Corte Madera, California Short-Term Rental Market
Corte Madera caps whole-home short-term rentals at 75 nights a year under its 2024 ordinance.
Quick Answer: Corte Madera, California is an active short-term rental market. average occupancy in the San Francisco market area is 83%. average monthly revenue in the San Francisco market area is $5,559. average daily rate in the San Francisco market area is $260.
Market data reflects the San Francisco regional market, which includes Corte Madera. Regulations, taxes, and permit details below are specific to Corte Madera.
Market Overview
Corte Madera limits short-term rentals to no more than 75 nights per calendar year per property, one of the more restrictive caps StaySTRA tracks, so any investment analysis here has to start with that limit rather than with performance stats alone. The town legalized and regulated STRs via Ordinance No. 1031 (Municipal Code Chapter 5.34), effective January 1, 2024; before that, STRs were not a permitted use at all.
Within that 75-night ceiling, the market that does operate performs strongly. In June 2026, the most recent month with data, Corte Madera’s STR market averaged 83.2% occupancy (up 4.1% year over year) and a $260.29 average daily rate (up 11.4% year over year). Average monthly revenue per listing was $5,559, up 11.7% year over year. RevPAR (revenue per available listing-night) was $216.45 for the month.
Corte Madera is a small, affluent Marin County town about 15 miles north of San Francisco, primarily a day-trip and regional shopping destination anchored by The Village at Corte Madera and Town Center Corte Madera, plus proximity to Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods. Overnight lodging demand is limited relative to its shopping and outdoor-recreation day-trip traffic; the town’s population is roughly 9,929.
StaySTRA does not currently have bedroom mix, channel split, listing-type counts, or property-manager data for Corte Madera; that dimension and PM data is tracked at a shared regional level rather than for this specific market, so this profile omits those breakdowns rather than guessing.
Seasonal Patterns
| Month | Occupancy |
|---|---|
| Jan | 63% |
| Feb | 67% |
| Mar | 70% |
| Apr | 68% |
| May | 72% |
| Jun | 78% |
| Jul | 78% |
| Aug | 74% |
| Sep | 73% |
| Oct | 71% |
| Nov | 64% |
| Dec | 61% |
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Short-Term Rental Regulations
Corte Madera legalized and regulated short-term rentals (stays under 30 days) via Ordinance No. 1031, creating Municipal Code Chapter 5.34, adopted by the Town Council on November 7, 2023 and effective January 1, 2024. Before this, STRs were not a permitted use in town.
Operating an STR requires a Short-Term Rental License from the Planning Division: a $500 initial registration/license fee and a $400 annual renewal fee. Licenses run through December 31 of the year issued and must be renewed 30 to 90 days before expiration. Critically, a property may be rented as an STR for no more than 75 days per calendar year, and a given owner may hold only one STR license town-wide.
The owner is not required to live on-site or use the home as a primary residence, unhosted rentals are allowed, but every STR must name a 24-hour emergency contact living within 30 miles. STRs are limited to single-family R-1 zoning districts; ADUs, JADUs, deed-restricted affordable housing, and multifamily units are ineligible. Occupancy is capped by bedroom count and off-street parking (for example, 3 bedrooms allows up to 8 guests), with quiet hours from 10pm to 6am, mandatory safety signage, and smoke and CO alarms required.
A 12% Transient Occupancy Tax applies and must be remitted monthly, even in $0 months. Enforcement includes random annual audits and property inspections; licenses are revocable and non-transferable for repeated violations.
Market Comparison
Corte Madera’s 83.2% occupancy in the latest month (on the nights it is listed) runs well above the roughly 55% occupancy typically cited as a national STR median, and its $260.29 ADR is also above the roughly $220 national median ADR figure often cited for the US market. On a per-night basis, this is a strong-performing market.
That comparison comes with an important caveat the national figures don’t share: Corte Madera’s 75-night annual cap means those strong per-night numbers apply to a small fraction of the calendar year, not year-round availability like most national benchmark markets. A market with lower per-night occupancy or ADR but no night cap could still generate more total annual revenue per listing.
Property manager and top-operator data is not currently available for Corte Madera, so this profile does not name specific operators or listing counts here.
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