How Much Can You Really Make from an Airbnb in Lighthouse Point? (2026 Update)

**TL;DR:** A median 3 bedroom short-term rental near Lighthouse Point grosses about $54,300 a year. The top 25% of listings gross at least $75,600. The top 10% gross at least $101,100, per AirROI market data on comparable short-term rentals near Lighthouse Point, pulled August 2026.

Lighthouse Point is a small city of roughly 10,000 residents, surrounded by Pompano Beach and the Intracoastal Waterway, where nearly every street touches water. It has no hotels and very few active rentals, so any comp set here inevitably includes neighboring Pompano Beach homes. Call it the Lighthouse Point / Pompano Beach area and the numbers below are honest. They are also the strongest 3 bedroom figures in our entire SE Florida data pull.

What Lighthouse Point Homes Actually Gross

Read each column as an entry threshold, not an average: the top 25% figure is the gross annual revenue a home must clear to sit in the top quarter of earners. All figures are gross rental revenue, before management fees, cleaning, and expenses.

Bedrooms	Market median	Top 25% earn at least	Top 10% earn at least
2BR	$41,400	$57,500	$76,800
3BR	$54,300	$75,600	$101,100
4BR	$74,400	$103,700	$138,700
5BR	$86,600	$121,000	$161,900

Source: AirROI market data, comparable short-term rentals near Lighthouse Point, annual revenue modeled on trailing-12-month comp performance, pulled August 2026. Comps include neighboring Pompano Beach homes.

Compare the small end of this table with the rest of South Florida. The median 2 bedroom here grosses $41,400 and the median 3 bedroom $54,300, both ahead of the comparable central Fort Lauderdale and central Miami figures in the same data pull. A quiet residential city out-earning the big markets at those sizes is not an accident. It is what scarcity plus waterfront does.

What Separates the Top 10%

For 3 bedrooms in this comp set, the top 25% ADR threshold sits at $377 and the top 10% at $483, with occupancy thresholds of 64% and 75% at the same tiers (AirROI, same pull). Those are separate distributions, so we never multiply them into a revenue figure. The point is the shape: the top of this market holds premium rates and a full calendar together.

The guest explains why. With no hotels and no resort strip, Lighthouse Point attracts travelers who want a private waterfront home and are choosing between a handful of them, not comparing against a hotel room. Design, water access, and the quality of the stay decide the booking, and price is rarely the first filter. Corporate retreats and executive travel add steady demand for exactly that product. The homes that win are furnished and photographed to the standard of the house itself, not to the standard of a typical rental. They treat a usable dock as a bookable amenity that gets sold, priced, and messaged, not as a photo in the listing. And they respond to inquiries in minutes, because this guest books quickly and reviews generously when the stay delivers.

Scarcity does the rest. With few true substitutes, a well-presented waterfront home here faces less price compression than listings in high-volume markets, and active week-by-week pricing turns that into revenue.

Nightly Rates in the Market

Lighthouse Point has too few listings for its own nightly-rate comp set, so the honest view is the surrounding area's.

Bedrooms	Median nightly	75th percentile	90th percentile	Sample
3BR	$385	$461	$579	198 listings
4BR	$453	$550	$735	120 listings

Source: PriceLabs neighborhood data, Airbnb comp set of 350 listings around Pompano Beach / Lighthouse Point area, pulled August 2026.

The spread is the message. A median 3 bedroom in this area asks $385 a night while the 90th percentile asks $579. Waterfront homes presented to a high standard compete at the top of that range, and flat-priced listings never do.

The Lighthouse Point Calendar That Matters

Peak season runs December through April. Winter demand from the Northeast, Canada, and Europe fills the calendar with long stays, and rates should climb steadily from the holidays through spring.

Then there is boat show week. The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show sits about 20 minutes south, and for that week demand for waterfront homes with dock access surges across Broward County. Exhibitors, brokers, and buyers want to tie up steps from the kitchen, run out through Hillsboro Inlet in the morning, and be back at the dock for dinner. Owners who price that week like a normal November week give away some of the best revenue nights of the year.

Summer holds on family and boating travel, softer but steady. The slowest stretch is late summer through early fall, where longer minimum stays and sharper pricing keep the calendar working.

FAQ

How much can a Lighthouse Point Airbnb earn?

In the Lighthouse Point / Pompano Beach area comp set, the market median runs from $41,400 a year for a 2 bedroom to $86,600 for a 5 bedroom, and the top 10% of 3 bedrooms gross at least $101,100, per AirROI market data pulled August 2026. Where a specific waterfront home lands depends on dockage, design, and how actively it is run.

Why do Lighthouse Point homes earn more than bigger markets?

Scarcity and waterfront. The city has no hotels and few active rentals, so a private home with a dock has few substitutes, which supports rates. In the August 2026 AirROI pull, the area's median 2 and 3 bedroom revenue tops the comparable central Fort Lauderdale and central Miami figures.

When is peak season in Lighthouse Point?

December through April carries the year, driven by winter guests on long stays. Boat show week in the fall is the single most valuable short window for dock-access homes, and summer holds up on family and boating travel.

The home gets you into this market. The execution determines where in the table you land. We live and operate here, and we hold our owners' homes to the standard this guest expects. If you own a waterfront home here and want to know what it should earn, our team handles short-term rental management in Lighthouse Point and we will build a projection from your actual property, your dock, and your comp set. No pressure, just the numbers.

Updated August 2026.

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