What Airbnb listings in Zilker & Barton Hills earn, how often they're booked, and how that compares with the rest of Austin, TX.
Zilker & Barton Hills is one of 31 areas BNBCalc tracks in the Austin, TX market. Over the past 12 months, regularly available listings here earned $42,115 on average, were booked for 54% of the nights they were open, and averaged $395 a night. The median gross yield, before expenses, is 8.3%.
Yearly revenue
$42,115
Occupancy
54%
Nightly rate
$395
Gross yield
8.3%
before expenses
Median of 235 listings
Active listings
269
Regularly available Airbnb listings in Zilker & Barton Hills earned an average of $42,115 over the past 12 months. That is 6% more than the Austin, TX average of $39,772. That is booking revenue including cleaning fees, before Airbnb fees, operating costs and taxes.
Listings in Zilker & Barton Hills were booked for an average of 54% of the nights they were open for booking over the past 12 months. That is 2 points higher than the Austin, TX average of 52%. Nights a host blocked off don't count.
The average nightly rate in Zilker & Barton Hills was $395 over the past 12 months, including cleaning fees. That is 6% higher than the Austin, TX average of $374.
For homes with a matched home value, the median room-revenue potential in Zilker & Barton Hills is $41,738 a year and the median gross yield is 8.3%. Gross yield is 1.1 points lower than the Austin, TX median. Gross yield is measured before expenses, financing and taxes, so profit depends on what you pay for a home and what it costs to run. Analyze the exact property before you buy.
Reveal any property's Airbnb profitabilityOne-bedroom homes have the highest gross yield in Zilker & Barton Hills, at 10.7%. The table shows average yearly revenue and median gross yield for each home size, with the Austin, TX figure for the same size under each one.
| Bedrooms | Yearly revenue | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|
| Studio 15 listings | $17,888 Austin, TX: $23,024 | – |
| 1 bedroom 91 listings | $22,742 Austin, TX: $22,097 | 10.7% Austin, TX: 10.4% |
| 2 bedrooms 70 listings | $27,736 Austin, TX: $29,131 | 6.8% Austin, TX: 8.4% |
| 3 bedrooms 47 listings | $48,403 Austin, TX: $36,041 | 6.0% Austin, TX: 9.4% |
| 4+ bedrooms 46 listings | $103,798 Austin, TX: $72,295 | 8.4% Austin, TX: 9.9% |
Every row uses the same method and data date. Nearby areas link to their own pages.
| Area | Yearly revenue | Occupancy | Nightly rate | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zilker & Barton Hills This area 269 listings | $42,115 | 54% | $395 | 8.3% |
| Austin, TX market 7,242 listings | $39,772 | 52% | $374 | 9.4% |
| Bouldin Creek & South Lamar 396 listings | $44,968 | 52% | $441 | 7.7% |
| Travis Heights 247 listings | $40,231 | 55% | $366 | 8.4% |
| Old West Austin & Tarrytown 213 listings | $42,530 | 56% | $391 | 7.4% |
| Downtown Austin 463 listings | $41,923 | 57% | $347 | 8.2% |
BNBCalc splits the Austin, TX market into 31 areas drawn from local neighborhood and city boundaries, and counts each listing in the area that contains it. This area combines Zilker and Barton Hills, so BNBCalc reports one set of figures for all of it.
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It is the average booking revenue a regularly available listing earned over the past 12 months, including cleaning fees and before Airbnb fees, operating costs and taxes. It is an estimate, not verified host payouts.
For each listing, BNBCalc divides the nights booked by the nights it was open for booking over the past 12 months, then averages the results. Nights a host blocked off are left out.
It is the average price per booked night over the past 12 months, including cleaning fees.
It estimates what a listing would earn in a year from its nightly rates if it were available all year at its expected occupancy, based on its last 12 months of bookings. It excludes cleaning fees. It is an estimate, not income a host received.
For each listing, BNBCalc divides its room-revenue potential by an estimated value for a home with the same ZIP code and bedroom count, then reports the median. It is measured before expenses, financing and taxes, so it is not profit or a full return on investment.
Yearly revenue, occupancy and nightly rate cover listings of every type and size that were open for booking at least 127 nights over the past year (269 in Zilker & Barton Hills). Room-revenue potential and gross yield cover entire homes with one to five bedrooms that were also booked for at least 30% of their open nights and have a matched home value. BNBCalc shows no figure for an area with fewer than 5 qualifying listings.
These figures use BNBCalc's listing data as of October 6, 2026. They update when BNBCalc refreshes its market data each month.
The market page summarizes all of Austin, TX from a separate monthly market dataset. This page averages the individual listings in each area, so the two can differ. Use this page to compare areas with each other.
They don't include operating costs, financing, taxes, insurance or the price of a specific home, and they don't show whether short-term rentals are allowed. Check local rules and analyze the exact property before you buy.
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