North Richland Hills, Texas Short-Term Rental Market
The North Richland Hills, TX area STR market averaged $234/night at 63.9% occupancy in June 2026.
Quick Answer: North Richland Hills, Texas is an active short-term rental market. average occupancy in the Fort Worth market area is 64%. average monthly revenue in the Fort Worth market area is $3,845. average daily rate in the Fort Worth market area is $234. the top operator in the Fort Worth market area is Evolve with 176 listings. market score is 90/100 (grade A).
Market data reflects the Fort Worth regional market, which includes North Richland Hills. Regulations, taxes, and permit details below are specific to North Richland Hills.
Market Score Breakdown
Five dimensions StaySTRA evaluates per market.
Market Overview
The North Richland Hills, Texas area STR market posted a $234 average daily rate and 63.9% occupancy in June 2026. Occupancy is up 2.2% year over year and ADR is up 2.7% year over year, pushing average monthly revenue per listing up a strong 18.5% year over year to $3,845. Multiplying June’s ADR by occupancy gives an implied RevPAR near $150 per night.
Bedroom mix, channel mix, market-score data, and top-operator data are all tracked at a shared regional level rather than uniquely for North Richland Hills, so this profile omits them.
Multi-year data shows occupancy climbed from 56.63% in 2019 to a high of 63.55% in 2021, before settling near 56-58% from 2023 through 2025, while ADR climbed steadily from $124 in 2017 to $175 by 2025, with monthly revenue reaching $2,869 that year, below June 2026’s much stronger figure. North Richland Hills is a Dallas-Fort Worth suburb whose visitor draw centers on kid-friendly attractions: the municipally-owned NRH2O Family Water Park and the new Peppa Pig Theme Park, which opened in March 2025 as a $26 million Merlin Entertainments investment.
Seasonal Patterns
| Month | Occupancy |
|---|---|
| Jan | 50% |
| Feb | 57% |
| Mar | 62% |
| Apr | 58% |
| May | 61% |
| Jun | 65% |
| Jul | 65% |
| Aug | 58% |
| Sep | 56% |
| Oct | 57% |
| Nov | 56% |
| Dec | 55% |
Month-by-month nightly rates and revenue figures for North Richland Hills are available to StaySTRA Pro members. Unlock with StaySTRA Pro or analyze a specific address free.
Top Short-Term Rental Operators in Fort Worth market area
Ranked by total active listings. Useful for understanding the competitive landscape. Operator data is published for the Fort Worth market as a whole, which includes North Richland Hills, so these counts are not North Richland Hills-only figures.
| # | Operator | Listings | Reviews | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evolve | 176 | 7,054 | ★ 4.70 |
| 2 | Landing, Inc. | 159 | 169 | ★ 3.98 |
| 3 | Landing | 100 | 8 | ★ 3.29 |
| 4 | Stays by Monaco | 91 | 1,881 | ★ 4.19 |
| 5 | Properties By Preston | 65 | 72 | ★ 3.57 |
What Kind of STR Should I Buy in North Richland Hills?
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Booking Channel Mix
Distribution of bookings across major STR platforms.
| Channel | Share |
|---|---|
| airbnb | 51.1% |
| vrbo | 6.1% |
| both | 42.8% |
Home Value Trends (North Richland Hills)
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Booking Insights
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Short-Term Rental Regulations
North Richland Hills adopted a comprehensive STR ordinance (Ordinance 3925) on October 13, 2025, effective November 12, 2025, the city’s first dedicated short-term rental regulation. Operating an STR requires an annual, non-transferable permit ($450 fee) obtained through the Rentalscape platform; permits expire January 31 each year and renew between December 1 and January 31.
The biggest constraint is zoning: new STRs are banned outright in traditional single-family residential neighborhoods and are only allowed in multi-family, commercial, and Transit Oriented Development districts, with multi-family complexes capped at 5% of total units (or 1 unit, whichever is greater). Existing STRs operating before October 13, 2025 could seek a permit and continue, but they are not grandfathered from the ordinance’s operational rules and had to obtain a permit and pay all owed hotel taxes by an extended deadline of February 28, 2026 to keep operating.
An initial inspection is required before occupancy, with quarterly and complaint-based inspections after that (the first reinspection is free, then $100 each). Operational rules include a 2-night minimum stay, maximum occupancy of two persons per bedroom plus two (a hard cap of 14), a 4-vehicle limit with paved-surface parking, noise limits, and a 24/7 local contact who must respond within 60 minutes.
Operators must self-report and remit a combined 13% hotel occupancy tax (7% city plus 6% state). Fines reach $500 for operating without a permit and up to $2,000 for other violations. This is a restrictive, enforcement-heavy regime, rated strict, that effectively closes the single-family STR market to new entrants.
Market Comparison
The North Richland Hills area’s 63.9% June 2026 occupancy runs well above the roughly 55% median occupancy across StaySTRA-tracked US STR markets, while its $234 average daily rate sits above the roughly $220 national median ADR as well, a strong position on both dimensions for a DFW suburban market.
Top-operator data is tracked at a shared regional level rather than uniquely for North Richland Hills, so this profile omits it. The market’s shallow seasonal swing and strong 18.5% year-over-year revenue growth stand out relative to more sharply seasonal StaySTRA-tracked markets, though the October 2025 zoning ban on new single-family STRs is a meaningfully different regulatory environment than most other DFW-area markets StaySTRA tracks. Buyers should weigh the market’s strong recent performance against that regulatory shift directly, since the ban applies to new single-family entries specifically, not to the multi-family and commercial zones where new STRs remain possible.
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