Rancho Cucamonga, California Short-Term Rental Market
The Rancho Cucamonga area STR market averaged $227/night at 62.9% occupancy in June 2026, up 3.2 points year over year.
Quick Answer: Rancho Cucamonga, California is an active short-term rental market. average occupancy in the Riverside market area is 63%. average monthly revenue in the Riverside market area is $3,834. average daily rate in the Riverside market area is $227. the top operator in the Riverside market area is Evolve with 88 listings. market score is 53/100 (grade D).
Market data reflects the Riverside regional market, which includes Rancho Cucamonga. Regulations, taxes, and permit details below are specific to Rancho Cucamonga.
Market Score Breakdown
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Market Overview
Rancho Cucamonga is a San Bernardino County city in the Inland Empire, about 40 miles east of Los Angeles. STR performance figures here are tracked as part of a broader Inland Empire submarket, shared across a wide cluster of cities including Chino, Corona, Fontana, Hemet, Moreno Valley, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, Redlands, Riverside, Temecula, and Upland, so the numbers below describe the Rancho Cucamonga area STR market within that regional footprint rather than the city in isolation. In June 2026, the area averaged 62.9% occupancy, up 3.2 points year over year, at a $227 average daily rate, down 1.9% year over year, generating $3,834 in average monthly revenue, up 2.5% year over year. Entire-home listings command a higher $300 ADR, rising sharply to $498 for the luxury tier and $432 for professionally managed units, a wide spread that points to real premium demand at the top of the market. Occupancy has climbed gradually in recent years, from 55.8% in 2024 to 56.1% in 2025 and 57.5% year-to-date in 2026, alongside a modest pullback in average daily rate from $204 in 2024 to $203 in 2026 year-to-date. Much of the area’s overnight demand comes from business and logistics-sector travel tied to the Inland Empire’s industrial economy, plus day-trip and overflow visitors drawn to Victoria Gardens, a 1.4-million-square-foot open-air shopping and entertainment center, rather than classic vacation tourism. Bedroom mix, listing-type split, and top property manager data are tracked at a shared regional level rather than uniquely for Rancho Cucamonga, so this profile omits those figures rather than presenting a rollup total as the city’s own supply.
Seasonal Patterns
| Month | Occupancy |
|---|---|
| Jan | 51% |
| Feb | 57% |
| Mar | 58% |
| Apr | 56% |
| May | 56% |
| Jun | 62% |
| Jul | 63% |
| Aug | 57% |
| Sep | 55% |
| Oct | 57% |
| Nov | 54% |
| Dec | 57% |
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Top Short-Term Rental Operators in Riverside market area
Ranked by total active listings. Useful for understanding the competitive landscape. Operator data is published for the Riverside market as a whole, which includes Rancho Cucamonga, so these counts are not Rancho Cucamonga-only figures.
| # | Operator | Listings | Reviews | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evolve | 88 | 1,911 | ★ 4.58 |
| 2 | New Spirit Vacation Homes | 60 | 3,551 | ★ 4.46 |
| 3 | Vacasa | 46 | 2,851 | ★ 4.53 |
| 4 | Host / Eric | 45 | 40 | ★ 4.67 |
| 5 | Holidale | 44 | 11 | ★ 4.57 |
What Kind of STR Should I Buy in Rancho Cucamonga?
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Booking Channel Mix
Distribution of bookings across major STR platforms.
| Channel | Share |
|---|---|
| airbnb | 69.4% |
| vrbo | 2.7% |
| both | 28% |
Home Value Trends (Rancho Cucamonga)
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Booking Insights
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Short-Term Rental Regulations
Short-term rentals are legal in Rancho Cucamonga but tightly regulated around owner-occupancy. Operators need three things: a Short-Term Rental Permit ($201 non-refundable application fee, renewed annually), a Business License, and a Transient Occupancy Tax Certificate. The property must be the host’s primary residence, verified with proof of residency, and a pre-permit on-site safety and compliance inspection is required. Hosted stays, where the host is present, are unlimited, but un-hosted stays are capped at 90 nights per year. Occupancy is limited to two guests per bedroom including the host and residents, and each dwelling is limited to two concurrent booking transactions. STRs are confined to residential zones (Very Low, Low, Low Medium, or single-family dwellings in other residential zones) and banned outright in commercial and industrial zones. All advertising must display the STR permit number, a street-view image, and the maximum guest count. Guests pay a 12% Transient Occupancy Tax, raised from 10% (unchanged since 1983) by voter-approved Measure Q in November 2024, which passed with 57.84% support. Enforcement is rated moderate and complaint-driven through the municipal code, targeting noise, odor, and parking nuisances. For investors, the primary-residence requirement plus the 90-day un-hosted cap are the defining constraints: Rancho Cucamonga is not a workable market for a full-time, hands-off, absentee-investor rental, but it does support owner-operators who live in the property and rent it part of the year.
Market Comparison
Rancho Cucamonga’s 62.9% occupancy runs meaningfully above the roughly 55% national STR occupancy median, while its $227 average daily rate sits close to the roughly $220 national median ADR, only about 3% higher. That combination, above-average occupancy at a near-national-average rate, points to a healthy, broad-based demand market rather than either a discount or ultra-premium destination. Within the Inland Empire, Rancho Cucamonga’s rates run meaningfully below the region’s luxury tier ($498/night) and above its apartment-style segment ($2,460/month), placing it in the middle of the region’s property spectrum. Top property manager data for this market is tracked at the shared Inland Empire regional level rather than uniquely for Rancho Cucamonga, so this profile omits specific operator rankings rather than presenting a regional total as the city’s own competitive landscape.
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