What Airbnb listings in Boyle Heights & East LA earn, how often they're booked, and how that compares with the rest of Los Angeles, CA.
This area is part of the broader Los Angeles, CA rental market. The map below defines the area used for these figures; market boundaries may include neighboring cities and towns.
Boyle Heights & East LA is one of 14 areas BNBCalc tracks in the Los Angeles, CA market. Over the past 12 months, regularly available listings here earned $36,689 on average, were booked for 60% of the nights they were open, and averaged $278 a night. The median gross yield, before expenses, is 7.5%.
Yearly revenue
$36,689
Occupancy
60%
Nightly rate
$278
Gross yield
7.5%
before expenses
Median of 168 listings
Active listings
186
Regularly available Airbnb listings in Boyle Heights & East LA earned an average of $36,689 over the past 12 months. That is 22% less than the Los Angeles, CA average of $46,741. That is booking revenue including cleaning fees, before Airbnb fees, operating costs and taxes.
Listings in Boyle Heights & East LA were booked for an average of 60% of the nights they were open for booking over the past 12 months. That is about the same as the Los Angeles, CA average of 60%. Nights a host blocked off don't count.
The average nightly rate in Boyle Heights & East LA was $278 over the past 12 months, including cleaning fees. That is 27% lower than the Los Angeles, CA average of $380.
For homes with a matched home value, the median room-revenue potential in Boyle Heights & East LA is $43,648 a year and the median gross yield is 7.5%. Gross yield is about the same as the Los Angeles, CA 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 Boyle Heights & East LA, at 7.9%. The table shows average yearly revenue and median gross yield for each home size, with the Los Angeles, CA figure for the same size under each one.
| Bedrooms | Yearly revenue | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|
| Studio 14 listings | $31,385 Los Angeles, CA: $31,493 | – |
| 1 bedroom 62 listings | $28,864 Los Angeles, CA: $33,791 | 7.9% Los Angeles, CA: 8.2% |
| 2 bedrooms 51 listings | $35,518 Los Angeles, CA: $45,431 | 7.5% Los Angeles, CA: 7.5% |
| 3 bedrooms 27 listings | $42,785 Los Angeles, CA: $62,830 | 7.0% Los Angeles, CA: 7.1% |
| 4+ bedrooms 32 listings | $50,895 Los Angeles, CA: $67,294 | 6.8% Los Angeles, CA: 6.2% |
Every row uses the same method and data date. Nearby areas link to their own pages.
| Area | Yearly revenue | Occupancy | Nightly rate | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyle Heights & East LA This area 186 listings | $36,689 | 60% | $278 | 7.5% |
| Los Angeles, CA market 1,570 listings | $46,741 | 60% | $380 | 7.5% |
| Downtown LA 110 listings | $36,144 | 58% | $311 | 8.8% |
| Mount Washington & Glassell Park 44 listings | $43,295 | 58% | $375 | 7.2% |
| Echo Park 35 listings | $47,311 | 62% | $395 | 6.2% |
| Koreatown & Westlake 72 listings | $50,715 | 54% | $432 | 7.3% |
BNBCalc splits the Los Angeles, CA market into 14 areas drawn from local neighborhood and city boundaries, and counts each listing in the area that contains it. This area combines Boyle Heights and East LA, 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 (186 in Boyle Heights & East LA). 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 Los Angeles, CA 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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