Rural communities like Johnson County are reaping some economic benefits with taxes coming in from Airbnb and other vacation rental hosts and families are finding new life for inherited older homes.“If anything positive came out of COVID, it sent people to find some down time in rural communities,” Johnson County Mayor Mike Taylor.Johnson County was among several rural Tennessee counties standing out in a recent Airbnb news release that included approximate 2021 rental host income. Airbnb’s figures show Johnson County ranking fourth among 51 counties in the state that were on the list.