Eastport Tourism Data: Eastport Breakwater Is Demand, Not T12

Thomas Garner
2 days ago
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Most Eastport listings get marketed as a generic Passamaquoddy Bay stay. That pitch could describe a dozen other towns, and it wastes what actually sets City of Eastport, Washington County, Maine apart. Guests who typed Eastport are looking for Eastport Breakwater, Downtown Eastport, Passamaquoddy Bay, Shackford Head State Park — not Deer Isle, and not Harpswell. 54 active listings sit on this extract. Write the town you can actually walk. Keep the listing specific. A vague water caption loses the booking.

Typical listings here earned about $15,265 last year from 54 active rentals, AirROI trailing twelve months through July 2026. The average night was $229. Occupancy was 35.6 percent. Revenue per available night was $82. Year over year is minus 1.4 percent. Active supply moved 17.4 percent. Do not average in Deer Isle at $17,949 on 77 listings. That is a different town. Leave Harpswell as a different market. Do not mix those towns. Treat this as a small sample, not a blended coast.

The three strongest months are August, September, and July. August is the busiest. February is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Portland, then Maine. Typical stay is 4.2 nights, booked about 60 days ahead. Call City Hall at 207-853-2300. Confirm live at City Hall. No city-specific STR ordinance found on the city site. Lubec is another municipality. Bar Harbor STR is another municipality. AirROI low-regulation label is a scrape Emilia holds still show up in this sample.

Eastport is the easternmost city in the United States, on Passamaquoddy Bay, not a Lubec listing and not a Bar Harbor mash. Photograph the Breakwater, downtown, the bay, and Shackford Head. Call City Hall at 207-853-2300 and confirm the live rule before you advertise. Typical listings earned about $15,265 last year from 54 active rentals. Do not average Deer Isle at $17,949 or Harpswell at $29,110 into this city year.

Eastport Breakwater Is Demand, Not T Twelve

That heading is the useful way to read Eastport, not a dashboard label. Guests come for Eastport Breakwater. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Passamaquoddy Bay caption. Do not write Deer Isle copy onto a Eastport address. Do not use Harpswell 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.

Read more in Eastport STR Rules and Eastport Shoulder. Typical listings earned about $15,265 last year from 54 active rentals, at $229 a night and 35.6 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. February is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Portland. Call City Hall at 207-853-2300. Confirm live at City Hall. No city-specific STR ordinance found on the city site. Lubec is another municipality. Bar Harbor STR is another municipality. AirROI low-regulation label is a scrape

Year over year is minus 1.4 percent. Supply moved 17.4 percent. Keep Harpswell ($29,110 a year) on its own line. A 33.3-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Eastport Breakwater. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

Downtown Eastport Is Landscape, Not Occupancy

That heading is the useful way to read Eastport, not a dashboard label. Guests come for Downtown Eastport. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Passamaquoddy Bay caption. Do not write Deer Isle copy onto a Eastport address. Do not use Harpswell 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.

Read more in Eastport Shoulder and Eastport Remote Stays. Typical listings earned about $15,265 last year from 54 active rentals, at $229 a night and 35.6 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. February is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Portland. Call City Hall at 207-853-2300. Confirm live at City Hall. No city-specific STR ordinance found on the city site. Lubec is another municipality. Bar Harbor STR is another municipality. AirROI low-regulation label is a scrape

Year over year is minus 1.4 percent. Supply moved 17.4 percent. Keep Harpswell ($29,110 a year) on its own line. A 33.3-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Downtown Eastport. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

Passamaquoddy Bay Are Visitor, Not This Extract

That heading is the useful way to read Eastport, not a dashboard label. Guests come for Passamaquoddy Bay. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Passamaquoddy Bay caption. Do not write Deer Isle copy onto a Eastport address. Do not use Harpswell 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.

Read more in Eastport Remote Stays and DIY vs Hire in Eastport. Typical listings earned about $15,265 last year from 54 active rentals, at $229 a night and 35.6 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. February is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Portland. Call City Hall at 207-853-2300. Confirm live at City Hall. No city-specific STR ordinance found on the city site. Lubec is another municipality. Bar Harbor STR is another municipality. AirROI low-regulation label is a scrape

Year over year is minus 1.4 percent. Supply moved 17.4 percent. Keep Harpswell ($29,110 a year) on its own line. A 33.3-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Passamaquoddy Bay. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

Shackford Head State Park Are Visitor, Not This ADR

That heading is the useful way to read Eastport, not a dashboard label. Guests come for Shackford Head State Park. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Passamaquoddy Bay caption. Do not write Deer Isle copy onto a Eastport address. Do not use Harpswell 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.

