What Airbnb listings in Central West End & Forest Park earn, how often they're booked, and how that compares with the rest of St. Louis, MO.
This area is part of the broader St. Louis, MO rental market. The map below defines the area used for these figures; market boundaries may include neighboring cities and towns.
Central West End & Forest Park is one of 20 areas BNBCalc tracks in the St. Louis, MO market. Over the past 12 months, regularly available listings here earned $32,898 on average, were booked for 53% of the nights they were open, and averaged $286 a night. The median gross yield, before expenses, is 13.5%.
Yearly revenue
$32,898
Occupancy
53%
Nightly rate
$286
Gross yield
13.5%
before expenses
Median of 216 listings
Active listings
237
Regularly available Airbnb listings in Central West End & Forest Park earned an average of $32,898 over the past 12 months. That is 14% more than the St. Louis, MO average of $28,809. That is booking revenue including cleaning fees, before Airbnb fees, operating costs and taxes.
Listings in Central West End & Forest Park were booked for an average of 53% of the nights they were open for booking over the past 12 months. That is 2 points higher than the St. Louis, MO average of 51%. Nights a host blocked off don't count.
The average nightly rate in Central West End & Forest Park was $286 over the past 12 months, including cleaning fees. That is 5% higher than the St. Louis, MO average of $272.
For homes with a matched home value, the median room-revenue potential in Central West End & Forest Park is $35,646 a year and the median gross yield is 13.5%. Gross yield is 0.2 points lower than the St. Louis, 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.
Reveal any property's Airbnb profitabilityOne-bedroom homes have the highest gross yield in Central West End & Forest Park, at 13.9%. The table shows average yearly revenue and median gross yield for each home size, with the St. Louis, MO figure for the same size under each one.
| Bedrooms | Yearly revenue | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom 47 listings | $19,362 St. Louis, MO: $17,593 | 13.9% St. Louis, MO: 15.5% |
| 2 bedrooms 75 listings | $22,710 St. Louis, MO: $23,032 | 13.4% St. Louis, MO: 13.5% |
| 3 bedrooms 62 listings | $34,507 St. Louis, MO: $31,718 | 13.8% St. Louis, MO: 13.6% |
| 4+ bedrooms 51 listings | $59,123 St. Louis, MO: $48,319 | 12.9% St. Louis, MO: 12.4% |
Every row uses the same method and data date. Nearby areas link to their own pages.
| Area | Yearly revenue | Occupancy | Nightly rate | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central West End & Forest Park This area 237 listings | $32,898 | 53% | $286 | 13.5% |
| St. Louis, MO market 2,260 listings | $28,809 | 51% | $272 | 13.7% |
| Midtown & Grand Center 53 listings | $18,040 | 55% | $147 | 20.5% |
| Shaw & Botanical Garden 82 listings | $36,780 | 52% | $321 | 10.7% |
| Tower Grove & South Grand 141 listings | $30,624 | 52% | $264 | 16.0% |
| The Hill & Southwest St. Louis 146 listings | $21,325 | 58% | $182 | 13.1% |
BNBCalc splits the St. Louis, MO market into 20 areas drawn from local neighborhood and city boundaries, and counts each listing in the area that contains it. This area combines Central West End and Forest Park, 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 (237 in Central West End & Forest Park). 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 St. Louis, 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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