What Airbnb listings in Brookside and Waldo earn, how often they're booked, and how that compares with the rest of Kansas City, MO.
This area is part of the broader Kansas City, MO rental market. The map below defines the area used for these figures; market boundaries may include neighboring cities and towns.
Brookside and Waldo is one of 38 areas BNBCalc tracks in the Kansas City, MO market. Over the past 12 months, regularly available listings here earned $31,134 on average, were booked for 54% of the nights they were open, and averaged $258 a night. The median gross yield, before expenses, is 17.1%.
Yearly revenue
$31,134
Occupancy
54%
Nightly rate
$258
Gross yield
17.1%
before expenses
Median of 29 listings
Active listings
31
Regularly available Airbnb listings in Brookside and Waldo earned an average of $31,134 over the past 12 months. That is about the same as the Kansas City, MO average of $31,175. That is booking revenue including cleaning fees, before Airbnb fees, operating costs and taxes.
Listings in Brookside and Waldo were booked for an average of 54% of the nights they were open for booking over the past 12 months. That is 4 points higher than the Kansas City, MO average of 50%. Nights a host blocked off don't count.
The average nightly rate in Brookside and Waldo was $258 over the past 12 months, including cleaning fees. That is 14% lower than the Kansas City, MO average of $299.
For homes with a matched home value, the median room-revenue potential in Brookside and Waldo is $40,203 a year and the median gross yield is 17.1%. Gross yield is 3.4 points higher than the Kansas City, MO 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookside and Waldo This area 31 listings | $31,134 | 54% | $258 | 17.1% |
| Kansas City, MO market 2,019 listings | $31,175 | 50% | $299 | 13.7% |
| Country Club Plaza Area 88 listings | $32,878 | 51% | $301 | 14.5% |
| Mission and Prairie Village Area 47 listings | $40,849 | 54% | $368 | 13.7% |
| Midtown and Westport 188 listings | $40,043 | 50% | $361 | 16.8% |
| Downtown Kansas City 139 listings | $37,413 | 50% | $334 | 17.4% |
BNBCalc splits the Kansas City, MO market into 38 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 (31 in Brookside and Waldo). 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 Kansas City, MO 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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