it, though. Compare homes of the same size and Arlington's one- and two-bedrooms still trail the metro's, while its bigger houses come out well ahead.

Size	Arlington median	Arlington top quarter	Rest of the Dallas market, median
1 bedroom	$15,884	$20,270	$16,605
2 bedrooms	$19,282	$27,000	$23,083
3 bedrooms	$40,375	$52,904	$30,041
4 or more bedrooms	$56,437	$99,400	$47,301

Each listing's annual revenue over its trailing twelve months, from BNBCalc market data as of October 2026, where "top quarter" means the 75th percentile and studios are left out because Arlington has too few to measure reliably.

Reading each row across, you'll see an Arlington three-bedroom's median of $40,375 run about a third more than the $30,041 that a metro three-bedroom brings in, and four-bedroom-plus homes clear the metro's $47,301 by about a fifth, while one- and two-bedrooms trail it. The top-quarter column shows how far a well-run big house can go here, since the best quarter of Arlington's four-bedroom-plus listings bring in $99,400 or more.

BNBCalc's market-wide bedroom figures for Arlington come from the whole Dallas market, and so do its averages, which is why I haven't repeated them. If you want that metro view in more depth, the page for the Dallas market in BNBCalc Markets carries it. Keep in mind, too, that across the Dallas market professional hosts run a large share of listings, so if you buy a big house you'll likely be pricing against operators who do this full time; our Arlington property management guide covers what handing yours to one looks like.

Is the Arlington Airbnb Market Oversaturated?

All those full-time operators raise the obvious worry about crowding. The data can't settle it yet, and even that verdict is a metro one, because BNBCalc keeps no separate trend for Arlington. What's missing is the listing count, which doesn't show a clear direction yet, so I've left it out.

Two measures did hold steady enough to publish. Comparing October 2025 to September 2026 with the twelve months before them, occupancy across the Dallas market slipped about 2%, yet guests paid about 18% more per night on average.

Dallas market, all listings	October 2025 to September 2026, against October 2024 to September 2025
Occupancy	Down about 2%
Average nightly rate	Up about 18%

BNBCalc market data, metro-wide. Each change is relative, a percentage of the earlier year's figure, not percentage points. The two measures are averaged separately, so they don't multiply into a revenue figure, and listing count and booking lead time are left out because neither shows a clear direction yet.

Guests paid a good deal more per night and booked only slightly fewer nights, which is a market holding its own on price. Part of that rate rise sits in June and July 2026, the World Cup months, when rates ran far above the rest of the year: those two months alone pull this year's twelve-month average rate about 8% above what the other ten months average, so I wouldn't treat the full 18% as the going rate. Without the listing count, though, you can't tell whether it held because demand grew or because supply didn't, and that's the question saturation turns on.

Arlington's own numbers add a level rather than a trend. The median listing inside the city books about 28.5% of its nights, compared with about 30.4% for the rest of the market, and inside the STR Zone the median reaches about 30%. The law adds something the data can't: since a house in single-family zoning outside the zone can't be permitted, none of the new competition can come from those neighborhoods, however many investors would like to buy there. Before you buy, look up how often comparable listings near the address are booked and repeat that check every few months, because a slide in their occupancy is where crowding shows up first.

When Is Arlington's Peak Airbnb Season?

That occupancy number moves with the calendar, and so does the rate. Across the Dallas market, no month of the past twelve charged more per night than June 2026, at $379 on average, about 78% above February's $213, with July next at $340, and occupancy followed the same shape, filling about 43% of June's nights against about 31% of February's.

Month (Dallas market)	Occupancy	Average nightly rate
October 2025	38%	$248
November 2025	37%	$260
December 2025	35%	$253
January 2026	32%	$218
February 2026	31%	$213
March 2026	39%	$248
April 2026	39%	$241
May 2026	39%	$262
June 2026	43%	$379
July 2026	40%	$340
August 2026	34%	$250
September 2026	35%	$246

BNBCalc market data, metro-wide, all listings.

These monthly occupancy figures run higher than the 28.5% Arlington median because of what each one divides by. The median spreads a listing's bookings across all 365 days, blocked nights included, while the monthly figures are market averages that set bookings against only the nights hosts left open.

Of the two columns, the rate is the one to watch, since rates sat between about $240 and $260 for most of the year, dipped in January and February, then jumped in June and July before settling back by August. June and July 2026 also brought the World Cup to town, with the tournament schedule putting nine matches at the stadium in Arlington between June 14 and a semifinal on July 14, so I wouldn't count on a June like that every year. Our Dallas market data post goes deeper into how the wider metro moves through the year.