Read more in DIY vs Hire in Eastport and Who Books a Eastport Rental. Typical listings earned about $15,265 last year from 54 active rentals, at $229 a night and 35.6 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. February is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Portland. Call City Hall at 207-853-2300. Confirm live at City Hall. No city-specific STR ordinance found on the city site. Lubec is another municipality. Bar Harbor STR is another municipality. AirROI low-regulation label is a scrape

Year over year is minus 1.4 percent. Supply moved 17.4 percent. Keep Harpswell ($29,110 a year) on its own line. A 33.3-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Shackford Head State Park. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

Keep Visitor Dollars Off the Host Extract

Read more in Who Books a Eastport Rental and Buying a Eastport Rental. Typical listings earned about $15,265 last year from 54 active rentals, at $229 a night and 35.6 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. February is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Portland. Call City Hall at 207-853-2300. Confirm live at City Hall. No city-specific STR ordinance found on the city site. Lubec is another municipality. Bar Harbor STR is another municipality. AirROI low-regulation label is a scrape

Harpswell Is a Different Hall

Read more in Buying a Eastport Rental and Complete Visitor's Guide to Eastport — Eastport Maine Pin. Typical listings earned about $15,265 last year from 54 active rentals, at $229 a night and 35.6 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. February is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Portland. Call City Hall at 207-853-2300. Confirm live at City Hall. No city-specific STR ordinance found on the city site. Lubec is another municipality. Bar Harbor STR is another municipality. AirROI low-regulation label is a scrape

Year over year is minus 1.4 percent. Supply moved 17.4 percent. Keep Harpswell ($29,110 a year) on its own line. A 33.3-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Downtown Eastport. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

Do Not Steal a Leftover Calendar

Read more in Complete Visitor's Guide to Eastport — Eastport Maine Pin and What It Costs to Start a Legal Eastport STR Stay — Eastport Maine Pin. Typical listings earned about $15,265 last year from 54 active rentals, at $229 a night and 35.6 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. February is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Portland. Call City Hall at 207-853-2300. Confirm live at City Hall. No city-specific STR ordinance found on the city site. Lubec is another municipality. Bar Harbor STR is another municipality.

Year over year is minus 1.4 percent. Supply moved 17.4 percent. Keep Harpswell ($29,110 a year) on its own line. A 33.3-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Passamaquoddy Bay. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

How a Host Should Read Tourism Copy

Read more in What It Costs to Start a Legal Eastport STR Stay — Eastport Maine Pin and Eastport STR Report 2026. Typical listings earned about $15,265 last year from 54 active rentals, at $229 a night and 35.6 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. February is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Portland. Call City Hall at 207-853-2300. Confirm live at City Hall. No city-specific STR ordinance found on the city site. Lubec is another municipality. Bar Harbor STR is another municipality.

Year over year is minus 1.4 percent. Supply moved 17.4 percent. Keep Harpswell ($29,110 a year) on its own line. A 33.3-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Shackford Head State Park. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year. Cite the city count. Leave AirROI Low off the packet. Watch sample on this year. Confirm the driveway.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a typical Eastport STR year on this data set?

AirROI's trailing twelve months through July 2026 show about $15,265 in revenue across 54 active Eastport listings, updated August 2026. The average nightly rate was $229, with occupancy at 35.6 percent and revenue per available night around $82. Year-over-year revenue moved down about 1.4 percent, and active supply grew roughly 17.4 percent. This is a small sample, so treat the figure as directional rather than a guarantee.

Can Deer Isle or Harpswell numbers be averaged into Eastport's year?

No. Deer Isle's listings reported about $17,949 across 77 properties, and Harpswell's reported about $29,110 across 189 properties — both separate towns with separate demand patterns. Blending those figures into Eastport's $15,265 average would misrepresent what a host here can expect. Keep each town's data on its own line when building a listing packet or investor summary.

Which months are strongest for Eastport bookings?

August, September, and July are the three strongest months, with August the busiest of the year. February is the slowest. Occupancy across the full year sits at 35.6 percent, so shoulder-season marketing matters as much as peak-season pricing.

Where do most Eastport guests come from, and how far ahead do they book?

Portland is the top origin market, followed by other parts of Maine. The typical stay runs 4.2 nights, booked roughly 60 days in advance. Roughly 63 percent of active hosts hold Superhost status, which is worth noting for anyone benchmarking service standards.

Does AirROI's "low-regulation" label mean Eastport has no local permit rule?

No — that label reflects a data scrape, not a legal review. The City of Eastport's site does not show a published city-specific short-term-rental ordinance as of this writing, but hosts should call City Hall at 207-853-2300 to confirm the current rule before advertising. Lubec and Bar Harbor are separate municipalities with their own rules, so don't assume Eastport's status applies there or vice versa.

Is a 30-night minimum-stay rule the same thing as occupancy?

No. About 33.3 percent of active Eastport listings (18 of 54) use a 30-night minimum-stay requirement — that's a booking policy, not a measure of how full a calendar runs. Occupancy for the year is a separate figure, 35.6 percent, and the two shouldn't be conflated when reading a listing's performance.

What should a buyer or lender packet cite for Eastport?

Cite the $15,265 revenue figure from 54 listings, the August-September-July peak months, February as the slow month, Portland as the lead origin market, the 4.2-night average stay, and the roughly 60-day booking lead time. Confirm any regulatory status directly with Eastport City Hall at 207-853-2300 rather than relying on a third-party label, and keep Deer Isle's and Harpswell's figures out of an Eastport-specific packet.

Is Harpswell the same market as Eastport?

No. Harpswell is a separate coastal Maine town with its own AirROI figures — about $29,110 across 189 listings — and its own demand pattern. Eastport's number is $15,265 across 54 listings, with February as its slowest month. Confirm any regulatory or revenue claim with the town it actually describes before including it in Eastport marketing material.

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