What Airbnb listings in Downtown Tampa earn, how often they're booked, and how that compares with the rest of Tampa, FL.
Downtown Tampa is one of 46 areas BNBCalc tracks in the Tampa, FL market. Over the past 12 months, regularly available listings here earned $34,786 on average, were booked for 55% of the nights they were open, and averaged $307 a night. The median gross yield, before expenses, is 7.9%.
Yearly revenue
$34,786
Occupancy
55%
Nightly rate
$307
Gross yield
7.9%
before expenses
Median of 145 listings
Active listings
175
Regularly available Airbnb listings in Downtown Tampa earned an average of $34,786 over the past 12 months. That is 4% less than the Tampa, FL average of $36,100. That is booking revenue including cleaning fees, before Airbnb fees, operating costs and taxes.
Listings in Downtown Tampa were booked for an average of 55% of the nights they were open for booking over the past 12 months. That is 3 points higher than the Tampa, FL average of 52%. Nights a host blocked off don't count.
The average nightly rate in Downtown Tampa was $307 over the past 12 months, including cleaning fees. That is 10% lower than the Tampa, FL average of $341.
For homes with a matched home value, the median room-revenue potential in Downtown Tampa is $42,435 a year and the median gross yield is 7.9%. Gross yield is 2.9 points lower than the Tampa, FL 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 Downtown Tampa, at 11.0%. The table shows average yearly revenue and median gross yield for each home size, with the Tampa, FL figure for the same size under each one.
| Bedrooms | Yearly revenue | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|
| Studio 21 listings | $27,336 Tampa, FL: $24,046 | – |
| 1 bedroom 59 listings | $25,649 Tampa, FL: $22,377 | 11.0% Tampa, FL: 14.2% |
| 2 bedrooms 46 listings | $27,504 Tampa, FL: $30,708 | 6.2% Tampa, FL: 9.9% |
| 3 bedrooms 30 listings | $34,959 Tampa, FL: $40,146 | 6.7% Tampa, FL: 9.7% |
| 4+ bedrooms 19 listings | $88,746 Tampa, FL: $67,385 | 6.7% Tampa, FL: 10.2% |
Every row uses the same method and data date. Nearby areas link to their own pages.
| Area | Yearly revenue | Occupancy | Nightly rate | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown Tampa This area 175 listings | $34,786 | 55% | $307 | 7.9% |
| Tampa, FL market 14,875 listings | $36,100 | 52% | $341 | 10.8% |
| Hyde Park & Davis Islands 170 listings | $35,485 | 53% | $324 | 8.5% |
| Ybor City 275 listings | $27,625 | 52% | $242 | 11.1% |
| Seminole Heights & Tampa Heights 434 listings | $27,374 | 56% | $236 | 10.0% |
| East Tampa 192 listings | $27,786 | 53% | $249 | 11.7% |
BNBCalc splits the Tampa, FL market into 46 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 (175 in Downtown Tampa). 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 Tampa, FL 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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