What Airbnb listings in Steele Creek – Lake Wylie earn, how often they're booked, and how that compares with the rest of Charlotte, NC.
This area is part of the broader Charlotte, NC rental market. The map below defines the area used for these figures; market boundaries may include neighboring cities and towns.
Steele Creek – Lake Wylie is one of 41 areas BNBCalc tracks in the Charlotte, NC market. Over the past 12 months, regularly available listings here earned $48,255 on average, were booked for 47% of the nights they were open, and averaged $464 a night. The median gross yield, before expenses, is 13.9%.
Yearly revenue
$48,255
Occupancy
47%
Nightly rate
$464
Gross yield
13.9%
before expenses
Median of 39 listings
Active listings
56
Regularly available Airbnb listings in Steele Creek – Lake Wylie earned an average of $48,255 over the past 12 months. That is 69% more than the Charlotte, NC average of $28,607. That is booking revenue including cleaning fees, before Airbnb fees, operating costs and taxes.
Listings in Steele Creek – Lake Wylie were booked for an average of 47% of the nights they were open for booking over the past 12 months. That is 4 points lower than the Charlotte, NC average of 51%. Nights a host blocked off don't count.
The average nightly rate in Steele Creek – Lake Wylie was $464 over the past 12 months, including cleaning fees. That is 74% higher than the Charlotte, NC average of $267.
For homes with a matched home value, the median room-revenue potential in Steele Creek – Lake Wylie is $70,718 a year and the median gross yield is 13.9%. Gross yield is 4.4 points higher than the Charlotte, NC 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 profitabilityThe table shows average yearly revenue and median gross yield for each home size, with the Charlotte, NC figure for the same size under each one.
| Bedrooms | Yearly revenue | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom 13 listings | $22,196 Charlotte, NC: $19,274 | Not enough data Charlotte, NC: 10.5% |
| 2 bedrooms 16 listings | $35,218 Charlotte, NC: $23,588 | 10.4% Charlotte, NC: 9.8% |
| 3 bedrooms 9 listings | $42,686 Charlotte, NC: $27,294 | 11.2% Charlotte, NC: 9.2% |
| 4+ bedrooms 18 listings | $81,449 Charlotte, NC: $47,240 | 15.5% Charlotte, NC: 8.9% |
Every row uses the same method and data date. Nearby areas link to their own pages.
| Area | Yearly revenue | Occupancy | Nightly rate | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steele Creek – Lake Wylie This area 56 listings | $48,255 | 47% | $464 | 13.9% |
| Charlotte, NC market 2,621 listings | $28,607 | 51% | $267 | 9.5% |
| Steele Creek East 29 listings | $24,605 | 53% | $228 | 9.0% |
| Southwest Charlotte 69 listings | $27,531 | 52% | $251 | 11.5% |
| Pineville 32 listings | $26,870 | 53% | $235 | 10.2% |
| West Boulevard & Airport 44 listings | $33,476 | 53% | $295 | 14.2% |
BNBCalc splits the Charlotte, NC market into 41 areas drawn from local neighborhood and city boundaries, and counts each listing in the area that contains 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 (56 in Steele Creek – Lake Wylie). 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 Charlotte, NC 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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