Vacation Rentals With Pools: Share and Nightly Premium in 18 US Airbnb Markets (2026)

Share of vacation rentals with pools by city, September 2026

Pools are common in Hawaii, South Florida and Las Vegas listings and rare in Pacific Northwest and Midwest cities. Most of those pools are shared or untyped: across the 18 US markets, only 13.4% of pool listings tagged the pool as private.

In September 2026, 36.3% of 99,943 active whole-home listings across the 18 US markets listed a pool (Inside Airbnb). Hawaii led at 78.8%, followed by Broward County, Florida at 65.1% and Clark County, Nevada at 62.5%. Austin (35.4%) and Dallas (34.0%) were the only other markets above 30%.

Private pools are much rarer. 4.8% of active whole-home listings in the 18 US markets tagged a private pool in September 2026. Broward County (15.5%) and Clark County (13.5%) had the highest private shares; Hawaii had 2.4%, because Hawaii pool listings mostly tagged the pool as shared (35.8% of active whole homes) or did not state the type (40.6%).

For the share of all US homes with a pool, as opposed to rentals, see percentage of homes with pools.

How much more vacation rentals with pools charge per night

Pool listings asked 30.3% more per night than no-pool listings with the same bedroom count in the same market in September 2026. Part of that gap is location: matching on neighbourhood as well cut it to 20.9%.

Unadjusted comparisons mislead in both directions. Across the 18 US markets, the pooled median pool listing asked $348.25 against $271 for no-pool listings in September 2026 (Inside Airbnb). In Nashville the unadjusted gap was -2.8%, because the median Nashville pool listing had 2 bedrooms against 3 for no-pool listings, but the bedroom-matched premium was 31.2%. In Broward County the unadjusted gap was 57.4% and the matched premium 27.4%.

The bedroom-matched premium was positive in all 17 markets with enough pool listings to measure. The median market premium was 27.8%. In dollar terms, pool listings asked $98 more per night than same-bedroom no-pool listings in the same market, weighted across the 18 US markets (Inside Airbnb, September 2026).

Chicago’s 101.6% premium rests on 132 matched pool listings and should be read as a small-sample result. Portland had too few pool listings to estimate a premium.

Private pool vs shared pool premium

Private pools carried a 42.2% bedroom-matched premium in September 2026, against 28.4% for shared-only pools. The private advantage held in 7 of the 10 markets where both could be measured.

Across the 18 US markets, 4,698 private pool listings in matched cells asked $184 more per night than same-bedroom no-pool listings in the same market (Inside Airbnb, September 2026). Within the same neighbourhood and bedroom count the private pool premium was 36.5%, against 17.2% for shared-only pools. Location explains less of the private pool gap than of the shared pool gap.

Los Angeles (66.5% private vs 25.2% shared) and Hawaii (57.5% vs 28.4%) showed the widest gaps. Clark County (43.9% vs 47.2%), Nashville and San Diego ran the other way, with shared-only pool listings carrying the larger premium (Inside Airbnb, September 2026).

Hot tub premium compared with pool premium

A hot tub alone was associated with roughly the same nightly premium as a pool alone in September 2026: 22.7% against 24.8%, both measured against same-bedroom listings with neither amenity. Listings with both asked 40.3% more.

Within the same neighbourhood and bedroom count, the hot-tub-only premium was 21.3% and the pool-only premium 18.6% (Inside Airbnb, 18 US markets, September 2026). In dollars, hot-tub-only listings asked $89 more per night and pool-only listings $74 more than same-bedroom listings with neither.

The comparison varies by market. Hot-tub-only listings matched or beat pool-only listings in 5 of 11 markets with both estimates, including Los Angeles (34.4% vs 22.2%) and San Diego (14.5% vs 0.6%). Pools led in Clark County (40.9% vs 19.7%) and Broward County (23.8% vs 13.7%). For hot tub ownership in US homes, see homes with hot tubs.

Occupancy and estimated revenue of pool listings

Private pool listings showed higher modelled occupancy and revenue than same-size homes without a pool; pool listings as a whole did not. These measures come from Inside Airbnb‘s review-based occupancy model and are proxies, not booking data.

Matched on market and bedrooms, private pool listings had 19.3% more estimated occupied nights and 17.4% more reviews in the last 12 months than no-pool listings, and 63.3% more estimated 12-month revenue, about $21,230 a year (Inside Airbnb, 18 US markets, September 2026).

Pool listings of all types had 28.2% fewer estimated occupied nights than same-bedroom no-pool listings and 5.8% less estimated revenue. The shortfall is concentrated in markets dominated by shared or untyped pools: the matched occupancy shortfall was 43.0% in Hawaii and 32.7% in Clark County. For context, Hawaii’s state data put statewide vacation rental occupancy at 46.8% in August 2026, against 72.7% for hotels (Hawaii DBEDT).

