Yachats, Oregon Short-Term Rental Market
Yachats, OR is at its 125-license short-term rental cap with a waitlist for new permits.
Quick Answer: Yachats, 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 Yachats. Regulations, taxes, and permit details below are specific to Yachats.
Market Score Breakdown
Five dimensions StaySTRA evaluates per market.
Market Overview
Yachats is at its short-term rental cap. The city caps vacation rental licenses citywide at 125, a limit adopted in 2017 and unanimously reaffirmed by the City Council in a 2024-2025 review; as of late 2025 the cap was full, with no new licenses available and a waitlist required. Yachats is a small, upscale coastal village of about 979 people on the central Oregon Coast, whose economy is driven overwhelmingly by tourism and hospitality, with the town’s 9% transient lodging tax alone yielding roughly $1.35 million in fiscal year 2023-24. Visitors skew toward outdoor and eco-tourists, retiree and second-home demographics, and Pacific Northwest weekenders drawn by dramatic rocky shoreline, tidepools, whale watching, and hiking, with Cape Perpetua Scenic Area, the highest viewpoint on the Oregon Coast, as the primary regional draw. Yachats’s STR performance data in StaySTRA’s dataset is tracked at a shared Central Oregon Coast regional level, combined with Depoe Bay, Gleneden Beach, Lincoln City, and Newport, rather than reported uniquely for Yachats, so all performance figures below describe that broader coastal STR market rather than Yachats in isolation. In the most recent tracked month (June 2026), the Central Oregon Coast area STR market shows an average daily rate of $341 and occupancy of 70.6%, with average revenue of $6,585 per listing for the month. Year over year, occupancy is up 2.1 percentage points, even as ADR is down 7.6% and revenue is down 2.5%. Bedroom mix, channel split, listing-type counts, and top property manager rosters are tracked at the same shared regional level rather than uniquely for Yachats, so this profile omits those figures rather than present a regional total as the town’s own. Housing data is available specifically for Yachats: the typical home value was $539,126 as of June 2026, with 35 homes for sale.
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 Yachats, so these counts are not Yachats-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 Yachats?
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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 (Yachats)
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Booking Insights
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Short-Term Rental Regulations
Yachats runs one of Oregon’s most restrictive vacation-rental regimes, and the city is currently at its licensing cap. Any short-term rental requires a City Vacation Rental License under Municipal Code Chapter 4.08, first adopted via Ordinance 328 in November 2014. The number of licenses is capped citywide at 125, a limit the City Council unanimously reaffirmed in its 2024-2025 review. Because the cap is at maximum, no new licenses are available, and applicants must join a waitlist; a nonrefundable $25 waitlist processing fee applies. Licenses generally do not transfer to a new owner when a property is sold, though a 2024-2025 rule change now allows transfer to an owner’s heirs. Annual license fees are tiered by bedroom count, from $200 for two bedrooms or fewer up to $350 for five-plus (grandfathered only), with a $100 initial inspection and $50 annual re-inspections. Rentals in residential zones are limited to four bedrooms, occupancy is capped at two people per sleeping area plus two, a local contact within 10 miles must respond within two hours, and bear-proof trash service is required. The city levies a 9% transient lodging tax, plus Oregon’s 1.5% state lodging tax. Owner-occupancy is not required, but the fixed, currently-full cap makes new STR entry effectively closed until an existing license lapses.
Market Comparison
At 70.6% occupancy, the Central Oregon Coast area STR market, which includes Yachats, is running well above the commonly cited U.S. STR median occupancy of roughly 55%. Its $341 ADR is also well above the national median of roughly $220, reflecting strong Oregon Coast summer demand. That combination of strong occupancy and premium pricing is one of the stronger profiles in this dataset, even as ADR is down 7.6% year over year. Yachats’s own licensing cap, fixed at 125 and currently full, is a more absolute supply constraint than most markets in this dataset face, closer to the Twentynine Palms and Yucca Valley caps covered elsewhere in this dataset than to an uncapped market. Top property manager rosters are tracked at the same shared regional level rather than uniquely for Yachats, so this profile omits operator rankings rather than present regional totals as the town’s own.
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