Best Austin Neighborhoods
for Airbnb Investment

By gross revenue, Westlake Hills, Steiner Ranch, and MLK & 183 lead Austin, with Westlake Hills averaging $95,170 a year. By our Surge Score, which also weighs demand consistency and regulatory risk, the top areas are Brentwood, Windsor Park, and MLK & 183. For value, Brentwood, Windsor Park, and Pflugerville combine below-median nightly rates with above-median occupancy. Properties near the UT campus, the Capitol, and the Domain hold the steadiest midweek occupancy from university, government, and tech travel, while Hill Country and lake homes are far more seasonal but earn the most per booking.

Nightly rates range from $124 in Paige to $736 in Westlake Hills, against a city average of $234. The metro splits into three bands: the urban core east and south of downtown, where rates are high and homes are small; the northern suburbs (Round Rock, Cedar Park, Pflugerville, Georgetown) with corporate midweek demand and lower prices; and the western Hill Country and lake submarkets, where large homes earn the highest revenue in the metro on far fewer nights. The comparison tool on this page plots up to three neighborhoods against each other on revenue, rate, occupancy, and Surge Score.

The Austin average is 58%, but neighborhoods differ by demand type. Properties near the UT campus, the Capitol, and the Domain hold the steadiest midweek occupancy from university, government, and tech travel, while Hill Country and lake homes are far more seasonal but earn the most per booking. Leisure-driven areas post higher weekend and peak-season occupancy with softer midweek nights. Each neighborhood page on this site shows trailing-twelve-month occupancy next to the city benchmark.

Central Austin (East Downtown, South Lamar, Hyde Park) delivers the strongest occupancy and event pricing but the highest cost per square foot. The northern suburbs (Round Rock, Cedar Park, Pflugerville) offer lower entry prices with steady corporate midweek demand from the Dell, Apple, and Samsung corridors. Hill Country and lake submarkets (Westlake Hills, Steiner Ranch, Dripping Springs, Lake Travis) produce the highest revenue per listing in the metro, driven by large group homes, but with pronounced seasonality and higher operating costs. Compare the neighborhood revenue and rate data on this page against your budget.

Annual revenue per listing ranges from about $28,218 in value neighborhoods to $95,170 in Westlake Hills. The market average is $45,526. Every Austin neighborhood page lists revenue, nightly rate, occupancy, RevPAR, and how it benchmarks against the city average so you can compare returns rather than just revenue.