What Airbnb listings in Silver Spring, Wheaton & Takoma Park earn, how often they're booked, and how that compares with the rest of Washington DC, DC.
This area is part of the broader Washington DC, DC rental market. The map below defines the area used for these figures; market boundaries may include neighboring cities and towns.
Silver Spring, Wheaton & Takoma Park is one of 31 areas BNBCalc tracks in the Washington DC, DC market. Over the past 12 months, regularly available listings here earned $22,932 on average, were booked for 56% of the nights they were open, and averaged $211 a night. The median gross yield, before expenses, is 8.9%.
Yearly revenue
$22,932
Occupancy
56%
Nightly rate
$211
Gross yield
8.9%
before expenses
Median of 124 listings
Active listings
158
Regularly available Airbnb listings in Silver Spring, Wheaton & Takoma Park earned an average of $22,932 over the past 12 months. That is 37% less than the Washington DC, DC average of $36,358. That is booking revenue including cleaning fees, before Airbnb fees, operating costs and taxes.
Listings in Silver Spring, Wheaton & Takoma Park were booked for an average of 56% of the nights they were open for booking over the past 12 months. That is about the same as the Washington DC, DC average of 56%. Nights a host blocked off don't count.
The average nightly rate in Silver Spring, Wheaton & Takoma Park was $211 over the past 12 months, including cleaning fees. That is 33% lower than the Washington DC, DC average of $316.
For homes with a matched home value, the median room-revenue potential in Silver Spring, Wheaton & Takoma Park is $29,597 a year and the median gross yield is 8.9%. Gross yield is 0.2 points lower than the Washington DC, DC 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 Silver Spring, Wheaton & Takoma Park, at 12.5%. The table shows average yearly revenue and median gross yield for each home size, with the Washington DC, DC figure for the same size under each one.
| Bedrooms | Yearly revenue | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|
| Studio 9 listings | $16,149 Washington DC, DC: $23,344 | – |
| 1 bedroom 64 listings | $16,497 Washington DC, DC: $24,764 | 12.5% Washington DC, DC: 10.3% |
| 2 bedrooms 36 listings | $18,957 Washington DC, DC: $35,273 | 7.5% Washington DC, DC: 8.5% |
| 3 bedrooms 32 listings | $32,552 Washington DC, DC: $43,550 | 7.1% Washington DC, DC: 7.7% |
| 4+ bedrooms 17 listings | $41,061 Washington DC, DC: $63,927 | 7.1% Washington DC, DC: 7.9% |
Every row uses the same method and data date. Nearby areas link to their own pages.
| Area | Yearly revenue | Occupancy | Nightly rate | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Spring, Wheaton & Takoma Park This area 158 listings | $22,932 | 56% | $211 | 8.9% |
| Washington DC, DC market 4,783 listings | $36,358 | 56% | $316 | 9.1% |
| Colesville, Calverton & White Oak 33 listings | $38,639 | 52% | $358 | 10.1% |
| Bethesda & Chevy Chase 62 listings | $33,826 | 54% | $326 | 10.6% |
| Rockville, Gaithersburg & North Bethesda 94 listings | $27,892 | 54% | $267 | 7.4% |
| Petworth & Brightwood 212 listings | $26,048 | 56% | $232 | 8.7% |
BNBCalc splits the Washington DC, DC market into 31 areas drawn from local neighborhood and city boundaries, and counts each listing in the area that contains it. This area combines Silver Spring, Wheaton, and Takoma 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 (158 in Silver Spring, Wheaton & Takoma 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 Washington DC, DC 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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