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Crystal Beach $44,416 vs Grand Isle $34,708: Two Gulf Halls

Updated: 17 hours ago

Neighbor-market lodging exterior, labeled leftover, never the Crystal Beach pin

Crystal Beach printed about $44,416 from 131 listings. Grand Isle printed about $34,708 from 101. Bolivar Peninsula and Jefferson Parish do not share a year. Do not Keep Bolivar Peninsula copy onto a Crystal Beach address.


A guest who typed Rollover Pass is not looking for Grand Isle State Park. Keep Grand Isle ($34,708 a year) on its own line.


Texas Comptroller hotel tax is. Bolivar Peninsula's $35,592 is another Texas hall, not this extract. Guests come for Bolivar Flats. Do not use Grand Isle as if it were this occupancy.


Crystal Beach's $44,416 Is Not Grand Isle's $34,708

Guests come for Rollover Pass, and say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Gulf of Mexico caption. Do not Keep Bolivar Peninsula copy onto a Crystal Beach address. Do not use Grand Isle as if it were this occupancy. Be specific about the walk. A vague caption loses the guest who typed this town. Keep the other town out of the title.


Occupancy is 31.1 percent. Read more in Crystal Beach STR Rules and Crystal Beach Shoulder1 percent occupancy.


Year over year is plus 15.7 percent, and supply moved -16.0 percent. Keep Grand Isle ($34,708 a year) on its own line. A 42.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy, and photograph Rollover Pass. Call the desk. A guest who typed Rollover Pass is not looking for Grand Isle State Park. Guests come for Rollover Pass.


131 Listings on Bolivar Peninsula

Guests come for Fort Travis, and say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Gulf of Mexico caption. Do not use Grand Isle as if it were this occupancy. Be specific about the walk. A vague caption loses the guest who typed this town. Keep the other town out of the title.


Occupancy is 31.1 percent. Read more in Crystal Beach Shoulder and Crystal Beach Remote Stays1 percent occupancy.


Year over year is plus 15.7 percent, and supply moved -16.0 percent. Keep Grand Isle ($34,708 a year) on its own line. A 42.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy, and photograph Fort Travis. Call the desk. Bolivar Peninsula and Jefferson Parish do not share a year. Guests come for Fort Travis.


Grand Isle's 101 Listings Sit in Louisiana

Guests come for Bolivar Flats, and say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Gulf of Mexico caption. Do not use Grand Isle as if it were this occupancy. Be specific about the walk. A vague caption loses the guest who typed this town. Keep the other town out of the title.


Occupancy is 31.1 percent. Read more in Crystal Beach Remote Stays and DIY vs Hire in Crystal Beach1 percent occupancy.


Keep Grand Isle ($34,708 a year) on its own line. A 42.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy, and photograph Bolivar Flats. Call the desk, and grand Isle printed about $34,708 from 101. Keep the other town out of the title.


Bolivar Peninsula's $35,592 Is Another Texas Hall

Guests come for the ferry, and say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Gulf of Mexico caption. Do not use Grand Isle as if it were this occupancy. Be specific about the walk. A vague caption loses the guest who typed this town. Keep the other town out of the title.


Hours change. Confirm 2026 at the desk the map names before you promise a walk. Leave out unverified a town permit fee this page did not confirm. Read more in DIY vs Hire in Crystal Beach and Who Books a Crystal Beach Rental1 percent occupancy.


Keep Grand Isle ($34,708 a year) on its own line. A 42.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy, and photograph the ferry. Call the desk. Bolivar Peninsula's $35,592 is another Texas hall, not this extract. Texas Comptroller hotel tax is.


Crystal Beach Peaks in June, July, and August

Guests come for Rollover Pass, and say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Gulf of Mexico caption. Do not use Grand Isle as if it were this occupancy. Be specific about the walk. A vague caption loses the guest who typed this town. Keep the other town out of the title.


The three strongest months are June, July, and August. June is the busiest on this market sample, and january is the hole. Price it as the hole. Read more in Who Books a Crystal Beach Rental and Buying a Crystal Beach Rental1 percent occupancy.


Keep Grand Isle ($34,708 a year) on its own line. A 42.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy, and photograph Rollover Pass. Call the desk, and crystal Beach printed about $44,416 from 131 listings.


Grand Isle's Peak Months Are Not This File

Guests come for Fort Travis, and say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Gulf of Mexico caption. Do not use Grand Isle as if it were this occupancy. Be specific about the walk. A vague caption loses the guest who typed this town. Keep the other town out of the title.


The three strongest months are June, July, and August. June is the busiest on this market sample, and january is the hole. Price it as the hole. Read more in Buying a Crystal Beach Rental and Crystal Beach Tourism Data1 percent occupancy.