How these results compare with published pool premium estimates

Published pool premiums range from under 5% to over 80%, depending on market, definition and whether the figure is a listed price, a booked rate or revenue. This report’s figures sit in the middle of that range and can be reproduced from open data.

• AirDNA reported a 9.5% ADR lift for pools nationally in its body text and 5.1% in the same article’s FAQ (article updated 2026-01-05); both figures are shown as a range.
• AirDNA reported that 3-bedroom homes with pools average $355 per night, a 29% premium, with 59% occupancy and 38% higher RevPAR (article updated 2026-09-25).
• AirROI reported an 83% ADR gap for pool listings in Scottsdale, Arizona (2026-03-20); AirROI separately reported a 31% revenue difference for pools in a 2025 analysis.
• Beyond Pricing reported pool premiums of 22% in New York, 18% in Los Angeles and 14% in San Diego.
• A hedonic regression of Beijing listings by Guo (2020) estimated a 4.82% price effect for a pool.

This report’s Los Angeles and San Diego bedroom-matched premiums (39.4% and 18.7%) are higher than Beyond Pricing’s 18% and 14%, which do not state a size control. One regression study that controls for many attributes at once, Guo (2020) on Beijing listings, found a much smaller pool effect of 4.82%.

Pool safety at vacation rental homes

Federal safety data and guidance single out vacation rental pools as a drowning risk for children, especially children who are not used to a pool at home.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reported in May 2026 that it knows of at least 64 fatal and non-fatal pool drownings in vacation rental homes involving children under 15 since 2021, of which 54 were fatal. CPSC advises renters to check for self-latching gates, pool door alarms and non-climbable four-sided fencing before booking. State barrier rules are compared in pool fence laws by state, and national drowning counts in pool drowning statistics by state.

Scrape dates and samples for each market

Each market uses the latest Inside Airbnb listings file published on its Get the Data page as of 2026-10-08. All 18 files were scraped between 2026-09-14 and 2026-09-28.

Market boundaries follow Inside Airbnb: Hawaii and Rhode Island are whole states, Broward County and Clark County are counties, the Twin Cities file covers the metro area and the rest are cities. North America accounted for 158 million of Airbnb’s 533 million Nights and Seats Booked in 2025 (Airbnb Form 10-K); these 18 files cover a subset of that market.

Scenarios we modeled

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What the comparison shows

• 36.3% of 99,943 active whole-home Airbnb listings in 18 US markets listed a pool in September 2026 (Inside Airbnb data).
• Only 4.8% of those active whole-home listings tagged the pool as private; 33.3% of pool listings were shared-only and 53.3% did not state the type (Inside Airbnb, September 2026).
• Pool share ranged from 78.8% in Hawaii to 0.8% in Portland, Oregon (Inside Airbnb, September 2026).
• Comparing medians, listings with a pool asked 30.3% more per night than no-pool listings with the same bedroom count in the same market; the gap fell to 20.9% when also matched by neighbourhood (Inside Airbnb, September 2026).
• Private pools carried a 42.2% bedroom-matched premium, compared with 28.4% for shared-only pools (Inside Airbnb, 18 US markets, September 2026).
• A hot tub without a pool carried a 22.7% premium, close to the 24.8% for a pool without a hot tub (Inside Airbnb, 18 US markets, September 2026).
• Hawaii’s vacation rentals averaged 46.8% occupancy in August 2026, against 72.7% for Hawaii hotels (Hawaii DBEDT).

Results

1. Hawaii had the highest pool share of the 18 US markets: 78.8% of active whole-home listings in September 2026, but only 2.4% were tagged as a private pool (Inside Airbnb).
2. Broward County, Florida had the highest private pool share: 15.5% of active whole-home listings in September 2026 (Inside Airbnb).
3. Clark County, Nevada followed with 13.5% private pool listings and 62.5% with any pool in September 2026 (Inside Airbnb).
4. Portland, Oregon (0.8%), Washington, DC (2.8%) and Asheville, North Carolina (2.9%) had the lowest pool shares among active whole-home listings in September 2026 (Inside Airbnb).
5. Across all 218,134 listings in the 18 market files, 38.0% had a pool amenity and 23.0% a hot tub in September 2026 (Inside Airbnb).
6. 88.5% of private pool listings were entire houses or villas, while 86.9% of shared-only pool listings were condos, rental units or serviced apartments (Inside Airbnb, 18 US markets, September 2026).
7. Outside the small-sample Chicago and Denver results, Clark County, Nevada showed the largest bedroom-matched pool premium: 47.5% in September 2026 (Inside Airbnb).
8. Dallas showed the smallest bedroom-matched pool premium: 8.3% in September 2026 (Inside Airbnb).
9. In Austin, 3-bedroom pool listings had a median listed price of $405 per night against $303 for 3-bedroom homes without a pool in September 2026 (Inside Airbnb).
10. In Nashville, pool listings looked 2.8% cheaper before matching on bedrooms, but 31.2% more expensive after matching, in September 2026 (Inside Airbnb).
11. In Los Angeles, private pools carried a 66.5% bedroom-matched premium against 25.2% for shared-only pools in September 2026 (Inside Airbnb).
12. Listings with both a pool and a hot tub asked 40.3% more than same-bedroom listings with neither in the 18 US markets in September 2026 (Inside Airbnb).
13. 35.8% of private pool listings in the 18 US markets described the pool as heated in September 2026 (Inside Airbnb).
14. CPSC knows of at least 64 pool drownings in US vacation rental homes involving children under 15 since 2021, 54 of them fatal (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, May 2026).

