What Airbnb listings in Sunset Beach Island earn, how often they're booked, and how that compares with the rest of North Myrtle Beach, SC.
This area is part of the broader North Myrtle Beach, SC rental market. The map below defines the area used for these figures; market boundaries may include neighboring cities and towns.
Sunset Beach Island is one of 12 areas BNBCalc tracks in the North Myrtle Beach, SC market. Over the past 12 months, regularly available listings here earned $28,469 on average, were booked for 46% of the nights they were open, and averaged $385 a night. The median gross yield, before expenses, is 7.6%.
Yearly revenue
$28,469
Occupancy
46%
Nightly rate
$385
Gross yield
7.6%
before expenses
Median of 53 listings
Active listings
59
Regularly available Airbnb listings in Sunset Beach Island earned an average of $28,469 over the past 12 months. That is 19% less than the North Myrtle Beach, SC average of $35,311. That is booking revenue including cleaning fees, before Airbnb fees, operating costs and taxes.
Listings in Sunset Beach Island were booked for an average of 46% of the nights they were open for booking over the past 12 months. That is 5 points lower than the North Myrtle Beach, SC average of 51%. Nights a host blocked off don't count.
The average nightly rate in Sunset Beach Island was $385 over the past 12 months, including cleaning fees. That is 2% higher than the North Myrtle Beach, SC average of $379.
For homes with a matched home value, the median room-revenue potential in Sunset Beach Island is $42,558 a year and the median gross yield is 7.6%. Gross yield is 5.5 points lower than the North Myrtle Beach, SC 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Beach Island This area 59 listings | $28,469 | 46% | $385 | 7.6% |
| North Myrtle Beach, SC market 8,376 listings | $35,311 | 51% | $379 | 13.1% |
| Sunset Beach Mainland 160 listings | $20,643 | 50% | $215 | 8.4% |
| Ocean Isle Beach Island 239 listings | $44,011 | 48% | $557 | 8.5% |
| North Myrtle Beach Coast 4,465 listings | $39,267 | 51% | $421 | 13.0% |
| Calabash & Golf-Country Surroundings 66 listings | $21,708 | 60% | $222 | 9.2% |
BNBCalc splits the North Myrtle Beach, SC market into 12 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 (59 in Sunset Beach Island). 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 North Myrtle Beach, SC 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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