| Availability of Boston Airbnb Listings in the Next Year by Room Type | ||
| Availability | Count | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Entire home/apt | ||
| 0-30 Days | 309 | 10.3 |
| 31-60 Days | 140 | 4.7 |
| 61-183 Days | 594 | 19.8 |
| 184-300 Days | 988 | 32.9 |
| 301+ Days | 972 | 32.4 |
| Other | ||
| 0-30 Days | 189 | 13.4 |
| 31-60 Days | 87 | 6.2 |
| 61-183 Days | 271 | 19.2 |
| 184-300 Days | 336 | 23.8 |
| 301+ Days | 528 | 37.4 |
| Number of Listings Managed per Host | ||
| Boston Airbnb Listings | ||
| Listings | Count | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 922 | 65.6 |
| 2+ | 484 | 34.4 |
This data set has a total of 4,414 Airbnb listings that are in Boston. The majority of these listings are entire homes/apartments (3,003, or 68%). The remaining 1,411 listings fall under other room types, including hotel room, private room, and shared room. Out of the 3,003 entire homes, 32.9% are available for rent for 184-300 days out of the next 365 days, and 32.4% are available for over 301 days. If we define a listing as being available for rent for over half of the following year, then 65.3% of these entire homes in Boston are rented all year round in this data set. This poses a significant disruption to the housing and communities in Boston. The 1,411 listings that fall under the other room type categories follow a similar pattern, with 61.2% of these listings being available for rent year round.
Out of the 1,406 Airbnb hosts in Boston, only 484 (34.4%) of them have multiple local listings, and 922 (65.6%) only manage one listing in Boston. This is in stark contrast to the report showing that 64% of Airbnb hosts, on average, hold multiple local listings.