Los Angeles edges ahead of Clark County Nv on higher occupancy (54% vs 30%), stronger RevPAR (£34 vs £28).
Head-to-head metrics
| Clark County Nv | Los Angeles | |
|---|---|---|
| Median occupancy | 30% | 54% |
| Median daily rate | £111 | £122 |
| Median RevPAR | £28 | £34 |
| Active listings | 10,947 | 23,969 |
| YoY occupancy | -4 pts | — |
| YoY daily rate | -0.7% | — |
| Regulation risk | — | — |
| Annual night cap | None | None |
| License required | No | No |
Full analysis: Clark County Nv vs Los Angeles
Los Angeles finishes decisively ahead of Clark County Nv on our composite of occupancy, revenue per available night and regulation risk — and it is the calendar rather than the price tag doing the work. Los Angeles sells 24 more points of its calendar — 54% median occupancy against 30% in Clark County Nv. Los Angeles turns its rate and occupancy into £34 per available night against £28 in Clark County Nv, a 18.9% edge on the only yield figure that nets the empty nights out. That is not a rounding difference, and it compounds over a hold period.
Los Angeles takes both halves of the yield equation, which is less common than it sounds. It charges more per night — £122 against £111 — and still fills more of the year, 54% against 30%. A market that leads on price and utilisation at once is normally one where demand has outrun supply, rather than one where hosts are discounting to keep the calendar busy. RevPAR reflects the double advantage at £34 against £28.
That verdict needs a caveat, because Clark County Nv is not simply the weaker market of the two. Clark County Nv is the less crowded of the two — 10,947 active listings to 23,969 — so a well-run property has fewer near-identical rivals to out-rank. Clark County Nv sits at the cheaper end at £111 a night against £122, which lowers the bar for filling shoulder-season dates and usually tracks a lower purchase price too. If your model leans on that dimension, the ordering above can reasonably flip.
Neither Clark County Nv nor Los Angeles currently has a verified short-term rental regulation record in our register, so the comparison above is a yield comparison only. Regulation is the single largest source of downside in this asset class — an unverified market is an unpriced risk, not an absent one.
The two calendars also behave differently. Clark County Nv peaks in August at 58.5% and bottoms in December at 33.7%; Los Angeles runs from 52.2% in August down to 30.5% in January. Los Angeles is the steadier of the two at 21.7 points peak-to-trough against 24.8 — easier to underwrite against a mortgage — while Clark County Nv concentrates its return into a shorter window and rewards operators who price the peak aggressively instead of holding a flat rate all year.
Who each suits, then. Clark County Nv suits buyers who want a conventional, lightly regulated entry. Los Angeles answers to the same regulatory profile, so the split between them is operational rather than legal. Every figure above comes from the same Inside Airbnb snapshot pipeline on both sides, filtered to listings with at least one booking in the last twelve months. Occupancy medians are drawn from 5,656 active Clark County Nv listings and 11,708 in Los Angeles.
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