Satellite Beach, Florida Short-Term Rental Market
Satellite Beach bans nightly short-term rentals; tracked regional platform data shows $246/night, 67.0% occupancy.
Quick Answer: Satellite Beach, Florida is an active short-term rental market. average occupancy is 67%. average monthly revenue is $4,433. average daily rate is $246. the top operator is Happy Palm Stays with 408 listings. market score is 62/100 (grade C).
Market data reflects the Melbourne/Titusville regional market, which includes Satellite Beach. Regulations, taxes, and permit details below are specific to Satellite Beach.
Market Score Breakdown
Five dimensions Apivex evaluates per market.
Market Overview
Satellite Beach is not a viable nightly or weekly short-term rental market. A grandfathered, pre-2011 city ordinance imposes minimum-stay requirements of roughly 30 days for properties east of SR A1A within city limits and 60 days for properties west of A1A, effectively prohibiting Airbnb- or Vrbo-style nightly stays inside the city. This makes Satellite Beach different from every other market in this report: the STR platform data below (6,537 tracked listings, $246.25 ADR, 67.04% occupancy in June 2026) reflects the broader Apivex-tracked Space Coast/Brevard County barrier-island submarket rather than legal nightly activity physically inside Satellite Beach city limits, since nightly stays are not permitted here.
With that caveat, the tracked regional data shows entire-place units at 91.4% of supply (5,976 listings), private rooms at 8.5% (558), and shared rooms at 0.05% (3), with occupancy down 2.0 percentage points and revenue down 3.5% year over year through June 2026. Bedroom mix in the tracked data leans toward 2-bedroom units at 35.7% (2,328), followed by 1-bedroom at 26.3% (1,718) and 3-bedroom at 23.4% (1,529).
Population is 11,394. Satellite Beach is a small residential barrier-island city in Brevard County on Florida’s Space Coast, between Cocoa Beach and Melbourne, drawing regional day and beach traffic tied to Brevard County’s broader tourism economy (about $4.6 billion in county-level economic impact in 2023), but the city itself does not publish a standalone visitor count and, per its own ordinance, is not a nightly-rental destination.
Seasonal Patterns
| Month | Occupancy | ADR | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 65% | $173 | $3,059 |
| Feb | 81% | $187 | $3,587 |
| Mar | 81% | $213 | $4,524 |
| Apr | 63% | $200 | $3,427 |
| May | 61% | $191 | $3,212 |
| Jun | 71% | $213 | $4,011 |
| Jul | 72% | $201 | $3,985 |
| Aug | 56% | $179 | $2,916 |
| Sep | 49% | $161 | $2,254 |
| Oct | 56% | $163 | $2,531 |
| Nov | 57% | $166 | $2,434 |
| Dec | 59% | $176 | $2,697 |
Top Short-Term Rental Operators in Satellite Beach
Ranked by total active listings. Useful for understanding the competitive landscape.
| # | Operator | Listings | Reviews | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Happy Palm Stays | 408 | 13,709 | ★ 4.82 |
| 2 | Beachside Vacation Rentals | 284 | 8,885 | ★ 4.70 |
| 3 | Evolve | 111 | 5,255 | ★ 4.69 |
| 4 | Beachside VR | 65 | 1,862 | ★ 4.49 |
| 5 | Vacasa | 63 | 1,562 | ★ 4.32 |
What Kind of STR Should I Buy in Satellite Beach?
Revenue and pricing by property type, tier, and bedroom count.
Revenue by Bedroom Count
| 1 bed | 1,718 |
| 2 bed | 2,328 |
| 3 bed | 1,529 |
| 4 bed | 602 |
| 5 bed | 347 |
ADR by Property Tier
| Entire Home | $257 |
| Luxury | $407 |
| Professionally Managed | $277 |
Revenue by Dwelling Type
| Apartment | $3,883 |
| Entire Place | $4,654 |
| House | $5,078 |
Booking Channel Mix
Distribution of bookings across major STR platforms.
| Channel | Share |
|---|---|
| airbnb | 34.6% |
| vrbo | 11.1% |
| both | 54.3% |
Investment Analysis
Standard short-term rental investment framing (nightly ADR times occupancy) does not apply cleanly to Satellite Beach, because the city’s grandfathered ordinance blocks true nightly and weekly rentals: 30-day minimum east of SR A1A, 60-day minimum west of A1A. Any acquisition strategy here needs to be built around monthly and seasonal (snowbird) rentals, not an Airbnb-style nightly model, regardless of what regional platform-tracked ADR and occupancy figures suggest.
