Chicago (City), Illinois - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted (Zillow)

Updated on March 22, 2026.

According to data from Zillow.com, the smoothed and seasonally adjusted Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily in Chicago (City), Illinois in February 2026 was $2,292.315. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was 0.44%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 6.49%.

The chart below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI for Chicago (City), IL. The table below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes for Chicago (City), IL.

You can see similar information for other Illinois cities.

Note: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) is a smoothed measure of the typical observed market rate rent across a given region. ZORI is a repeat-rent index that is weighted to the rental housing stock to ensure representativeness across the entire market, not just homes currently listed for-rent.

Data Source: Zillow.
Chicago (City), IL - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
Chicago (City), IL - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Jan 2015 1508.0255883802845 NaN NaN
Feb 2015 1508.9372053921509 0.06 NaN
Mar 2015 1512.8699072327288 0.26 NaN
Apr 2015 1518.2543815043055 0.36 NaN
May 2015 1524.6697539721572 0.42 NaN
Jun 2015 1528.4784257678218 0.25 NaN
Jul 2015 1531.3963179270745 0.19 NaN
Aug 2015 1535.5889143432514 0.27 NaN
Sep 2015 1540.3571691050442 0.31 NaN
Oct 2015 1547.003104523819 0.43 NaN
Nov 2015 1552.4131657728742 0.35 NaN
Dec 2015 1557.0526718823414 0.30 NaN
Jan 2016 1562.7918920979723 0.37 3.63
Feb 2016 1566.3921262863848 0.23 3.81
Mar 2016 1569.8802145268928 0.22 3.77
Apr 2016 1569.70420530799 -0.01 3.39
May 2016 1570.4454007908669 0.05 3.00
Jun 2016 1573.313670947908 0.18 2.93
Jul 2016 1579.0605009573105 0.37 3.11
Aug 2016 1586.9185246738155 0.50 3.34
Sep 2016 1590.7746766369241 0.24 3.27
Oct 2016 1593.5590890897486 0.18 3.01
Nov 2016 1591.6123067934495 -0.12 2.53
Dec 2016 1590.6192339482582 -0.06 2.16
Jan 2017 1591.6881026594633 0.07 1.85
Feb 2017 1598.8057798839754 0.45 2.07
Mar 2017 1607.8352902184413 0.56 2.42
Apr 2017 1613.9633283743385 0.38 2.82
May 2017 1617.9479203985018 0.25 3.03
Jun 2017 1618.6478616763786 0.04 2.88
Jul 2017 1619.5098044442498 0.05 2.56
Aug 2017 1617.5675181450677 -0.12 1.93
Sep 2017 1621.688468299167 0.26 1.94
Oct 2017 1623.7009329363264 0.12 1.89
Nov 2017 1628.8852502614136 0.32 2.34
Dec 2017 1632.5082281141608 0.22 2.63
Jan 2018 1635.205719348689 0.17 2.73
Feb 2018 1639.0719949259433 0.24 2.52
Mar 2018 1638.5724737234948 -0.03 1.91
Apr 2018 1641.3692524833052 0.17 1.70
May 2018 1643.7581443237116 0.15 1.60
Jun 2018 1649.8081388765615 0.37 1.93
Jul 2018 1654.2122251866936 0.27 2.14
Aug 2018 1655.2329192610343 0.06 2.33
Sep 2018 1653.4604014233043 -0.11 1.96
Oct 2018 1653.8498865146585 0.02 1.86
Nov 2018 1657.9915062644445 0.25 1.79
Dec 2018 1666.5251558609539 0.52 2.08
Jan 2019 1672.2328093510066 0.34 2.26
Feb 2019 1675.0166718443534 0.17 2.19
Mar 2019 1678.8484839796554 0.23 2.46
Apr 2019 1682.3306212749926 0.21 2.50
