Airbnb Occupancy Rate in Washington, United States, Data & Trends 2026

Over the analysis period June 2025 to May 2026, Washington averaged 64% occupancy and an ADR of €142 ($129), for about €2,577 ($2,343) in monthly revenue per listing. The occupancy sits a few points above the 60% U.S. average in this dataset, but the ADR runs well below the roughly €202 national average, so D.C. is a high-fill, modest-rate market: you win on nights sold (232 a year) rather than on headline price. Seasonality is high at 59%, consistent with the spring spike, and revenue is down 11% year on year, signalling rate or demand softening that argues for disciplined dynamic pricing rather than holding out for peak-season rates.

Washington, D.C. runs almost entirely on visitors who come for the federal government, the monuments, and the museums. The White House, Capitol, Supreme Court and the Smithsonian institutions strung along the National Mall draw roughly 20 million domestic and over a million international visitors a year, and the city's 177 foreign embassies feed a steady stream of diplomatic, NGO and lobbying traffic on top of pure tourism. School groups, association conferences and government contractors fill weekday nights that leisure cities lack, which is why demand here is less weekend-skewed than in a beach market.

For short-term rental operators this means two distinct guest types: families and tour groups around the monuments, and longer-staying business and relocation guests tied to government and contractor work. Note that D.C. caps individual stays at 30 consecutive nights, so true corporate housing falls outside the Airbnb channel and the addressable demand is short-trip travellers.

The city is split into four quadrants meeting at the Capitol, across roughly 131 neighbourhoods, and they behave very differently for short-term rental. Capitol Hill and the National Mall fringe put guests within walking distance of the monuments and the Smithsonian and command the strongest nightly rates. Georgetown adds historic streets, shopping and the waterfront but has limited hotel supply, so well-located rentals do well there.

Adams Morgan and the U Street corridor draw younger, nightlife-driven guests, while Navy Yard / Capitol Riverfront is newer, walkable and close to the ballpark and Petalpalooza. Because D.C. requires a host's primary residence, supply is naturally spread through residential blocks rather than concentrated in a tourist core, so proximity to a Metro station matters more here than the specific quadrant.