2017 Report: Data Presentation to Vermont Legislature
Snapshot of some of the STR data reported to VT Legislature in 2017:
5,100 AirBnB listings were active in Vermont in 2017
22% of all active listings had never been booked
75% were rented by hosts with 1 or 2 listings
25% were rented by hosts with 3 or more listings
75% of listings were defined by AirBnB as “whole-home rentals”
63% of Vermont’s AirBnB hosts were women
The average age of all Vermont hosts was 50-years-old
Seniors were “the fastest-growing segment” of the AirBnB hosting population, “using home-sharing as a way to ‘age in place’”
The median host earned approximately $5,900 annually and rented their space for 24 nights a year
Fewer than 3% of all Airbnb listings in Vermont were rented for more than 180 days a year