Questions owners ask

Prices and rules used

• 2026-09Inside Airbnb published new scrapes for all 18 US markets between 2026-09-14 and 2026-09-28; this report uses the latest file for each market.
• 2026-09AirDNA‘s pool article, last updated 2026-09-25, reports a 29% ADR premium for 3-bedroom homes with pools nationally.
• 2026-08Hawaii DBEDT‘s August 2026 Vacation Rental Performance Report, the latest listed on 2026-10-08, put statewide vacation rental ADR at $528, up 17.4% year over year.
• 2026-05The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued vacation rental pool safety guidance on 2026-05-05.
• 2026-02Airbnb Form 10-K for fiscal 2025 reported 158 million Nights and Seats Booked in North America.

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Evidence tiers

Tier 1: primary and government sources (4)

• Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism: August 2026 Hawaii Vacation Rental Performance Report
• Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism: Infrastructure Reports (vacation rental report index)
• Airbnb, Inc. (U.S. SEC EDGAR): Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025
• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Pool Safely): Know Before You Go: Pool Safety and Vacation Rentals

Tier 2: trade bodies, public companies, market research (8)

• Inside Airbnb: Get the Data (listings files and scrape dates, CC BY 4.0)
• Inside Airbnb: Data Assumptions (occupancy model)
• Inside Airbnb: Data Policies
• Inside Airbnb: Data Dictionary
• AirDNA: Best Airbnb Amenities that Boost Revenue for Hosts
• AirDNA: How an Airbnb with a Pool Stacks Up
• Airbnb: Amenities Do Matter: Airbnb Reveals Which Amenities Travelers Value Most
• Cornell University eCommons: The Value of Location for Airbnb Apartments: A Hedonic Analysis of Airbnb Listing Price in Beijing (MS thesis)

Tier 3: journalism and expert commentary (3)

• AirROI: Best Airbnb Amenities 2026: Which Upgrades Actually Boost Revenue
• AirROI: Your Ultimate Airbnb Amenities Impact Analysis
• Beyond Pricing: These Vacation Rental Amenities Are the Most Profitable (Plus a Few that Are Not)

References

1. Inside Airbnb. Get the Data (listings files and scrape dates, CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-10-08.
2. Inside Airbnb. Data Assumptions (occupancy model). Accessed 2026-10-08.
3. Inside Airbnb. Data Policies. Accessed 2026-10-08.
4. Inside Airbnb. Data Dictionary. Accessed 2026-10-08.
5. Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. August 2026 Hawaii Vacation Rental Performance Report. Accessed 2026-10-08.
6. Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. Infrastructure Reports (vacation rental report index). Accessed 2026-10-08.
7. Airbnb, Inc. (U.S. SEC EDGAR). Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025. Accessed 2026-10-08.
8. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Pool Safely). Know Before You Go: Pool Safety and Vacation Rentals. Accessed 2026-10-08.
9. AirDNA. Best Airbnb Amenities that Boost Revenue for Hosts. Accessed 2026-10-08.
10. AirDNA. How an Airbnb with a Pool Stacks Up. Accessed 2026-10-08.
11. Airbnb. Amenities Do Matter: Airbnb Reveals Which Amenities Travelers Value Most. Accessed 2026-10-08.
12. Cornell University eCommons. The Value of Location for Airbnb Apartments: A Hedonic Analysis of Airbnb Listing Price in Beijing (MS thesis). Accessed 2026-10-08.
13. AirROI. Best Airbnb Amenities 2026: Which Upgrades Actually Boost Revenue. Accessed 2026-10-08.
14. AirROI. Your Ultimate Airbnb Amenities Impact Analysis. Accessed 2026-10-08.
15. Beyond Pricing. These Vacation Rental Amenities Are the Most Profitable (Plus a Few that Are Not). Accessed 2026-10-08.