Within the week, Saturday is the night to price for. Across the Dallas market, Saturday occupancy runs about a third above the week's average and Friday about 28% above it, whereas Monday and Tuesday each fall about a fifth short of it. Rates follow the same pattern, with Friday and Saturday priced about 18 to 19% over the average night and Tuesday the cheapest night.

Where Should You Buy an Airbnb in Arlington?

Arlington's council explained where its short-term rental guests come from when it wrote its rules in 2019, finding that the city's sports and entertainment venues were the principal draw for much of its short-term rental market. It drew the STR Zone around them for that reason, and BNBCalc's listing data shows how much the line matters.

Where the listing sits	Median annual revenue	Median nightly rate	Median occupancy	Top quarter, annual revenue
Inside Arlington's STR Zone	$33,298	$336	30%	$56,152
Elsewhere in Arlington	$20,843	$229	28%	$29,427
Rest of the Dallas market	$27,004	$256	30%	$40,611

Trailing twelve months, BNBCalc market data as of October 2026. The zone is the City of Arlington's own STR Zone boundary; "Arlington" is the Census Bureau's city boundary.

A little under half of Arlington's listings sit inside the zone, and the median one earns about $33,300, roughly 60% more than the $20,800 a listing elsewhere in the city takes in. Most of that comes from price, since the zone's median nightly rate of $336 runs about $107 above the rest of the city's while occupancy differs by only a couple of points. The gap is widest in the bigger homes. Inside the zone, the median three-bedroom earned $48,334 and the median four-bedroom-plus $68,108, against $30,041 and $47,301 for the same sizes across the rest of the market, whereas an Arlington three-bedroom outside the zone lands at about $28,400, a shade below the metro.

Outside the zone, the picture changes, and ZIP codes show by how much.

Arlington ZIP code, outside the STR Zone	Median annual revenue	Median nightly rate	Median occupancy	Top quarter, annual revenue
76011	$23,013	$239	29%	$35,746
76014	$19,468	$199	28%	$28,372
76010	$19,358	$203	28%	$24,551
76012	$17,571	$223	27%	$28,598

Same data and period, using the City of Arlington's ZIP code boundaries for listings outside the zone. Other Arlington ZIP codes are too thin outside the zone to measure reliably.

No ZIP code that clears the bar outside the zone reaches the rest of the market's median of about $27,000. 76011 comes closest, and it's also the ZIP code that holds most of the zone itself, while 76014 is right at the edge of what's measurable, so treat its row loosely.

Keep in mind what these listings are, too. Checked against the city's zoning map, a bit over a third of Arlington's listings outside the zone sit in the RM-12 and RMF-22 districts the code opens citywide, and about a fifth sit in single-family zoning, where the city won't permit a short-term rental outside the zone, so those either take stays of 30 nights or more, which the ordinance doesn't cover, or have no permit route. The rest are spread across planned developments, commercial and newer districts, or couldn't be matched to a district, and since the platforms only give approximate locations, treat those shares as rough. So the ZIP medians tell you nothing about what a single-family house outside the zone would earn, because the city won't permit one there.

You'll want to check the exact parcel on the city's STR map before you make an offer, because the zone's edge runs down named streets and a house one block outside it is a different investment. For the judgment side of each neighborhood, our guide to the best Arlington Airbnb neighborhoods picks up where these medians stop.

Which Amenities Make the Most Money in Arlington?

Once you've picked a spot, you'll start wondering what to put inside the house. Across the Dallas market, BNBCalc's amenity model publishes one revenue lift openly, a hot tub, which it ties to about 19% more revenue. The model also finds a signal for a barbecue, a pool, allowing pets, a TV, a sauna, lake access and an EV charger, though you'll only see those values once you're in BNBCalc Markets.

Arlington's own listings show how rare those features are here. By my count of their amenity lists, about one Arlington listing in seven offers a pool, against more than one in four elsewhere in the metro, while about one in fifteen has a hot tub, against roughly one in eleven across the wider market. I think that's an opening, because a guest who wants a pool in Arlington has fewer homes to pick from than the same guest would find across most of the metro.

Cleaning fees, by contrast, track the metro closely. The median Arlington three-bedroom charges $150, the same as a three-bedroom across the rest of the market.

Is Airbnb Legal in Arlington?

