Homesharing service Airbnb reported its Wisconsin hosts this year earned a combined $41 million in supplemental income, topping last year’s earnings of $25.2 million by 62.6 percent.
Wisconsin Airbnbs in 2018 housed approximately 344,000 guests, compared to 210,000 guests in 2017.
Milwaukee’s Airbnb market has also seen an increase over the past year. Guest arrivals in 2018 totaled 71,000, up from 40,600 guest arrivals in 2017. Host income increased by 69 percent from 2017 to 2018.
There are now more than 5,400 hosts in the state who share their homes via Airbnb. Each earns about $5,200 annually, the company said.
The number of Wisconsin hosts has increased by more than 1,400 since December 2017.
The company earlier this year reported it distributed $2.5 million in tax revenue to the State of Wisconsin through an agreement it made in 2017 with the Department of Revenue. The deal requires all Wisconsin hosts to pay state sales tax and county sales and use tax.
An overview of 2018 total host income and guest arrivals, broken down by the top 30 homesharing markets in Wisconsin:
|
County |
Total 2018 host income |
Total 2018 guest arrivals |
|
Milwaukee |
$7.1 million |
71,000 |
|
Dane |
$5.5 million |
44,000 |
|
Door |
$3.2 million |
21,000 |
|
Walworth |
$2.4 million |
16,000 |
|
Columbia |
$2 million |
18,000 |
|
Brown |
$1.8 million |
14,000 |
|
Winnebago |
$1.4 million |
7,400 |
|
Sheboygan |
$990,000 |
6,300 |
|
Bayfield |
$867,000 |
7,000 |
|
Douglas |
$843,000 |
8,000 |
|
Oneida |
$629,000 |
4,200 |
|
Sawyer |
$626,000 |
4,600 |
|
Kenosha |
$584,000 |
4,800 |
|
Outagamie |
$572,000 |
5,000 |
|
Waukesha |
$560,000 |
3,200 |
|
Vilas |
$555,000 |
3,500 |
|
Racine |
$546,000 |
4,700 |
|
Sauk |
$475,000 |
4,600 |
|
Juneau |
$463,000 |
4,500 |
|
La Crosse |
$431,000 |
5,200 |
|
Marinette |
$420,000 |
3,100 |
|
Barron |
$389,000 |
3,200 |
|
Vernon |
$372,000 |
4,200 |
|
Ozaukee |
$358,000 |
2,900 |
| Rock $357,000 2,800 | ||
