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:
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Airbnb Hosts in rural counties in the US earned over $3.5 billion over the year.
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In Kentucky, Hosts in rural counties earned over $27 million in 2021.
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The typical Airbnb Host in rural Kentucky earned over $10,000 in 2021.
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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 |
