Oldsmar, Florida Short-Term Rental Market
The Oldsmar area STR market averaged $295 a night at 68.3% occupancy in June 2026, though the city bans STRs.
Quick Answer: Oldsmar, Florida is an active short-term rental market. average occupancy in the St. Petersburg market area is 68%. average monthly revenue in the St. Petersburg market area is $5,523. average daily rate in the St. Petersburg market area is $295. the top operator in the St. Petersburg market area is Resort Rentals with 406 listings. market score is 56/100 (grade C).
Market data reflects the St. Petersburg regional market, which includes Oldsmar. Regulations, taxes, and permit details below are specific to Oldsmar.
Market Score Breakdown
Five dimensions StaySTRA evaluates per market.
Market Overview
Oldsmar, a small residential suburb on Old Tampa Bay between Clearwater and Tampa, has its short-term rental performance tracked as part of a wider regional StaySTRA data series; this profile omits total listing counts, bedroom and channel mix, and property manager rankings since that dimension and property manager data is tracked at a shared regional level rather than uniquely for Oldsmar.
Critically, this regional STR series describes the broader Tampa Bay and Pinellas County submarket that Oldsmar’s tracked data belongs to, not an activity legally available inside Oldsmar itself: the city does not allow short-term vacation rentals in its residential zoning districts at all. With that caveat, the shared area’s STR performance averaged $294.60 a night (ADR) at 68.3% occupancy in June 2026, generating an average of $5,523 in monthly revenue per listing. Occupancy is down 2.2% year over year, ADR is up 2.7%, and revenue is essentially flat, down 0.6%.
Revenue varies by property type in this regional data: apartment-style units average $5,209 a month, entire-place units average $5,646, and standalone houses average $5,998, the highest of the three.
Oldsmar itself has a population of about 14,786 and is not a standalone tourism destination; most visitation is day-trip and event-driven, centered on the long-running Oldsmar Flea Market and an extensive parks and trails system, with overnight visitors typically lodging in nearby Clearwater or St. Petersburg rather than in Oldsmar itself.
Seasonal Patterns
| Month | Occupancy |
|---|---|
| Jan | 65% |
| Feb | 82% |
| Mar | 82% |
| Apr | 65% |
| May | 62% |
| Jun | 70% |
| Jul | 70% |
| Aug | 54% |
| Sep | 48% |
| Oct | 56% |
| Nov | 57% |
| Dec | 57% |
Month-by-month nightly rates and revenue figures for Oldsmar are available to StaySTRA Pro members. Unlock with StaySTRA Pro or analyze a specific address free.
Top Short-Term Rental Operators in St. Petersburg market area
Ranked by total active listings. Useful for understanding the competitive landscape. Operator data is published for the St. Petersburg market as a whole, which includes Oldsmar, so these counts are not Oldsmar-only figures.
| # | Operator | Listings | Reviews | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Resort Rentals | 406 | 16,870 | ★ 4.59 |
| 2 | ITrip Vacations | 344 | 30,278 | ★ 4.65 |
| 3 | Travel Resort Services | 330 | 9,246 | ★ 4.65 |
| 4 | Evolve | 300 | 12,536 | ★ 4.69 |
| 5 | Vacasa | 299 | 15,071 | ★ 4.59 |
What Kind of STR Should I Buy in Oldsmar?
Revenue and nightly-rate breakdowns by bedroom count, property tier, and dwelling type for Oldsmar are available to StaySTRA Pro members. Unlock with StaySTRA Pro or analyze a specific address free.
Booking Channel Mix
Distribution of bookings across major STR platforms.
| Channel | Share |
|---|---|
| airbnb | 28.4% |
| vrbo | 11.2% |
| both | 60.4% |
Home Value Trends (Oldsmar)
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Booking Insights
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Short-Term Rental Regulations
Oldsmar effectively prohibits short-term, Airbnb or Vrbo-style, vacation rentals. The city does not permit STRs in residential zoning districts, and boarding houses and bed-and-breakfast operations are expressly listed as prohibited uses under its Home Occupation rules.
Florida law, effective since June 1, 2011, generally bars municipalities from prohibiting or regulating the duration and frequency of short-term rentals, but Oldsmar’s restriction is grandfathered because it predates that preemption. There is therefore no municipal STR permit or licensing program to apply for.
If a rental were somehow permitted, statewide rules would still apply: vacation rentals fall under Florida DBPR licensing, and operators would need to register for sales tax and collect the Pinellas County Tourist Development Tax. In Pinellas County the bed tax is 6.0% on stays of six months or less, on top of 6% state sales tax plus a 1% county surtax, about 13% total.
Enforcement is handled by the City of Oldsmar Code Enforcement Division, generally on a complaint basis, and is rated moderate. In April 2025, Pinellas County tightened its short-term rental rules for unincorporated areas, but that change does not apply to Oldsmar, which continues its longstanding prohibition.
Bottom line for investors: buying in Oldsmar with the intent to run a nightly or weekly short-term rental is not viable. Long-term rentals of six months or more are the compliant path inside city limits.
Market Comparison
This Tampa Bay area series’ 68.3% occupancy runs well above the national short-term rental median of roughly 55%, about 13.3 percentage points higher, while its $294.60 ADR is roughly 33.9% above a national median ADR of about $220. This combination of high occupancy and a solid rate premium reflects strong Pinellas County winter tourism demand, though it describes the regional submarket rather than a legally operable opportunity inside Oldsmar itself.
Property manager data for this market area is tracked at a shared regional level rather than uniquely for Oldsmar, so no property manager breakdown is presented here. Buyers researching management options should look at compliant nearby cities, such as Clearwater, Dunedin, Pinellas Park, Safety Harbor, or St. Petersburg, which share this tracked data series and, unlike Oldsmar, permit short-term rentals. Oldsmar’s own housing and regulatory profile, covered elsewhere in this report, remain reliable at the city level regardless of this limitation.
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