Round Rock, Texas Short-Term Rental Market
Round Rock, TX area STRs (Austin metro) averaged $229/night at 62.0% occupancy in June 2026, with revenue up 5.4% year over year.
Quick Answer: Round Rock, Texas is an active short-term rental market. average occupancy in the Austin market area is 62%. average monthly revenue in the Austin market area is $3,874. average daily rate in the Austin market area is $229. the top operator in the Austin market area is AvantStay with 358 listings. market score is 57/100 (grade C).
Market data reflects the Austin regional market, which includes Round Rock. Regulations, taxes, and permit details below are specific to Round Rock.
Market Score Breakdown
Five dimensions StaySTRA evaluates per market.
Market Overview
Round Rock is a fast-growing Austin-metro suburb in Williamson County that markets itself as the Sports Capital of Texas. Tourism here is anchored by youth and amateur sports tournaments and leisure travel rather than traditional urban tourism: Dell Diamond, home of the Triple-A Round Rock Express, and the adjacent Old Settlers Park together draw more than one million visitors a year. Kalahari Resorts & Conventions, home to America’s largest indoor waterpark plus a large convention center, is a major regional destination and group-meeting driver, and retail tourism at Round Rock Premium Outlets and IKEA adds day-trip traffic. The city reports roughly 30 hotels with about 3,000 rooms running near 77% occupancy, indicating a healthy business, sports, and leisure demand mix.
Because StaySTRA’s short-term rental performance data for this submarket is shared across the Austin metro cluster (Round Rock, Bastrop, Buda, Cedar Park, Del Valle, Driftwood, Georgetown, Hutto, Leander, Lockhart, Manor, Pflugerville, Smithville, and Wimberley), this profile frames occupancy, rate, and revenue figures as describing the Round Rock area (Austin metro) STR market rather than claiming Round Rock-only precision. One member of this cluster, Kingsbury, sits in Guadalupe County near Seguin, outside the core Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown metro area; this profile still uses the Austin metro framing since the remaining 13 cluster members are verifiably Austin-area, but flags Kingsbury as an outlier for transparency.
In June 2026, that area STR market averaged 62.00% occupancy and a $229.23 average daily rate, with average monthly revenue of $3,873.92 per active listing. Year over year, occupancy grew a strong 7.11 points even as ADR softened 3.95%, and revenue still climbed 5.44% overall.
Listing count, bedroom mix, and channel split data for this area are tracked at a shared regional level rather than uniquely for Round Rock, so this profile omits those specific breakdowns.
Seasonal Patterns
| Month | Occupancy |
|---|---|
| Jan | 50% |
| Feb | 59% |
| Mar | 63% |
| Apr | 57% |
| May | 58% |
| Jun | 60% |
| Jul | 60% |
| Aug | 57% |
| Sep | 56% |
| Oct | 59% |
| Nov | 53% |
| Dec | 51% |
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Top Short-Term Rental Operators in Austin market area
Ranked by total active listings. Useful for understanding the competitive landscape. Operator data is published for the Austin market as a whole, which includes Round Rock, so these counts are not Round Rock-only figures.
| # | Operator | Listings | Reviews | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AvantStay | 358 | 1,955 | ★ 4.79 |
| 2 | Landing, Inc. | 311 | 528 | ★ 4.29 |
| 3 | Hill Country Premier Lodging | 287 | 23,955 | ★ 4.62 |
| 4 | Landing | 272 | 53 | ★ 3.67 |
| 5 | Vacasa | 250 | 17,032 | ★ 4.70 |
What Kind of STR Should I Buy in Round Rock?
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Booking Channel Mix
Distribution of bookings across major STR platforms.
| Channel | Share |
|---|---|
| airbnb | 52.5% |
| vrbo | 6.6% |
| both | 40.9% |
Home Value Trends (Round Rock)
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Booking Insights
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Short-Term Rental Regulations
Round Rock allows short-term rentals under a framework the city describes as more business-friendly than neighboring Austin’s, but STRs are still regulated. Under the city’s STR ordinance, originating with Ordinance No. 20160223-A, operators renting to guests for fewer than 30 consecutive days must obtain a permit or annual operating license through the Planning & Development Services Department, and in zoning districts where STR use is not otherwise allowed, a Temporary Use Permit as well. The Temporary Use Permit carries a $50 application fee, requires a site plan, floor plan, and proof of liability insurance, and takes at least two weeks to process, with approval at the Zoning Administrator’s discretion based on neighborhood compatibility.
Operators must register for and remit hotel occupancy tax: the City of Round Rock hotel and motel tax is 9% of receipts, on top of the Texas state hotel occupancy tax of 6%, for a combined roughly 15% lodging tax. There is no published annual night cap, and Round Rock does not require mandatory pre-permit safety inspections, though inspections can follow complaints.
Enforcement is described as moderate. The city updated its Hotel Occupancy Tax FAQ in November 2025, reaffirming the 9% local rate, and no major overhaul of the STR permitting framework, still rooted in the 2016 ordinance, was identified in the past 24 months. Investors should verify current owner-occupancy and zoning eligibility directly with the city, since some operational details in public guides come from secondary sources rather than the current code text.
Market Comparison
Round Rock’s 62.00% occupancy in June 2026 runs above the roughly 55% occupancy typical of the broader U.S. short-term rental market, while its $229.23 ADR sits close to the national median of roughly $220, making this a fairly representative U.S. market on rate with somewhat stronger-than-average fill.
Property manager data for this area is tracked at a shared regional level rather than uniquely for Round Rock, so this profile omits naming specific operators here.
What distinguishes Round Rock from many markets in this pipeline is its sports-tourism demand driver: Dell Diamond and Old Settlers Park’s youth and amateur tournament calendar, combined with Kalahari Resorts’ convention and waterpark traffic, produces a more business-and-event-driven booking pattern than the classic vacation-destination markets that dominate this dataset, reflected in its short booking lead time and comparatively shallow seasonality.
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