Hobe Sound, Florida Short-Term Rental Market
The Hobe Sound, FL area STR market averaged $221 ADR at 55.8% occupancy in June 2026.
Quick Answer: Hobe Sound, Florida is an active short-term rental market. average occupancy in the Port St. Lucie market area is 56%. average monthly revenue in the Port St. Lucie market area is $3,306. average daily rate in the Port St. Lucie market area is $221.
Market data reflects the Port St. Lucie regional market, which includes Hobe Sound. Regulations, taxes, and permit details below are specific to Hobe Sound.
Market Overview
Hobe Sound is a quiet, affluent, nature-oriented community of about 13,817 people on Florida’s Treasure Coast in Martin County, between Stuart and Jupiter. Its own tourism draw skews toward outdoor and eco-tourism, beachgoers, paddlers on the Loxahatchee River, hikers, birders, and sea-turtle-nesting watchers, with visitation tilted heavily toward winter snowbird season. StaySTRA tracks Hobe Sound’s short-term rental data at the Martin County regional level, shared with nearby Palm City, so the figures below describe the Hobe Sound area STR market rather than Hobe Sound alone. That regional market averaged a $220.52 ADR and 55.8% occupancy in June 2026, the most recent month tracked, producing $122.94 RevPAR and $3,306 in average monthly revenue. Year over year, occupancy is down 5.0%, ADR is down 2.9%, and revenue is down 6.8%, a broadly softer year across the board. The market has grown substantially since 2017, when it averaged 49.9% occupancy and a $119 ADR; by 2025 those figures had climbed to 60.9% occupancy and a $207 ADR, though the most recent year-over-year trend has cooled. Listing-type and bedroom-count data are tracked at that same shared regional level, so this profile omits a breakdown by unit type or bedroom count. Winter is by far the strongest season here: February occupancy averages 84.6%, the area’s clear high-season peak tied to snowbird visitation.
Seasonal Patterns
| Month | Occupancy |
|---|---|
| Jan | 70% |
| Feb | 85% |
| Mar | 80% |
| Apr | 56% |
| May | 54% |
| Jun | 62% |
| Jul | 64% |
| Aug | 52% |
| Sep | 51% |
| Oct | 56% |
| Nov | 59% |
| Dec | 62% |
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Short-Term Rental Regulations
Hobe Sound is an unincorporated community in Martin County, Florida, so there is no city STR ordinance; rules come from the State of Florida and Martin County. Short-term rentals, any stay of six months or less, are legal. A property rented more than three times a year for periods under 30 days must hold a Florida DBPR vacation rental license, and the owner must register with the Florida Department of Revenue for state sales tax and set up an account with the Martin County Tax Collector for the local Tourist Development Tax. A local business tax receipt is also generally required. On taxes, guests pay a 5% Martin County Tourist Development tax plus 6% Florida state sales tax. Martin County does not have a collection agreement with Airbnb or Vrbo for the 5% tax, so the owner must collect and remit the bed tax directly to the county each month, a common compliance trap. Florida law preempts the county from banning rentals or capping the number of nights or frequency of stays, and there is no owner-occupancy or primary-residence requirement. Practical constraints are more likely to come from HOA or deed restrictions, very common around Jupiter Island and gated subdivisions, and from county noise, parking, trash, and occupancy rules than from any nightly cap. Enforcement is moderate and tax-compliance focused rather than aggressive. No permit fee amount is published in this dataset.
Market Comparison
Nationally, short-term rentals typically run around 55% occupancy and a $220 ADR. The Hobe Sound area’s June 2026 figures, 55.8% occupancy and a $220.52 ADR, land almost exactly on both national benchmarks. Property manager market share and per-listing-type performance data are not yet published for this area, so a direct comparison to competing operators or unit types is not possible here. The more distinctive feature of this market is its tax-compliance structure: unlike many Florida counties where platforms remit occupancy tax automatically, Martin County requires owners to self-remit the 5% Tourist Development Tax, an operational burden worth factoring into any comparison with other Treasure Coast or South Florida markets.
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