Newport, Oregon Short-Term Rental Market
Newport, OR STRs averaged $340/night at 70.6% occupancy in June 2026, though ADR fell 7.6% year over year.
Quick Answer: Newport, Oregon is an active short-term rental market. average occupancy in the Lincoln City/Newport market area is 71%. average monthly revenue in the Lincoln City/Newport market area is $6,585. average daily rate in the Lincoln City/Newport market area is $341. the top operator in the Lincoln City/Newport market area is Meredith Lodging with 429 listings. market score is 61/100 (grade C).
Market data reflects the Lincoln City/Newport regional market, which includes Newport. Regulations, taxes, and permit details below are specific to Newport.
Market Score Breakdown
Five dimensions StaySTRA evaluates per market.
Market Overview
Newport sits on the Oregon Central Coast and posted a $340.50 average daily rate at 70.6% occupancy for June 2026, the latest tracked month, with average revenue per listing of $6,585. Occupancy rose 2.1% year over year, but ADR fell 7.6% and revenue fell 2.5%, indicating the market gained bookings partly by pulling back on rate. The market’s total score is 61.06 out of 100, driven by a strong 96.58 rental demand score and 82.45 investability score, offset by a comparatively weak 50.21 seasonality score and 43.99 revenue growth score.
Entire-place listings make up 97.96% of the roughly 2,891 tracked units, with private rooms just 2.04%, one of the most entire-place-dominated markets in this data set. Bedroom mix is fairly even across smaller units: one-bedroom homes are the largest single segment at 28.2% of the 2,885 bedroom-tagged listings, closely followed by three-bedrooms at 27.5% and two-bedrooms at 26.3%, with four-bedrooms at 12.0% and five-plus-bedrooms at 6.0%. On booking channel, 68.2% of listings are dual-listed on both Airbnb and VRBO, 18.2% are Airbnb-only, and 13.5% are VRBO-only, a notably higher dual-platform share than markets that skew Airbnb-only.
Newport’s population is approximately 10,833, anchored by the Oregon Coast Aquarium and a working fishing economy that brands it the Dungeness Crab Capital of the World. Newport draws a predominantly regional drive-market visitor base from the Portland metro and Willamette Valley, and local reporting cited roughly $400 million in tourism-related revenue attributed to Newport in 2024. The broader Oregon Coast region recorded roughly $2.5 billion in visitor spending in 2023, with Newport’s Oregon Coast Aquarium alone drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors annually, including about 40,000 students on educational trips.
Seasonal Patterns
| Month | Occupancy |
|---|---|
| Jan | 38% |
| Feb | 47% |
| Mar | 58% |
| Apr | 56% |
| May | 60% |
| Jun | 71% |
| Jul | 79% |
| Aug | 81% |
| Sep | 65% |
| Oct | 56% |
| Nov | 48% |
| Dec | 40% |
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Top Short-Term Rental Operators in Lincoln City/Newport market area
Ranked by total active listings. Useful for understanding the competitive landscape. Operator data is published for the Lincoln City/Newport market as a whole, which includes Newport, so these counts are not Newport-only figures.
| # | Operator | Listings | Reviews | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meredith Lodging | 429 | 32,316 | ★ 4.52 |
| 2 | Vacasa | 418 | 50,145 | ★ 4.37 |
| 3 | Casago | 195 | 6,473 | ★ 4.27 |
| 4 | Sweet Homes | 116 | 10,064 | ★ 4.73 |
| 5 | Oregon Beach Vacations | 112 | 9,614 | ★ 4.38 |
What Kind of STR Should I Buy in Newport?
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Booking Channel Mix
Distribution of bookings across major STR platforms.
| Channel | Share |
|---|---|
| airbnb | 18.2% |
| vrbo | 13.5% |
| both | 68.2% |
Home Value Trends (Newport)
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Booking Insights
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Short-Term Rental Regulations
Every property in Newport rented for 30 days or less must register as a Vacation Rental Dwelling (Transient Guest Facility) under Municipal Code Chapter 14.25, with applications reviewed and signed off by the city’s zoning, building, collections, and fire departments. The specific permit fee could not be confirmed from a primary source and is not cited here; prospective buyers should confirm current fees directly with the city.
The regulatory regime is restrictive: STRs are generally allowed only in tourist and commercially zoned areas, while most residential zones are off-limits. A standing moratorium prohibits new licenses for non-owner-occupied short-term rentals in residential zones unless the City Council changes it, and the city maintains a waitlist for residential-district STR permits. Operators must collect a 12.0% city transient room tax plus Oregon’s 1.5% state transient lodging tax, about 13.5% combined; Airbnb and VRBO collect the state portion automatically.
Enforcement is rated strict. No statutory annual night cap was found; the only threshold is the 30-day-or-less definition of a short-term stay. Note that Lincoln County’s separate regional STR license caps and waitlists apply only to unincorporated county areas outside Newport city limits, a common point of confusion since county-level restrictions are sometimes misattributed to the city itself.
Market Comparison
Newport’s 70.6% June occupancy runs well above the roughly 55% national median for short-term rentals, and its $340.50 ADR is well above the roughly $220 national median ADR too, reflecting the Oregon Coast’s premium positioning as a drive-market destination. Even so, ADR fell 7.6% year over year, a rate pullback investors should weigh against the market’s still-strong 96.58 rental demand score.
Top property managers in the market include Meredith Lodging (429 listings, 32,316 reviews, 4.52 average rating), Vacasa (418 listings, 50,145 reviews, 4.37 rating), and Casago (195 listings, 6,473 reviews, 4.27 rating). Combined, these top three managers operate 1,042 listings, more than a third of the roughly 2,891 tracked units in the market, indicating professional management is unusually concentrated in Newport compared to markets with more fragmented ownership. Sweet Homes (116 listings, 10,064 reviews) posts the highest average rating among the top five operators at 4.73.
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