Operators renting for six months or less, including compliant 30-day-plus stays, must register as a transient public lodging establishment with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (roughly $50 per unit, annual renewal, with a mandatory annual fire-safety inspection) and are subject to Brevard County’s 5.0% Tourist Development Tax plus Florida’s 7% state sales tax, about 12% combined on stays of six months or less.
Against a typical home value of $519,148, the regionally tracked average revenue figure of $4,433 per month is not a reliable proxy for a compliant Satellite Beach monthly-rental strategy, since it reflects nightly-stay-style platform data from the broader submarket rather than the city’s actual legal rental model; investors should underwrite based on long-term or seasonal (30-plus day) market rents for this specific city rather than the nightly figures shown elsewhere in this report.
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ADR & Occupancy Trends (5 yr)
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Booking Insights
The regionally tracked platform data shows an average booking lead time of 58.2 days and average length of stay of 5.22 nights, both figures that reflect the broader Space Coast/Brevard County submarket rather than Satellite Beach specifically, given the city’s 30-day (or 60-day) minimum-stay ordinance. A length of stay under six days would not be legally compliant for a rental physically located within Satellite Beach city limits.
For a compliant Satellite Beach rental strategy, operators should plan around monthly or seasonal booking cycles (30 days or more, or 60 days or more west of A1A) rather than the short-stay booking patterns reflected in the regional platform data above.
Short-Term Rental Regulations
Satellite Beach effectively bans true short-term rentals. A grandfathered ordinance predating Florida’s June 2011 state preemption law imposes minimum-stay requirements: roughly 30 days (one month) for properties east of SR A1A within city limits, and 60 days for properties west of A1A. Rentals shorter than these minimums are not allowed, so Airbnb- and Vrbo-style nightly stays are prohibited inside city limits; the legal rental market here is oriented toward monthly and seasonal (snowbird) rentals.
Operators renting for six months or less, including compliant 30-plus-day stays, must register and license the property as a transient public lodging establishment through the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, roughly a $50-per-unit fee with annual renewal and a mandatory annual fire-safety inspection. Rentals of six months or less are subject to Brevard County’s 5.0% Tourist Development (‘bed’) Tax plus Florida’s 7% state sales and use tax, for about 12% combined. As of October 1, 2025, the Brevard County Clerk of Court, rather than the Tax Collector, administers TDT collection, per a July 22, 2025 county ordinance.
Enforcement is rated moderate but active: fines run up to about $500 per violation, with a possible 60 to 90 day registration suspension for noncompliance. Florida continues to preempt broad new local STR bans under 2024 state action, but Satellite Beach’s pre-2011 grandfathered minimum-stay rules remain in force and are not affected by that preemption, since they predate the 2011 cutoff.
Market Comparison
Because Satellite Beach’s legal rental market is fundamentally different from a standard nightly short-term rental market, direct comparison to national short-term rental occupancy and ADR benchmarks (roughly 55% occupancy and $220 ADR nationally) is not meaningful here; the regionally tracked figures shown elsewhere in this report ($246.25 ADR, 67.04% occupancy) describe the broader Space Coast submarket, not a nightly rental product legally available inside Satellite Beach.
Among the operators tracked in the regional platform data, Happy Palm Stays leads with 408 listings (6.2% of the tracked market’s 6,537 total listings) and 13,709 reviews at a 4.82 average rating, and Beachside Vacation Rentals ranks second with 284 listings and 8,885 reviews at 4.70. These operators likely serve the broader Space Coast barrier-island area rather than compliant Satellite Beach city-limit inventory specifically, given the local minimum-stay ordinance.
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