May 2019 1687.0383187861657 0.28 2.63
Jun 2019 1690.1792647527436 0.19 2.45
Jul 2019 1694.0743741137007 0.23 2.41
Aug 2019 1701.557407277059 0.44 2.80
Sep 2019 1709.1288700681955 0.45 3.37
Oct 2019 1716.3265357110406 0.42 3.78
Nov 2019 1720.127428308943 0.22 3.75
Dec 2019 1721.1959707928593 0.06 3.28
Jan 2020 1724.5823035791766 0.20 3.13
Feb 2020 1728.6231009530495 0.23 3.20
Mar 2020 1732.0960590351176 0.20 3.17
Apr 2020 1720.0806684278423 -0.69 2.24
May 2020 1706.5667723805998 -0.79 1.16
Jun 2020 1695.1799063613878 -0.67 0.30
Jul 2020 1689.7390723399537 -0.32 -0.26
Aug 2020 1682.5059300261016 -0.43 -1.12
Sep 2020 1672.501481637322 -0.59 -2.14
Oct 2020 1658.24178819734 -0.85 -3.38
Nov 2020 1647.912133427174 -0.62 -4.20
Dec 2020 1644.6508279420334 -0.20 -4.45
Jan 2021 1643.5312406931166 -0.07 -4.70
Feb 2021 1648.8351044827707 0.32 -4.62
Mar 2021 1656.3950591008215 0.46 -4.37
Apr 2021 1675.1219453023368 1.13 -2.61
May 2021 1693.6913271134322 1.11 -0.75
Jun 2021 1712.7996989540693 1.13 1.04
Jul 2021 1727.127941026461 0.84 2.21
Aug 2021 1742.2756576532481 0.88 3.55
Sep 2021 1758.568119011432 0.94 5.15
Oct 2021 1776.0047310570508 0.99 7.10
Nov 2021 1791.7960119078607 0.89 8.73
Dec 2021 1807.153333368603 0.86 9.88
Jan 2022 1820.8160854671116 0.76 10.79
Feb 2022 1830.9989364261173 0.56 11.05
Mar 2022 1841.2203997718711 0.56 11.16
Apr 2022 1852.2212674291234 0.60 10.57
May 2022 1864.5640981883253 0.67 10.09
Jun 2022 1874.699318924494 0.54 9.45
Jul 2022 1886.5299864852173 0.63 9.23
Aug 2022 1897.8123632945749 0.60 8.93
Sep 2022 1911.1797946130516 0.70 8.68
Oct 2022 1924.1533680860814 0.68 8.34
Nov 2022 1936.8505294852555 0.66 8.10
Dec 2022 1944.7760793828202 0.41 7.62
Jan 2023 1952.619533781653 0.40 7.24
Feb 2023 1959.452974044117 0.35 7.02
Mar 2023 1967.0190256801286 0.39 6.83
Apr 2023 1971.772779426592 0.24 6.45
May 2023 1980.940106135674 0.47 6.24
Jun 2023 1989.7752898909478 0.45 6.14
Jul 2023 1998.966541014851 0.46 5.96
Aug 2023 2008.7673917478212 0.49 5.85
Sep 2023 2014.0243390924866 0.26 5.38
Oct 2023 2020.2277951216001 0.31 4.99
Nov 2023 2025.1000252369076 0.24 4.56
Dec 2023 2036.5204428906925 0.56 4.72
Jan 2024 2046.237155628522 0.48 4.79
Feb 2024 2056.4427189493003 0.50 4.95
Mar 2024 2061.986965209437 0.27 4.83
Apr 2024 2070.0541380003474 0.39 4.98
May 2024 2074.031324983235 0.19 4.70
Jun 2024 2080.1755806758556 0.30 4.54
Jul 2024 2085.6035328802514 0.26 4.33
Aug 2024 2091.324106745193 0.27 4.11
Sep 2024 2099.7187134930973 0.40 4.26
Oct 2024 2110.640814759872 0.52 4.47
Nov 2024 2123.1122681005454 0.59 4.84
Dec 2024 2133.639995454584 0.50 4.77
Jan 2025 2142.0561729431015 0.39 4.68
Feb 2025 2152.6775807515924 0.50 4.68
Mar 2025 2166.6856511132646 0.65 5.08
Apr 2025 2179.47225088743 0.59 5.29
May 2025 2192.88901169397 0.62 5.73
Jun 2025 2205.2802370371146 0.56 6.01
Jul 2025 2217.931024338977 0.57 6.35
Aug 2025 2230.209402210404 0.55 6.64
Sep 2025 2242.2949423865193 0.54 6.79
Oct 2025 2252.039718208639 0.44 6.70
Nov 2025 2261.53663414888 0.42 6.52
Dec 2025 2270.475095345923 0.40 6.41
Jan 2026 2282.1779669275447 0.52 6.54
Feb 2026 2292.3150758764536 0.44 6.49