Deltaville $26,263 vs Erie $16,408: Two Different Waters

Jacob Mishalanie
Aug 20
7 min read

Updated: 11 hours ago

Rappahannock River looking toward the Bay

Deltaville printed about $26,263 from 44 listings. Erie printed about $16,408 from 239. The Rappahannock and Lake Erie do not share a year. Keep Erie ($16,408 a year) on its own line.

A guest who typed Fishing Bay Yacht Club is not looking for Presque Isle. Photograph Fishing Bay Yacht Club. Guests come for Fishing Bay Yacht Club.

Middlesex Planning is. Urbanna's $38,327 is another Virginia hall, not this extract. Do not use Erie as if it were this occupancy.

Deltaville's $26,263 Is Not Erie's $16,408

Guests come for Deltaville Marina, and say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Chesapeake Bay caption. Do not Keep Urbanna copy onto a Deltaville address. Do not use Erie 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 35.2 percent. Read more in Deltaville STR Rules and Deltaville Shoulder2 percent occupancy.

Year over year is minus 24.5 percent, and supply moved 0.0 percent. Keep Erie ($16,408 a year) on its own line. A 22.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy, and photograph Deltaville Marina. Call the desk. The Rappahannock and Lake Erie do not share a year. Photograph Deltaville Maritime Museum.

44 Listings on the Rappahannock

Guests come for Deltaville Maritime Museum, and say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Chesapeake Bay caption. Do not Keep Urbanna copy onto a Deltaville address. Do not use Erie 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 35.2 percent. Read more in Deltaville Shoulder and Deltaville Remote Stays2 percent occupancy.

Year over year is minus 24.5 percent, and supply moved 0.0 percent. Keep Erie ($16,408 a year) on its own line. A 22.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy, and photograph Deltaville Maritime Museum. Call the desk, and guests come for Deltaville Maritime Museum. Photograph the Rappahannock River.

Erie's 239 Listings Sit on Lake Erie

Guests come for Fishing Bay Yacht Club, and say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Chesapeake Bay caption. Do not Keep Urbanna copy onto a Deltaville address. Do not use Erie 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 35.2 percent. Read more in Deltaville Remote Stays and DIY vs Hire in Deltaville2 percent occupancy.

Keep Erie ($16,408 a year) on its own line. A 22.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy, and photograph Fishing Bay Yacht Club. Call the desk. A guest who typed Fishing Bay Yacht Club is not looking for Presque Isle.

Urbanna's $38,327 Is Another Virginia Hall

Guests come for the Rappahannock River, and say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Chesapeake Bay caption. Do not Keep Urbanna copy onto a Deltaville address. Do not use Erie 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 Deltaville and Who Books a Deltaville Rental2 percent occupancy.

Keep Erie ($16,408 a year) on its own line. A 22.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy, and photograph the Rappahannock River. Call the desk. Urbanna's $38,327 is another Virginia hall, not this extract. Guests come for the Rappahannock River.

Deltaville Peaks in August, June, and September

The three strongest months are August, June, and September. August is the busiest on this market sample, and january is the hole. Price it as the hole. Read more in Who Books a Deltaville Rental and Buying a Deltaville Rental2 percent occupancy.

Keep Erie ($16,408 a year) on its own line. A 22.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy, and photograph Deltaville Marina. Call the desk, and guests come for Deltaville Marina. Deltaville printed about $26,263 from 44 listings.

Erie's Peak Months Are Not This File

The three strongest months are August, June, and September. August is the busiest on this market sample, and january is the hole. Price it as the hole. Read more in Buying a Deltaville Rental and Deltaville Tourism Data2 percent occupancy.

Keep Erie ($16,408 a year) on its own line. A 22.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy, and photograph Deltaville Maritime Museum. Call the desk, and photograph Deltaville Marina. Keep the other town out of the title.

Fishing Bay Is Not Presque Isle

Occupancy is 35.2 percent. Read more in Deltaville Tourism Data and Complete Visitor's Guide to Deltaville, Virginia Stay2 percent occupancy.

Planning Is Not

Occupancy is 35.2 percent. Read more in Complete Visitor's Guide to Deltaville, Virginia Stay and Deltaville STR Report 20262 percent occupancy.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do Deltaville and Erie compare on typical annual revenue?

Deltaville's sample shows about $26,263 across 44 listings; Erie's shows about $16,408 across a much larger 239-listing sample, both AirROI trailing-twelve-month figures. That's a meaningful gap between two waterfront markets with very different inventory sizes, large enough that neither figure should substitute for the other in a buyer's underwriting file.

Why can't Urbanna's figure be averaged into a Deltaville estimate?

Urbanna is a separate, much smaller sample at $38,327 across just 18 listings, a distinct Chesapeake Bay town with its own guest base and inventory size. Blending it with Deltaville's 44-listing figure produces a number that doesn't accurately describe either market's actual performance or typical property economics.

Which months should a Deltaville host expect to be strongest?

August, June, and September are the three strongest months in the sample, tracking Chesapeake Bay boating-season demand, with January standing out as the clearest soft point. Full-year occupancy runs 35.2% across the 44-listing sample, meaning boating-season months carry an outsized share of annual bookings worth building into a seasonal pricing calendar.

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

Richmond leads as the top origin market, followed by Charlottesville, with a typical stay of 4.0 nights booked about 69 days in advance. Guests are commonly drawn by the Deltaville Maritime Museum and Fishing Bay Yacht Club, landmarks worth naming directly in listing copy rather than folding into generic waterfront language.

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

No, in either case. Deltaville sits in unincorporated Middlesex County, with its own $75 STR zoning permit separate from neighboring Urbanna Town Hall or Virginia Beach's $500 municipal permit. Erie carries its own separate Pennsylvania permitting process. A low-regulation dashboard reading is a research starting point, not confirmation no local rule applies.

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

No. About 22.7% of Deltaville's 44 listings, 10 properties, set a 30-night minimum, which describes a booking-length choice some hosts make, not how full those listings actually run. Occupancy for the full sample is a separate figure at 35.2%. Treating the two as interchangeable can distort a host's read of 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: Deltaville at $26,263 from 44 listings with an August-June-September peak and Richmond-led demand, and Erie at $16,408 from 239 listings with its own distinct season and guest base. Neither figure substitutes for the other in a purchase analysis.

Why call these "two different waters" rather than one generalized waterfront market?

Because despite a shared waterfront identity, Deltaville and Erie sit in different states, carry very different listing counts, different typical-year revenue, and different regulatory desks. Copy or underwriting that blends them into one generic waterfront story loses the specific facts, Richmond-led demand, Fishing Bay Yacht Club, that actually help a listing convert.

Work with Crest & Cove Creative

Deltaville and Erie share the word waterfront but nothing else — different states, different listing counts, and a 30-night minimum on 22.7% of Deltaville stays that measures nothing about occupancy.

We help hosts on either shoreline write listing copy that keeps Deltaville's Richmond-led August peak and Erie's own numbers on separate, honest lines instead of one blended waterfront pitch.

Reach out at crestcove.co or (256) 998-7502.