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HOUSTON - As more people have traveled and even taken little getaways to nearby towns, Airbnb said those who have opened their doors for guests in rural Texas have earned a substantial amount of money.
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According to Airbnb officials, rural travel has seen exponential growth in 2021, where domestic nights booked by guests grew 110 percent compared to 2019.
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Across the country, Airbnb Hosts in rural counties in the earned nearly $3.5 billion over the year. Texas hosts alone, in rural counties, earned more than $115 million in 2021.
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In fact, the typical Airbnb Host in rural Texas earned nearly $12,000 in 2021.
Additionally, more than 8,100 cities and towns received their first-ever Airbnb booking since March 2020, during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. 92 cities and towns in Texas, meanwhile, received their first-ever Airbnb guests since the pandemic started.
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Here's a breakdown of total host incomes in various rural counties in Texas:
- Anderson $200,000
- Andrews $50,000
- Angelina $1 million
- Armstrong $20,000
- Austin $750,000
- Baylor $10,000
- Bee $55,000
- Blanco $3 million
- Bosque $1 million
- Brewster $8 million
- Briscoe $100,000
- Brooks $40,000
- Brown $700,000
- Burnet $6 million
- Calhoun $1.5 million
- Camp $200,000
- Cass $70,000
- Castro $10,000
- Cherokee $400,000
- Childress $50,000
- Cochran $1,000
- Coke $13,000
- Coleman $155,000
- Collingsworth $25,000
- Colorado $375,000
- Comanche $140,000
- Concho $100,000
- Cooke $600,000
- Cottle $15,000
- Crane $6,000
- Culberson $20,000
- Dallam $35,000
- Dawson $4,000
- DeWitt $110,000
- Delta $45,000
- Dimmit $4,000
- Donley $55,000
- Duval $3,000
- Eastland $225,000
- Edwards $25,000
- Erath $555,000
- Fannin $350,000
- Fayette $2 million
- Fisher $4,000
- Floyd $1,500
- Franklin $285,000
- Freestone $120,000
- Frio $20,000
- Gaines $15,000
- Garza $30,000
- Gillespie $40 million
- Gonzales $190,000
- Gray $30,000
- Grimes $360,000
- Hale $20,000
- Hall $3,500
- Hamilton $145,000
- Hardeman $35,000
- Harrison $850,000
- Hartley $15,000
- Hemphill $7,500
- Henderson $5 million
- Hill $550,000
- Hockley $120,000
- Hopkins $120,000
- Houston $230,000
- Howard $300,000
- Hutchinson $175,000
- Jack $75,000
- Jackson $30,000
- Jasper $310,000
- Jeff Davis $550,000
- Jim Wells $65,000
- Kerr $4.5 million
- Kimble $200,000
- Kinney $70,000
- Kleberg $275,000
- Knox $30,000
- La Salle $25,000
- Lamar $300,000
- Lavaca $190,000
- Lee $175,000
- Leon $120,000
- Limestone $230,000
- Live Oak $200,000
- Llano $6 million
- Madison $45,000
- Marion $865,000
- Mason $530,000
- Matagorda $1.5 million
- Maverick $410,000
- McCulloch $230,000
- McMullen $15,000
- Menard $90,000
- Milam $65,000
- Mills $40,000
- Mitchell $100,000
- Montague $215,000
- Moore $75,000
- Morris $80,000
- Motley $14,000
- Nacogdoches $860,000
- Navarro $400,000
- Nolan $45,000
- Ochiltree $20,000
- Oldham $30,000
- Palo Pinto $1.5 million
- Panola $70,000
- Parmer $60,000
- Pecos $80,000
- Polk $1.5 million
- Rains $400,000
- Real $1 million
- Red River $20,000
- Reeves $100,000
- Refugio $125,000
- Roberts $5,000
- Runnels $60,000
- Sabine $500,00
- San Augustine $125,000
- San Jacinto $1 million
- San Saba $300,000
- Schleicher $1,500
- Scurry $120,000
- Shackelford $30,000
- Shelby $85,000
- Starr $35,000
- Stephens $185,000
- Stonewall $3,000
- Sutton $60,000
- Swisher $35,000
- Terrell $40,000
- Terry $40,000
- Throckmorton $150,000
- Titus $120,000
- Trinity $300,000
- Tyler $200,000
- Uvalde $3 million
- Val Verde $1 million
- Van Zandt $1 million
- Walker $650,000
- Ward $25,000
- Washington $2 million
- Wharton $80,000
- Wheeler $25,000
- Willacy $120,000
- Winkler $6,000
- Wood $1.5 million
- Young $240,000
- Zapata $45,000
- Zavala $3,000