What Airbnb listings in Downtown & Midtown earn, how often they're booked, and how that compares with the rest of Houston, TX.
This area is part of the broader Houston, TX rental market. The map below defines the area used for these figures; market boundaries may include neighboring cities and towns.
Downtown & Midtown is one of 44 areas BNBCalc tracks in the Houston, TX market. Over the past 12 months, regularly available listings here earned $30,182 on average, were booked for 53% of the nights they were open, and averaged $320 a night. The median gross yield, before expenses, is 11.5%.
Yearly revenue
$30,182
Occupancy
53%
Nightly rate
$320
Gross yield
11.5%
before expenses
Median of 94 listings
Active listings
114
Regularly available Airbnb listings in Downtown & Midtown earned an average of $30,182 over the past 12 months. That is 14% less than the Houston, TX average of $34,976. That is booking revenue including cleaning fees, before Airbnb fees, operating costs and taxes.
Listings in Downtown & Midtown were booked for an average of 53% of the nights they were open for booking over the past 12 months. That is 5 points higher than the Houston, TX average of 48%. Nights a host blocked off don't count.
The average nightly rate in Downtown & Midtown was $320 over the past 12 months, including cleaning fees. That is 5% lower than the Houston, TX average of $336.
For homes with a matched home value, the median room-revenue potential in Downtown & Midtown is $33,904 a year and the median gross yield is 11.5%. Gross yield is 1.0 points lower than the Houston, 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 profitabilityThe table shows average yearly revenue and median gross yield for each home size, with the Houston, TX figure for the same size under each one.
| Bedrooms | Yearly revenue | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|
| Studio 11 listings | $15,841 Houston, TX: $20,132 | – |
| 1 bedroom 47 listings | $19,499 Houston, TX: $18,407 | 11.0% Houston, TX: 14.7% |
| 2 bedrooms 20 listings | $29,949 Houston, TX: $25,323 | 13.5% Houston, TX: 12.4% |
| 3 bedrooms 27 listings | $41,046 Houston, TX: $33,614 | 12.5% Houston, TX: 12.0% |
| 4+ bedrooms 9 listings | $71,429 Houston, TX: $59,048 | Not enough data Houston, TX: 12.0% |
Every row uses the same method and data date. Nearby areas link to their own pages.
| Area | Yearly revenue | Occupancy | Nightly rate | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown & Midtown This area 114 listings | $30,182 | 53% | $320 | 11.5% |
| Houston, TX market 10,588 listings | $34,976 | 48% | $336 | 12.5% |
| Montrose 486 listings | $40,459 | 56% | $340 | 8.5% |
| Near Northside 89 listings | $23,111 | 50% | $241 | 9.2% |
| The Heights 300 listings | $29,384 | 52% | $276 | 8.6% |
| Third Ward 534 listings | $35,323 | 47% | $341 | 11.4% |
BNBCalc splits the Houston, TX market into 44 areas drawn from local neighborhood and city boundaries, and counts each listing in the area that contains it. This area combines Downtown and Midtown, 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 (114 in Downtown & Midtown). 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 Houston, 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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