Orlando Airbnb Market Data
& Investment Analysis

Orlando is the theme-park capital of the world, anchored by Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, and the Orange County Convention Center, with the whole-home vacation rental market concentrated in the Kissimmee and ChampionsGate resort corridor of Osceola County. Its short-term rental market holds 38,122 active entire-home listings across 46 neighborhoods that Surge tracks. Over the twelve months ending September 2026, the average listing earned $50,763 in gross revenue at a $253 average nightly rate and 61% occupancy, for revenue per available night of $155. Revenue per listing is up 4.4% year over year.

Orlando suits investors who want the largest, most liquid vacation rental market in the country and can operate at scale, with 5 to 8 bedroom pool homes that sleep large groups. The main things to underwrite are parcel-level zoning (the exact county and overlay decide whether a home can rent at all), HOA rental rules, resort community dues and CDD assessments, and heavy supply growth that keeps nightly rates competitive.

Spring break and the summer school holidays stack theme-park demand into March and June through July, while late August through September, after schools reopen and during hurricane season, is the slow stretch. The average Orlando listing earned $5,316 in March against $3,109 in September, a 1.7x swing between the best and worst month. Gated resort communities along the US-192 and I-4 corridor near the Disney gates (ChampionsGate, Reunion, Windsor Hills, Storey Lake, Solara) hold the steadiest occupancy because they were built for short-term rental and have on-site amenities that sell in every season.

The market radiates out from the Disney gates: Osceola County resort communities to the south and west (Kissimmee, ChampionsGate, Reunion, Davenport on the Polk County line) are purpose-built for vacation rentals; International Drive and the convention district sit in unincorporated Orange County; the City of Orlando core, Winter Park, and the eastern suburbs are largely closed to whole-home rentals; and Clermont, Winter Garden, and Lake County to the northwest trade lower purchase prices for a longer drive to the parks.

By gross revenue the strongest neighborhoods are Championsgate, Storey Lake, and Indian Ridge / Encore, averaging $60,959, $59,787, and $57,107 a year. Nightly rates span $121 in Celebration to $349 in Championsgate. On the Surge Score, which also weighs demand consistency and regulatory risk, Clermont, Storey Lake, and Championsgate rank highest. For value, Oak Ridge, Sanford, and Altamonte Springs pair below-median nightly rates with above-median occupancy. The full ranking is on the Orlando neighborhoods page.

City of Orlando prohibits whole-home short-term rentals in residential zoning and only allows owner-occupied home sharing with a $275 first-year registration. The vacation rental market sits in unincorporated Osceola County, where short-term rentals are allowed inside the county's rental overlay with a Florida DBPR license, a $30 Local Business Tax Receipt, and self-remitted 6% Tourist Development Tax on top of 6% state sales tax and a 1.5% county surtax. Read the full Orlando STR regulations, including every suburb's rules and the tax filing requirements.

Revenue scales with size. A one-bedroom in Orlando averages $23,156 a year at $112 a night, while a four-bedroom averages $47,168 at $226. Larger homes earn more per booking but usually run lower occupancy, so compare revenue per available night, not just nightly rate, when you choose a floor plan. Among tracked amenities, listings with a indoor fireplace earned about 20% more than the Orlando baseline; the Insights tab ranks every amenity by revenue, rate, and occupancy lift.

Model a specific purchase with the Orlando investment analysis and calculator. Data on this page comes from Surge market data on entire-home listings and was last refreshed 2026-10-18.