Keep Grand Isle ($34,708 a year) on its own line. A 42.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy, and photograph Fort Travis. Call the desk. A vague caption loses the guest who typed this town.


Fort Travis Is Not Sand Dollar Marina

Guests come for Bolivar Flats, and say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Gulf of Mexico caption. Do not use Grand Isle as if it were this occupancy. Be specific about the walk. A vague caption loses the guest who typed this town. Keep the other town out of the title.


Occupancy is 31.1 percent. Read more in Crystal Beach Tourism Data and Complete Visitor's Guide to Crystal Beach, Texas Stay1 percent occupancy.


Keep Grand Isle ($34,708 a year) on its own line. A 42.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy, and photograph Bolivar Flats. Call the desk, and occupancy is 31.1 percent.


Comptroller Is Not Town Hall

Guests come for the ferry, and say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Gulf of Mexico caption. Do not use Grand Isle as if it were this occupancy. Be specific about the walk. A vague caption loses the guest who typed this town. Keep the other town out of the title.


Hours change. Confirm 2026 at the desk the map names before you promise a walk. Leave out unverified a town permit fee this page did not confirm. Read more in Complete Visitor's Guide to Crystal Beach, Texas Stay and Crystal Beach STR Report 20261 percent occupancy.


Keep Grand Isle ($34,708 a year) on its own line. A 42.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy, and photograph the ferry. Call the desk, and hours change.


Frequently Asked Questions

How do Crystal Beach and Grand Isle compare on typical annual revenue?

Crystal Beach's sample shows about $44,416 across 131 listings; Grand Isle's shows about $34,708 across 101 listings, both AirROI trailing-twelve-month figures. That's roughly a $10,000 gap between two Gulf Coast markets in different states, which is large enough that neither figure should stand in for the other in a buyer's underwriting file.


Why can't Bolivar Peninsula's number be averaged into either town's figure?

Bolivar Peninsula is a much larger, separate sample at $35,592 across 986 listings spanning multiple communities along the peninsula, distinct from both Crystal Beach's 131-listing figure and Grand Isle's 101-listing figure. Blending any of these three samples into a single "Gulf Coast" average erases the differences that actually matter for pricing and positioning a specific property.


Which months should a Crystal Beach host expect to be strongest?

June, July, and August are the three strongest months in the sample, with January standing out as the clearest soft point. Full-year occupancy runs 31.1% across the 131-listing sample, meaning summer months carry an outsized share of annual bookings, which is worth building directly into a seasonal pricing calendar.


Where do Crystal Beach's guests come from, and what draws them?

Houston leads as the top origin market, followed by Dallas, with a typical stay of 3.3 nights booked about 45 days in advance. Guests searching for Crystal Beach specifically are usually drawn by Rollover Pass, Fort Travis, or Bolivar Flats, landmarks worth naming directly in listing copy rather than folding into generic Gulf Coast language.


Does a low-regulation profile mean there's no permit process in either town?

No, in either case. Crystal Beach sits in unincorporated Galveston County, with its own registration expectations separate from the City of Galveston's $250 municipal permit. Grand Isle carries its own separate Louisiana permitting process. A market reading as low-regulation on a data dashboard is a starting point for research, not confirmation that no local rule applies.


Is Crystal Beach's 30-night minimum-stay share the same as its occupancy rate?

No. About 42.7% of Crystal Beach's 131 listings set a 30-night minimum, which describes a booking-length choice some hosts make, not how full those listings run. Occupancy for the full sample is a separate figure at 31.1%. Treating the two as interchangeable can distort a host's read of actual market demand.


What should a buyer comparing these two towns keep on separate lines?

Each town's own typical-year figure, listing count, peak season, and guest-origin pattern: Crystal Beach at $44,416 from 131 listings with a June-August peak and Houston-led demand, and Grand Isle at $34,708 from 101 listings with its own distinct season and guest base. Neither figure substitutes for the other in a purchase analysis.


Why does this post treat Crystal Beach and Grand Isle as "two halls" rather than one Gulf market?

Because despite a shared coastal identity, they sit in different states, carry different listing counts, different typical-year revenue, and different regulatory desks. Marketing copy or an underwriting file that blends them into one generic "Gulf Coast" story loses the specific facts, Houston-led demand, Rollover Pass and Fort Travis landmarks, that actually help a listing convert.


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Crystal Beach earned about $44,416 from 131 listings while Grand Isle earned $34,708 from 101 — two different Gulf towns that keep getting blended into one caption. Bolivar Peninsula and Jefferson Parish do not share a year.


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