Vacationers looking to get far away during the COVID-19 pandemic meant good business for Airbnb hosts in California’s rural counties, including Mendocino and Lake, according to the San Francisco-based short-term rental company.
Company numbers released Wednesday showed hosts in Mendocino County earned $22 million in 2021, while hosts in neighboring Lake County took in $5.5 million.
Topping the moneymaking list of rural counties was Mono County, in east central California, with $52 million. Last on the list of 21 counties was Modoc County, in the state’s far northeast corner, with $300,000.
Further up the North Coast, in Humboldt County, hosts earned $17.5 million last year.
Humboldt County resident Marisa Fleming has been an Airbnb host since 2016. After closing for several months in 2020 due to the pandemic, she said her 5-acre rental property, consisting of two houses that can each fit six people, was booked more than 90% of 2021.
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