Gentry, Arkansas Short-Term Rental Market
Gentry, AR's main attraction, the Wild Wilderness Safari, appears closed; June 2026 area ADR was $220.
Quick Answer: Gentry, Arkansas is an active short-term rental market. average occupancy in the Fayetteville/Bentonville market area is 60%. average monthly revenue in the Fayetteville/Bentonville market area is $3,716. average daily rate in the Fayetteville/Bentonville market area is $220.
Market data reflects the Fayetteville/Bentonville regional market, which includes Gentry. Regulations, taxes, and permit details below are specific to Gentry.
Market Overview
Gentry’s primary tourist draw for years was the Wild Wilderness Drive-Through Safari, a 400-acre exotic-animal park north of town, but multiple 2025-2026 listings show it closed, removing the city’s main leisure-lodging attraction. Remaining local draws are modest: SWEPCO Lake (Lake Flint Creek) for fishing and recreation, and the historic downtown. Gentry has no STR-specific ordinance; under Arkansas Act 1072 of 2019, cities cannot ban short-term rentals or impose numeric caps, only regulate for health and safety. Hosts should expect to obtain the city’s general business license (Municipal Code Chapter 4.20), typically renewed annually; no dedicated STR permit, owner-occupancy requirement, or night cap was found.
Gentry is a small, rural Benton County town in Northwest Arkansas, population 4,899, within the broader Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro, corporate-travel and gameday country anchored by Walmart’s Bentonville headquarters, Tyson Foods, JB Hunt Transport, and University of Arkansas Razorbacks athletics, though those draws are regional rather than specific to Gentry itself.
StaySTRA tracks Gentry’s ADR, occupancy, and revenue at a shared regional level with Lowell, Pea Ridge, Prairie Grove, West Fork, and Winslow, all Northwest Arkansas towns, so the figures below describe the Northwest Arkansas area STR market. In June 2026, that area STR market posted a blended ADR of $219.67 and 60.4% occupancy, with average monthly revenue of $3,716/listing. Occupancy is down 2.30 percentage points and revenue is down 2.63% year over year, while ADR is roughly flat (up 0.93%).
One note on the annual data below: the 2026 row is a January-through-June average, and this cluster’s revenue stays strong into October (fall visitation), so the partial-year figure likely understates the eventual full-year 2026 average. Bedroom mix, listing-type breakdown, and the top-property-manager list are tracked at the same shared regional level rather than uniquely for Gentry, so this profile omits those breakdowns.
Seasonal Patterns
| Month | Occupancy |
|---|---|
| Jan | 35% |
| Feb | 44% |
| Mar | 55% |
| Apr | 49% |
| May | 54% |
| Jun | 61% |
| Jul | 60% |
| Aug | 53% |
| Sep | 51% |
| Oct | 55% |
| Nov | 47% |
| Dec | 41% |
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Short-Term Rental Regulations
Gentry has no identified short-term-rental-specific ordinance, so STRs are governed primarily by Arkansas state law. Under Act 1072 of 2019, Arkansas cities and counties cannot ban short-term rentals or set jurisdiction-wide numeric limits; they may only regulate for health and safety. Operating an Airbnb or VRBO in Gentry is permitted.
Hosts should expect to obtain the city’s general business and occupation license (Gentry Municipal Code Chapter 4.20), typically renewed annually, but no dedicated STR permit, owner-occupancy requirement, or annual-night cap was found.
On taxes, all Arkansas STRs owe a combined 9.5% state stack: 6.5% state sales tax, 1% state short-term-rental tax, and 2% state tourism (lodging) tax. Local sales taxes also apply in Gentry (2% city plus 1% county). No Gentry Advertising and Promotion lodging tax or convention and visitors bureau was found, unlike nearby Bentonville. Enforcement is rated minimal: the city has code-enforcement staff for general nuisance and building issues but no evident STR registry or dedicated program. Investors should confirm the current business-license fee schedule and tax registration directly with Gentry City Hall.
Market Comparison
The Northwest Arkansas area STR market’s June 2026 occupancy of 60.4% runs above the commonly cited US STR median of roughly 55%, while its $219.67 blended ADR sits about level with the roughly $220 US median.
Top-property-manager data is not currently published uniquely for Gentry in this snapshot (tracked at a shared regional level with Lowell, Pea Ridge, Prairie Grove, West Fork, and Winslow instead), so this profile omits a named-operator comparison.
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