Arcadia, Florida Short-Term Rental Market
Arcadia-area STRs averaged $181/night at 46.5% occupancy in June 2026, per Florida Heartland region data.
Quick Answer: Arcadia, Florida is an active short-term rental market. average occupancy in the Florida South Central Area market area is 47%. average monthly revenue in the Florida South Central Area market area is $2,328. average daily rate in the Florida South Central Area market area is $181.
Market data reflects the Florida South Central Area regional market, which includes Arcadia. Regulations, taxes, and permit details below are specific to Arcadia.
Market Overview
Arcadia is a small, rural inland city in DeSoto County, Florida, with a population of 7,420. Short-term rental data for Arcadia is tracked at a shared regional level: StaySTRA’s monthly series for Arcadia is identical to three other towns in Florida’s Heartland region (Avon Park, Clewiston, and Moore Haven), so the figures below describe the Heartland region’s STR market rather than Arcadia alone.
In June 2026, the Heartland region STR market posted an average daily rate of $181.25 and 46.5% occupancy, for a RevPAR of $84.35 and average monthly revenue of $2,328/listing. Occupancy is down 2.75 percentage points year over year, ADR is up 3.33%, and revenue is down 1.71% year over year, a softer month than a year ago despite the higher rate.
The longer trend shows steady rate growth alongside a cooling occupancy trend: annual average occupancy peaked at 61.18% in 2021 and has since settled to about 52-55% in 2023-2025, while ADR has climbed from $104 in 2017 to $172 in 2025, up 65%. Revenue per listing followed a similar arc, from $1,185/month in 2017 to $2,475/month in 2025.
Bedroom mix, booking channel split, and listing-type breakdown are not available in the current data snapshot for this market, so this profile omits those breakdowns.
Seasonal Patterns
| Month | Occupancy |
|---|---|
| Jan | 67% |
| Feb | 79% |
| Mar | 65% |
| Apr | 44% |
| May | 46% |
| Jun | 51% |
| Jul | 54% |
| Aug | 45% |
| Sep | 46% |
| Oct | 51% |
| Nov | 52% |
| Dec | 55% |
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Booking Insights
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Short-Term Rental Regulations
Short-term rentals are legal in Arcadia with a relatively light regulatory touch. No City of Arcadia STR-specific ordinance was identified; Florida’s 2011 state preemption law (Fla. Stat. 509.032) generally bars local governments from banning vacation rentals or regulating stay length or frequency unless a qualifying ordinance predated June 1, 2011, and no such grandfathered Arcadia ban exists.
Operators need a Florida DBPR Vacation Rental (Dwelling or Condominium) license, Florida Department of Revenue sales-tax registration, and a DeSoto County tourist development tax account (DeSoto self-administers this tax rather than filing through the state). DeSoto’s local tourist development tax is 3%, part of a combined lodging tax burden of roughly 9-10.5% once state sales tax and the county discretionary surtax are included.
There is no owner-occupancy or primary-residence requirement, and no maximum-nights-per-year cap was identified. Enforcement is rated minimal. General zoning under the city’s Unified Land Development Code still applies to dwellings by district, but no STR-specific zoning restriction was found. A specific permit fee for the DBPR license is not published in this data snapshot, so this profile omits a dollar figure rather than guessing.
Market Comparison
The Heartland region STR market’s June 2026 occupancy of 46.5% runs below the commonly cited US STR median of roughly 55%, while its $181.25 ADR also sits below the roughly $220 US median, a lower-occupancy, lower-rate profile overall, though the market’s strong winter season pulls occupancy well above the national median in January and February.
Top property-manager data is not currently published for Arcadia in this snapshot, so this profile omits a named-operator comparison. Relative to its own trend, the Heartland region has traded occupancy for rate since 2021: occupancy is down from a 61.18% peak to 52.25% in 2025, while ADR is up from $141 to $172 (up 22%) over the same period, suggesting operators are pricing for value even as the guest base has narrowed somewhat.
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