Before you price a hot tub into the budget, though, the city has to let the house operate at all. Airbnb is legal in Arlington, but only with a city permit and only in certain places, and unfortunately for anyone eyeing a three-bedroom in a quiet subdivision, those places don't include most of the city's single-family neighborhoods.

You can only permit a house in single-family zoning inside the STR Zone, which covers less than a twentieth of the city's land. That rule sits in Section 3.4.5.E of the Unified Development Code, which the city first adopted through Ordinance No. 19-014 on April 23, 2019 and has amended since, and on the zoning map the single-family districts it covers carry the codes RE, RS-20, RS-15, RS-7.2 and RS-5. The code runs the zone's edges along East Lamar Boulevard to the north, Center Street to the west, East Abram Street to the south and the southbound State Highway 360 frontage road to the east, so the line follows streets you can drive.

Outside single-family zoning the map opens up a little. Homes in the RM-12 and RMF-22 districts qualify anywhere in the city, and in non-residential and mixed-use districts a residential building qualifies only if it already stood on August 1, 2019. On top of that, the city says a planned development qualifies when its zoning allows 12 or more homes per acre. On a parcel used or zoned for apartments, the code also caps the units that can hold a permit: inside the zone, 25 units or 15% of the units on the parcel, whichever is greater, and outside it whichever is less. Manufactured and mobile homes can't be permitted anywhere. Pantego and Dalworthington Gardens sit inside Arlington's outline, but they're separate towns that Arlington's code doesn't cover.

The permit itself comes from the Short-term Rental Chapter of the city code, Ordinance No. 19-022, which the council passed 9 to 0 on April 23, 2019 and which took effect on August 1, 2019, with no grandfathering for rentals that were already running. You can't list the home or take a guest until the permit is issued, and each permit expires at the end of the calendar month twelve months on. It belongs to you and that address, so it doesn't pass to a buyer, and the city's STR FAQ, last revised in 2022, puts the fee at $500 for each application and each renewal. Before approving it, the city inspects the property and asks for your city hotel tax registration number, a plan of your off-street parking, a floor plan marking the bedrooms and escape routes, your house rules, and proof of liability insurance covering up to $1 million per occurrence. You'll also need to name a local responsible party, reachable whenever guests are there, who must show up at the property within an hour of the city calling, and every ad has to show your permit number.

The operating rules are specific. Occupancy tops out at two guests for each bedroom plus two, and never above 12; cars are limited to the off-street spaces, with no guest parking on a residential street nearby; and you can't convert a garage or add bedrooms to fit more people in. Amplified sound that carries past the property line is banned between 10 p.m. and 9 a.m., and so are gatherings outside in those hours. Events such as weddings, receptions or bachelorette parties are off limits too, and no stay can run shorter than 24 hours. Breaking the chapter is a misdemeanor, each day counts as a separate offense, and fines run up to $500, rising to $2,000 for some fire safety, zoning and public health offenses. If you rack up more than two citations in 12 months, the city can revoke the permit, and a revoked permit locks that property out of a new one for twelve months. The city also said in February 2026 that none of this would change for the World Cup and that it wouldn't make temporary exemptions.

Hotel tax adds 15% to the guest's bill: Texas's 6% under Tax Code Section 156.052 and Arlington's 9%, which the city splits into 7% for itself and 2% for its venues. Airbnb and some other platforms collect and pay the state's 6% for you under agreements with Texas, but the city's STR FAQ says none has such an agreement with Arlington, so you register with the city and report its 9% yourself each month, including months when nobody booked. Our guide to Texas taxes on Airbnb and Vrbo rentals covers the state's half in more depth. For the full walkthrough of Arlington's application and inspection, head to our Arlington short-term rental regulation guide.

Where Do These Arlington Airbnb Numbers Come From?

The paperwork stays with that guide. The weekday pattern and hot tub value come straight from BNBCalc Markets, which sizes up short-term rental markets against one another for anyone still choosing a city. The trends and monthly rates are drawn from the data underneath it and count every Dallas-market listing, whereas the Dallas page there leads with mid-range performers rather than the whole field, which is why its numbers can differ from mine; the Arlington medians come from counting BNBCalc's listings inside the city line. Open the Dallas market there and the nights-of-the-week view shows how full each night of the week tends to be and the rate it fetches, which in a city whose guests come largely for its stadiums is the screen I'd check first before setting a Saturday rate.

How Do You Estimate Airbnb Revenue for an Arlington Property?

