What Airbnb listings in Hyde Park, Kenwood & Woodlawn earn, how often they're booked, and how that compares with the rest of Chicago, IL.
This area is part of the broader Chicago, IL rental market. The map below defines the area used for these figures; market boundaries may include neighboring cities and towns.
Hyde Park, Kenwood & Woodlawn is one of 46 areas BNBCalc tracks in the Chicago, IL market. Over the past 12 months, regularly available listings here earned $26,500 on average, were booked for 52% of the nights they were open, and averaged $251 a night. The median gross yield, before expenses, is 15.7%.
Yearly revenue
$26,500
Occupancy
52%
Nightly rate
$251
Gross yield
15.7%
before expenses
Median of 117 listings
Active listings
132
Regularly available Airbnb listings in Hyde Park, Kenwood & Woodlawn earned an average of $26,500 over the past 12 months. That is 38% less than the Chicago, IL average of $42,822. That is booking revenue including cleaning fees, before Airbnb fees, operating costs and taxes.
Listings in Hyde Park, Kenwood & Woodlawn were booked for an average of 52% of the nights they were open for booking over the past 12 months. That is 3 points lower than the Chicago, IL average of 55%. Nights a host blocked off don't count.
The average nightly rate in Hyde Park, Kenwood & Woodlawn was $251 over the past 12 months, including cleaning fees. That is 32% lower than the Chicago, IL average of $370.
For homes with a matched home value, the median room-revenue potential in Hyde Park, Kenwood & Woodlawn is $33,576 a year and the median gross yield is 15.7%. Gross yield is 3.2 points higher than the Chicago, IL 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 Hyde Park, Kenwood & Woodlawn, at 20.5%. The table shows average yearly revenue and median gross yield for each home size, with the Chicago, IL figure for the same size under each one.
| Bedrooms | Yearly revenue | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|
| Studio 13 listings | $21,199 Chicago, IL: $26,275 | – |
| 1 bedroom 36 listings | $20,975 Chicago, IL: $26,092 | 20.5% Chicago, IL: 15.6% |
| 2 bedrooms 32 listings | $23,901 Chicago, IL: $37,054 | 15.2% Chicago, IL: 12.6% |
| 3 bedrooms 36 listings | $32,333 Chicago, IL: $45,568 | 14.1% Chicago, IL: 11.4% |
| 4+ bedrooms 15 listings | $35,906 Chicago, IL: $70,995 | 8.5% Chicago, IL: 11.2% |
Every row uses the same method and data date. Nearby areas link to their own pages.
| Area | Yearly revenue | Occupancy | Nightly rate | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyde Park, Kenwood & Woodlawn This area 132 listings | $26,500 | 52% | $251 | 15.7% |
| Chicago, IL market 5,213 listings | $42,822 | 55% | $370 | 12.5% |
| Near South Side & Bronzeville 257 listings | $42,835 | 49% | $383 | 14.6% |
| Midway & Southwest Side 31 listings | $24,891 | 55% | $192 | 11.3% |
| The Loop & South Loop 174 listings | $72,882 | 60% | $543 | 19.4% |
| Pilsen & Little Village 145 listings | $32,703 | 58% | $257 | 11.3% |
BNBCalc splits the Chicago, IL market into 46 areas drawn from local neighborhood and city boundaries, and counts each listing in the area that contains it. This area combines Hyde Park, Kenwood, and Woodlawn, 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 (132 in Hyde Park, Kenwood & Woodlawn). 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 Chicago, IL 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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