Lowell, Arkansas Short-Term Rental Market
Lowell, AR (JB Hunt HQ) dropped its local lodging tax in 2022; June 2026 area ADR was $220.
Quick Answer: Lowell, 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 Lowell. Regulations, taxes, and permit details below are specific to Lowell.
Market Overview
Lowell is best known as the headquarters of JB Hunt Transport, and draws primarily business and corporate travelers alongside regional day-trip visitors, sitting within Northwest Arkansas’s broader visitor economy anchored by Bentonville and Rogers minutes away (Walmart headquarters, Crystal Bridges Museum, mountain biking). Lowell has no STR-specific zoning ordinance; the city classifies short-term rentals alongside hotels, motels, and apartments as a business category requiring a City of Lowell business license, renewed annually by February 1. Notably, Lowell levied a 2% local lodging tax from May 2018 but discontinued it in September 2022, so there is currently no local occupancy tax, only Arkansas state taxes.
Lowell is a fast-growing bedroom community in Benton County, population 12,184, part of the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro.
StaySTRA tracks Lowell’s ADR, occupancy, and revenue at a shared regional level with Gentry, 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 Lowell, 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
Lowell has no dedicated short-term rental ordinance. STRs are permitted and treated as a business: the city explicitly lists short-term rentals (Airbnb, VRBO, Evolve, and similar) alongside hotels, motels, boardinghouses, and apartments as a category requiring a City of Lowell business license, renewed annually by February 1. No owner-occupancy, primary-residence, or maximum-nights caps were found.
Notably, Lowell levied a 2% Advertising and Promotion ‘hotel/restaurant’ lodging tax from May 2018 but discontinued it in September 2022, so there is currently no local lodging or occupancy tax; only Arkansas state taxes on accommodations (state sales tax plus the 2% state tourism tax and 1% short-term-rental tax) and county and city general sales taxes apply.
Statewide, Arkansas Act 1072 of 2019 bars cities from banning STRs while allowing health-and-safety regulation. Enforcement in Lowell is rated minimal; the main compliance step is obtaining and annually renewing the local business license and registering to collect and remit applicable state and county lodging and sales taxes. The city’s code of ordinances was recodified through Ordinance No. 1159 on December 16, 2025. Investors should verify the current business-license fee and any zoning limits directly with the city.
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 Lowell in this snapshot (tracked at a shared regional level with Gentry, Pea Ridge, Prairie Grove, West Fork, and Winslow instead), so this profile omits a named-operator comparison.
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