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A typical active Airbnb in Jersey City, NJ earned $44,429 in the 12 months to Sep 2026, with the median listing booked 63% of nights and an average nightly rate of $199 in Sep 2026.
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A typical active Jersey City Airbnb earned $44,429 in the 12 months to Sep 2026. The top 25% of listings averaged $73,735, about 1.7× that. The bottom 25%, which includes rarely booked listings, averaged $3,794.
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Bottom 25% average
$44.4k
Typical listing
$73.7k
Top 25% average
1-bedroom homes are the most common in Jersey City (48% of listings).
| Bedrooms | Share of listings | Nightly rate | Occupancy | Est. revenue/yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 3% | $179 | 46% | $30,344 |
| 1 bedroom | 48% | $114 | 65% | $26,947 |
| 2 bedrooms | 21% | $279 | 63% | $63,741 |
| 3 bedrooms | 22% | $403 | 61% | $89,314 |
| 4 bedrooms | 5% | $510 | 61% | $114,405 |
| 5 bedrooms | 1% | $633 | 54% | $124,128 |
Estimated revenue = nightly rate × occupancy × 365, last 12 months.
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The best three months, Jul, Jun and Sep, brought in 40% of a typical Jersey City listing's revenue over the 12 months to Sep 2026.
May–Sep beat a year earlier; Apr was 3% lower
Typical monthly revenue per listing, Oct 2025–Sep 2026, against the same month a year earlier
No year-earlier data for Oct–Mar yet.
| Month | Revenue | Occupancy | Nightly rate | Revenue a year earlier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | $2,078 | 56% | $155 | |
| Nov 2025 | $2,396 | 59% | $151 | |
| Dec 2025 | $3,099 | 72% | $172 | |
| Jan 2026 | $1,854 | 46% | $135 | |
| Feb 2026 | $2,079 | 45% | $181 | |
| Mar 2026 | $3,135 | 58% | $199 | |
| Apr 2026 |
Bergen Lafayette has the highest gross yield of the 5 Jersey City neighborhoods we rank, at 7.6%, with typical revenue of $42,156 a year.
| # | neighborhood | Gross yield | Revenue/yr | Occupancy | Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bergen Lafayette | 7.6% | $42,156 | ||
| 2 | Heights | 7.6% | $56,498 | ||
| 3 | Greenville | 6.9% | $35,113 | ||
| 4 | Journal Square | locked | locked | locked | locked |
| 5 | Downtown | locked | locked | locked | locked |
Ranked by gross yield (typical yearly revenue ÷ median home value), last 12 months. 1 neighborhood has fewer than 20 listings or incomplete data and isn't ranked.
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The median Jersey City home is worth $657,765 (Zillow, Aug 2026), down 0.2% in a year. At typical revenue that's a 6.8% gross yield, before the mortgage, taxes and running costs.
The 10 largest operators in Jersey City each ran 16 or more listings as of May 2025.
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Of guests from the top 10 cities, 64% live within a day's drive.
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Jersey City ranks #3 of the 9 New Jersey markets we track by gross yield.
| # | Market | Gross yield | Revenue/yr | Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlantic City, NJ | 20.5% | $45,856 | |
| 2 | Cape May, NJ | 7.4% | $55,083 | |
| 3 | Jersey City, NJ (this market) | 6.8% | $44,429 | |
| 4 | Seaside Heights, NJ | 6.0% | $43,767 | |
| 5 | Newark, NJ | 5.7% | $27,295 | |
| 6 | Hoboken, NJ | 5.4% | $47,761 | |
| 7 | Brigantine, NJ | 5.2% | $37,881 | |
| 8 | Wildwood, NJ | 5.2% | $32,974 |
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A typical active Airbnb in Jersey City, NJ earned $44,429 in the 12 months to Sep 2026. The median listing was booked 63% of nights, and the average nightly rate was $199 in Sep 2026. Against a median home value of $657,765, that's a 6.8% gross yield before the mortgage, taxes and running costs.
A typical active listing earned $44,429 in the 12 months to Sep 2026. The top 25% of listings averaged $73,735 and the bottom 25% $3,794. Estimated by size: 1-bedroom about $26,947; 2-bedroom about $63,741; 3-bedroom about $89,314 and 4-bedroom about $114,405 a year.
The typical listing was booked 63% of nights in the 12 months to Sep 2026, from 79% in September to 45% in February.
July; June and September earned the most, bringing in 40% of a typical listing's revenue in the 12 months to Sep 2026.
$657,765 as of August 2026 (Zillow Home Value Index), down 0.2% in a year.
1-bedroom homes make up 48% of listings, earning an estimated $26,947 a year.
The top origin cities are New York, NY (5.5% of guests); Jersey City, NJ (2.3% of guests) and Boston, MA (1.9% of guests). Of guests from the top 10 cities, 64% live within a day's drive.
Chalet tracks 1,056 short-term rental listings in Jersey City, NJ, with data through Sep 2026.
Based on 1,056 Jersey City short-term rental listings tracked by Chalet, with data through Sep 2026. Home values come from the Zillow Home Value Index.
Airbnb data sites count different things. Some average every listing, including ones that are rarely booked; some use a whole metro area instead of the town; some use a calendar year. We show typical figures for active listings in Jersey City over the last 12 months, and label each number with what it counts. Compare like with like before comparing sites.
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| $227 |
| May 2026 | $4,295 | 69% | $258 |
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| Jun 2026 | $5,873 | 70% | $351 |
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| Jul 2026 | $6,444 | 68% | $314 |
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| Aug 2026 | $4,438 | 67% | $267 |
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| Sep 2026 | $5,324 | 79% | $286 |
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