What Airbnb listings in East Detroit earn, how often they're booked, and how that compares with the rest of Detroit, MI.
This area is part of the broader Detroit, MI rental market. The map below defines the area used for these figures; market boundaries may include neighboring cities and towns.
East Detroit is one of 37 areas BNBCalc tracks in the Detroit, MI market. Over the past 12 months, regularly available listings here earned $20,746 on average, were booked for 51% of the nights they were open, and averaged $193 a night. The median gross yield, before expenses, is 32.3%.
Yearly revenue
$20,746
Occupancy
51%
Nightly rate
$193
Gross yield
32.3%
before expenses
Median of 20 listings
Active listings
21
Regularly available Airbnb listings in East Detroit earned an average of $20,746 over the past 12 months. That is 20% less than the Detroit, MI average of $25,874. That is booking revenue including cleaning fees, before Airbnb fees, operating costs and taxes.
Listings in East Detroit were booked for an average of 51% of the nights they were open for booking over the past 12 months. That is 2 points lower than the Detroit, MI average of 53%. Nights a host blocked off don't count.
The average nightly rate in East Detroit was $193 over the past 12 months, including cleaning fees. That is 20% lower than the Detroit, MI average of $240.
For homes with a matched home value, the median room-revenue potential in East Detroit is $24,319 a year and the median gross yield is 32.3%. Gross yield is 17.7 points higher than the Detroit, MI 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 profitabilityEvery row uses the same method and data date. Nearby areas link to their own pages.
| Area | Yearly revenue | Occupancy | Nightly rate | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Detroit This area 21 listings | $20,746 | 51% | $193 | 32.3% |
| Detroit, MI market 1,972 listings | $25,874 | 53% | $240 | 14.6% |
| East Riverfront and Belle Isle 92 listings | $27,912 | 52% | $247 | 24.6% |
| Grosse Pointes and Harper Woods 36 listings | $33,347 | 47% | $334 | 10.5% |
| Midtown and New Center 90 listings | $24,017 | 48% | $235 | 13.1% |
| Warren and Inner Macomb 84 listings | $19,301 | 53% | $177 | 31.1% |
BNBCalc splits the Detroit, MI market into 37 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 (21 in East Detroit). 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 Detroit, MI 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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