What Airbnb listings in Cahaba Heights & Meadowbrook earn, how often they're booked, and how that compares with the rest of Birmingham, AL.
This area is part of the broader Birmingham, AL rental market. The map below defines the area used for these figures; market boundaries may include neighboring cities and towns.
Cahaba Heights & Meadowbrook is one of 22 areas BNBCalc tracks in the Birmingham, AL market. Over the past 12 months, regularly available listings here earned $29,115 on average, were booked for 49% of the nights they were open, and averaged $288 a night. The median gross yield, before expenses, is 11.6%.
Yearly revenue
$29,115
Occupancy
49%
Nightly rate
$288
Gross yield
11.6%
before expenses
Median of 26 listings
Active listings
30
Regularly available Airbnb listings in Cahaba Heights & Meadowbrook earned an average of $29,115 over the past 12 months. That is 6% more than the Birmingham, AL average of $27,548. That is booking revenue including cleaning fees, before Airbnb fees, operating costs and taxes.
Listings in Cahaba Heights & Meadowbrook were booked for an average of 49% of the nights they were open for booking over the past 12 months. That is 2 points lower than the Birmingham, AL average of 51%. Nights a host blocked off don't count.
The average nightly rate in Cahaba Heights & Meadowbrook was $288 over the past 12 months, including cleaning fees. That is 15% higher than the Birmingham, AL average of $250.
For homes with a matched home value, the median room-revenue potential in Cahaba Heights & Meadowbrook is $41,389 a year and the median gross yield is 11.6%. Gross yield is 2.3 points lower than the Birmingham, AL 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.
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| Area | Yearly revenue | Occupancy | Nightly rate | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cahaba Heights & Meadowbrook This area 30 listings | $29,115 | 49% | $288 | 11.6% |
| Birmingham, AL market 907 listings | $27,548 | 51% | $250 | 13.9% |
| Homewood 37 listings | $25,960 | 49% | $247 | 15.2% |
| Highland Park 62 listings | $24,013 | 51% | $221 | 15.8% |
| Avondale & Crestwood 84 listings | $33,469 | 52% | $275 | 12.8% |
| Hoover 43 listings | $28,363 | 49% | $261 | 11.8% |
BNBCalc splits the Birmingham, AL market into 22 areas drawn from local neighborhood and city boundaries, and counts each listing in the area that contains it. This area combines Cahaba Heights and Meadowbrook, 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 (30 in Cahaba Heights & Meadowbrook). 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 Birmingham, AL 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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