A Saturday rate is one input, but the estimate itself starts with the address. Give the BNBCalc Calculator one address and it gathers up to 50 comparable listings, projects that property's revenue, occupancy and nightly rate, and then works through expenses, financing and returns. On a US property that has at least four comps to choose from, its AI Underwriter will pick out the ones that match yours most closely. In Arlington, three local checks belong alongside it.

Confirm the parcel is eligible before you run anything. A house in single-family zoning outside the STR Zone has no short-term rental revenue to estimate, and the city's STR map settles the question in a minute.

Keep the comps on the same side of the zone line as your address. Listings inside the zone earn about 60% more at the median than those elsewhere in the city (about $33,300 against $20,800), so a comp set that mixes the two describes neither, and for a three-bedroom inside the zone the median of about $48,300 is a useful reference point.

Then build the city's costs into the model: the $500 permit every year, a liability policy covering up to $1 million per occurrence, and the monthly filing for the city's 9% hotel tax. The guest pays that tax on top of the rate, so it doesn't shrink your revenue, but nobody files it for you.

Already hosting in Arlington? The Airbnb Listing Optimizer looks over a listing that's live now, weighing it against as many as 50 listings nearby and as many as 100 of its guest reviews, and tells you which fixes to tackle first. Lenders and investors who screen many Arlington addresses inside their own software can skip the one-at-a-time route, since the BNBCalc API hands that software the Calculator's analysis of each property (cash flow, comparables, revenue, occupancy and nightly rate) and bills by use. And if Arlington isn't decided yet, BNBCalc Markets puts the state's markets side by side in its Texas rankings by gross yield.

Is an Arlington Airbnb a Good Investment in 2026?

It can be, mainly inside the STR Zone. BNBCalc's listing data puts the zone's median listing at about $33,300 a year, against about $20,800 elsewhere in Arlington and about $27,000 across the rest of the Dallas market, so the same budget buys very different results depending on the street. Before you make an offer, put the exact address into the BNBCalc Calculator.

In Arlington, the side of the zone line a house sits on moves its median by about 60%. Wherever a city draws a line like that, it's worth checking the line before you look at the listing photos.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does an Airbnb in Arlington, Texas make?

BNBCalc market data puts the median Arlington listing at about $24,100 over its trailing twelve months as of October 2026, and the median listing charged $275 a night. Size changes that a lot: the median three-bedroom earned $40,375 and the median four-bedroom-plus $56,437, while one- and two-bedrooms earned under $20,000. You can run a specific address through the BNBCalc Calculator to see a projection built from comparable listings near it.

Does BNBCalc Markets have Arlington data?

Yes, inside its Dallas market. BNBCalc Markets folds Arlington into the Dallas market, so the Arlington page you'll find there carries the Dallas market's figures with the city's name on top, and about 4.4% of the market's listings sit inside Arlington's city limits. The Arlington-only figures in this guide come from BNBCalc's own listing data, cut to the city boundary.

Do Airbnbs near AT&T Stadium earn more?

In BNBCalc's listing data, yes. The median listing inside Arlington's STR Zone, which contains AT&T Stadium, Globe Life Field and Six Flags Over Texas, earned about $33,300 over its trailing twelve months, roughly 60% more than the $20,800 a listing elsewhere in the city earned. Most of the difference is nightly rate, with the zone's median at $336 against $229. The BNBCalc Calculator can tell you where a specific address lands.

Which night of the week books best for Arlington Airbnbs?

Saturday, measured across the Dallas market in BNBCalc Markets. Saturday occupancy runs about a third above the week's average and Friday's about 28% above, with Monday and Tuesday each about a fifth under it. Weekend nights also cost guests about 18 to 19% more than an average night, and Tuesday comes cheapest.

Which amenity adds the most revenue for Arlington Airbnbs?

BNBCalc Markets ties a hot tub to about 19% more revenue across the Dallas market, the one amenity value it publishes openly. Its model also picks up barbecues, pools, pet-friendly stays, TVs, saunas, EV chargers and lake access, with those values kept inside BNBCalc Markets. In Arlington, BNBCalc's listing data shows a pool on about one listing in seven, against more than one in four elsewhere in the market.

Is the Arlington Airbnb market growing?

BNBCalc market data can't settle the listing count yet, because it doesn't show a clear direction. What it can say, measured across the Dallas market for October 2025 to September 2026 against the year before, is that occupancy slipped about 2% while average nightly rates rose about 18%.