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Rural Airbnb Hosts in Kentucky Earn over $27 million in 2021…Russell County in Top 10

By Lisa Cohen lisa@lisacohen.org

The best illustration of how travel has transformed during the pandemic can be found in the many thousands of towns across the world that have welcomed their first Airbnb guests. Since March 2020, globally, more than 8,100 cities and towns have received their first-ever Airbnb bookings – including over 1,300 in the US and Airbnb guests have already planned stays in over 72,000 cities and towns this summer.

 

With rural travel seeing exponential growth in 2021 – domestic nights booked by US guests on Airbnb for stays in rural areas grew 110 percent compared to 2019 –  today, we released new data on rural Host earnings in 2021 in the US and Kentucky:

 

  • Airbnb Hosts in rural counties in the US earned over $3.5 billion over the year.

  • In Kentucky, Hosts in rural counties earned over $27 million in 2021. 

  • The typical Airbnb Host in rural Kentucky earned over  $10,000 in 2021.

  • Thirty  cities and towns in Georgia received their first-ever Airbnb guests since the pandemic started.

 

Airbnb is also sharing a breakdown of total Host income in each rural county in Kentucky, which you can see below. Please let me know if you’re interested in covering and speaking with a rural Host.

Rural County

Approximate 2021 Host Earnings

Adair

$180,000

Anderson

$330,000

Ballard

$15,000

Barren

$770,000

Bath

$20,000

Bell

$80,000

Boyle

$390,000

Breathitt

$13,000

Breckinridge

$160,000

Caldwell

$12,000

Calloway

$625,000

Carlisle

$5,000

Carroll

$15,000

Carter

$75,000

Casey

$100,000

Clay

$100,000

Clinton

$135,000

Crittenden

$20,000

Cumberland

$225,000

Estill

$130,000

Fleming

$160,000

Floyd

$50,000

Franklin

$730,000

Fulton

$5,000

Garrard

$200,000

Graves

$20,000

Grayson

$650,000

Green

$40,000

Harlan

$80,000

Harrison

$65,000

Hart

$85,000

Hickman

$15,000

Hopkins

$140,000

Jackson

$275,000

Johnson

$10,000

Knott

$60,000

Knox

$50,000

Laurel

$340,000

Lawrence

$140,000

Lee

$640,000

Leslie

$15,000

Letcher

$225,000

Lewis

$90,000

Lincoln

$130,000

Livingston

$170,000

Logan

$250,000

Lyon

$480,000

Madison

$900,000

Magoffin

$3,000

Marion

$425,000

Marshall

$975,000

Mason

$215,000

McCracken

$1 million

McCreary

$100,000

Menifee

$255,000

Mercer

$300,000

Metcalfe

$30,000

Monroe

$25,000

Montgomery

$80,000

Morgan

$20,000,

Muhlenberg

$145,000

Nelson

$1 million

Nicholas

$75,000

Ohio

$15,000

Owen

$80,000

Owsley

$10,000

Perry

$115,000

Pike

$275,000

Powell

$5 million

Pulaski

$2 million

Robertson

$20,000

Rockcastle

$70,000

Rowan

$175,000

Russell

$760,000

Simpson

$85,000

Taylor

$325,000

Todd

$165,000

Trigg

$875,000

Union

$30,000

Washington

$310,000

Wayne

$545,000

Webster

$75,000

Whitley

$115,000

Wolfe

$2 million

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