Port Saint Lucie, Florida Short-Term Rental Market
Port Saint Lucie, FL sits on the Treasure Coast, which averaged $220/night at 55.8% occupancy in June 2026.
Quick Answer: Port Saint Lucie, 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 $3,305. average daily rate in the Port St. Lucie market area is $220. the top operator in the Port St. Lucie market area is Evolve with 192 listings. market score is 72/100 (grade B).
Market data reflects the Port St. Lucie regional market, which includes Port Saint Lucie. Regulations, taxes, and permit details below are specific to Port Saint Lucie.
Market Score Breakdown
Five dimensions StaySTRA evaluates per market.
Market Overview
Port Saint Lucie sits on Florida’s Treasure Coast, marketed as a quieter alternative to the state’s major tourist hubs. Its STR performance data is tracked at the level of the Treasure Coast region rather than uniquely for Port Saint Lucie, so the figures below describe that broader region, which includes Port Saint Lucie, Fort Pierce, Jensen Beach, Stuart, and Vero Beach.
The Treasure Coast market posted a $220 average daily rate and 55.8% occupancy in June 2026. Occupancy is down 5.0% year over year and revenue is down 6.5% year over year to $3,305 per month, even as ADR is up 2.8% year over year. Multiplying June’s ADR by occupancy gives an implied RevPAR near $123 per night.
Bedroom mix, channel mix, market-score data, and top-operator data are also tracked at this same regional level rather than uniquely for Port Saint Lucie, so this profile omits them.
Multi-year data for the Treasure Coast shows occupancy climbed from 59.58% in 2019 to a pandemic-era high of 71.55% in 2021, before easing to the high-50s to low-60s from 2023 through 2025. ADR climbed steadily from $119 in 2017 to $207 by 2025, with monthly revenue reaching $3,463 that year, close to June 2026’s level. Port Saint Lucie itself draws golf travelers to PGA Village, baseball fans to the New York Mets’ Clover Park spring training facility, and eco-tourists to Savannas Preserve State Park’s nearly 7,000 acres.
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% |
Month-by-month nightly rates and revenue figures for Port Saint Lucie are available to StaySTRA Pro members. Unlock with StaySTRA Pro or analyze a specific address free.
Top Short-Term Rental Operators in Port St. Lucie market area
Ranked by total active listings. Useful for understanding the competitive landscape. Operator data is published for the Port St. Lucie market as a whole, which includes Port Saint Lucie, so these counts are not Port Saint Lucie-only figures.
| # | Operator | Listings | Reviews | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evolve | 192 | 5,674 | ★ 4.62 |
| 2 | Paradise Vacation Rentals | 157 | 260 | ★ 4.39 |
| 3 | Hutchinson Island Real Estate | 74 | 37 | ★ 4.37 |
| 4 | Right Direction Rentals | 57 | 169 | ★ 4.71 |
| 5 | Island Beach Resort | 35 | 383 | ★ 4.48 |
What Kind of STR Should I Buy in Port Saint Lucie?
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Booking Channel Mix
Distribution of bookings across major STR platforms.
| Channel | Share |
|---|---|
| airbnb | 37% |
| vrbo | 12.8% |
| both | 50.3% |
Home Value Trends (Port Saint Lucie)
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Booking Insights
Booking-window and length-of-stay analysis for Port Saint Lucie — how far ahead guests book and how to price around it — is available to StaySTRA Pro members. Unlock with StaySTRA Pro or analyze a specific address free.
Short-Term Rental Regulations
Port Saint Lucie is a relatively investor-friendly short-term rental market with no city-specific STR ordinance, permit, or registration program. Florida Statute 509.032 broadly preempts local STR regulation: cities may not ban rentals or cap the frequency or duration of stays unless they had an ordinance in place by June 1, 2011, which Port Saint Lucie did not.
The primary compliance burden sits at the state level: operators renting an entire unit more than three times per year for stays under 30 days must obtain a Florida DBPR Vacation Rental license, roughly $170 to $180 per year for a single unit plus a $50 application fee and a $10 fee, renewed annually, and must pass state life-safety requirements.
On taxes, hosts must collect and remit St. Lucie County’s 5% Tourist Development (bed) tax on stays of six months or less, on top of Florida’s 6% state sales tax and the county’s roughly 1% discretionary surtax, a combined lodging tax of roughly 12%.
There is no local owner-occupancy or primary-residence requirement, no maximum-nights cap, and no STR-specific zoning. Standard citywide rules still apply, including noise and quiet-hours restrictions and residential parking rules. Local enforcement is minimal given the absence of a dedicated STR program.
A 2024 statewide bill (SB 280) that would have created statewide STR registration and expanded state oversight was vetoed by Governor DeSantis in June 2024 and did not take effect. As of 2026, Port Saint Lucie still has no local STR ordinance, and investors should monitor City Council agendas since the regulatory landscape could change.
Market Comparison
The Treasure Coast’s 55.8% June 2026 occupancy runs close to the roughly 55% median occupancy across StaySTRA-tracked US STR markets, while its $220 average daily rate sits close to the roughly $220 national median ADR as well, making this a fairly average market on both dimensions.
Top-operator data is tracked at this same regional level rather than uniquely for Port Saint Lucie, so this profile omits it. This region’s winter-peaking seasonal pattern, the opposite of most beach markets StaySTRA tracks, and its genuinely investor-friendly regulatory environment (no city STR ordinance at all, thanks to Florida’s state preemption law) differentiate it from more heavily regulated Florida coastal markets. Combined with a gross revenue yield near 10.3% and a large, liquid housing market (2,312 homes for sale), Port Saint Lucie offers investors more entry flexibility than smaller, supply-constrained StaySTRA-tracked markets.
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