Ames (City), Iowa - 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 Ames (City), Iowa in February 2026 was $1,084.105. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was 0.22%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 3.29%.

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

You can see similar information for other Iowa 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.
Ames (City), IA - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
Ames (City), IA - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Jan 2015 0 NaN NaN
Feb 2015 0 NaN NaN
Mar 2015 0 NaN NaN
Apr 2015 0 NaN NaN
May 2015 0 NaN NaN
Jun 2015 0 NaN NaN
Jul 2015 0 NaN NaN
Aug 2015 0 NaN NaN
Sep 2015 0 NaN NaN
Oct 2015 0 NaN NaN
Nov 2015 0 NaN NaN
Dec 2015 0 NaN NaN
Jan 2016 0 NaN NaN
Feb 2016 0 NaN NaN
Mar 2016 0 NaN NaN
Apr 2016 0 NaN NaN
May 2016 0 NaN NaN
Jun 2016 0 NaN NaN
Jul 2016 0 NaN NaN
Aug 2016 0 NaN NaN
Sep 2016 0 NaN NaN
Oct 2016 0 NaN NaN
Nov 2016 0 NaN NaN
Dec 2016 0 NaN NaN
Jan 2017 0 NaN NaN
Feb 2017 0 NaN NaN
Mar 2017 0 NaN NaN
Apr 2017 0 NaN NaN
May 2017 0 NaN NaN
Jun 2017 0 NaN NaN
Jul 2017 0 NaN NaN
Aug 2017 0 NaN NaN
Sep 2017 0 NaN NaN
Oct 2017 867.7290829875149 Infinity Infinity
Nov 2017 867.485788891142 -0.03 Infinity
Dec 2017 879.1538059877314 1.35 Infinity
Jan 2018 860.3464868803397 -2.14 Infinity
Feb 2018 856.7850459646455 -0.41 Infinity
Mar 2018 851.2100654009556 -0.65 Infinity
Apr 2018 849.7250205273435 -0.17 Infinity
May 2018 846.7062234799961 -0.35 Infinity
Jun 2018 852.6601918512247 0.70 Infinity
Jul 2018 855.3059099648491 0.31 Infinity
Aug 2018 860.0543082131608 0.56 Infinity
Sep 2018 846.5493687095743 -1.57 Infinity
Oct 2018 844.4348138040101 -0.25 -2.68
Nov 2018 838.7824029117729 -0.67 -3.31
Dec 2018 842.7801292628927 0.48 -4.14
Jan 2019 852.5085711541797 1.15 -0.91
Feb 2019 855.4433539593591 0.34 -0.16
Mar 2019 850.9304219082017 -0.53 -0.03
Apr 2019 859.044208087884 0.95 1.10
May 2019 856.3947587690395 -0.31 1.14
Jun 2019 855.7415856005466 -0.08 0.36
Jul 2019 863.291009300208 0.88 0.93
Aug 2019 867.4342588160307 0.48 0.86
Sep 2019 884.3453123170136 1.95 4.47
Oct 2019 876.3976398604788 -0.90 3.79
Nov 2019 872.9595851161723 -0.39 4.08
Dec 2019 866.3806026472042 -0.75 2.80
Jan 2020 866.6773278573231 0.03 1.66
Feb 2020 874.5743887561163 0.91 2.24
Mar 2020 870.2381925763859 -0.50 2.27
Apr 2020 870.1121997674618 -0.01 1.29
May 2020 863.390790143251 -0.77 0.82
Jun 2020 861.1677302891842 -0.26 0.63
Jul 2020 860.0842138333743 -0.13 -0.37
Aug 2020 863.7334625929727 0.42 -0.43
Sep 2020 882.4826778863734 2.17 -0.21
Oct 2020 899.3515192244214 1.91 2.62
Nov 2020 904.3361900464245 0.55 3.59
Dec 2020 898.8620538061592 -0.60 3.75
Jan 2021 896.3403220034244 -0.28 3.42
Feb 2021 897.3586224495405 0.11 2.61
Mar 2021 891.5348790150188 -0.65 2.45
Apr 2021 888.351815790882 -0.36 2.10
May 2021 894.2496927302791 0.66 3.57
Jun 2021 899.0573755892757 0.54 4.40
Jul 2021 909.9180546382121 1.21 5.79
Aug 2021 916.5261972295235 0.73 6.11
Sep 2021 910.8567223133824 -0.62 3.22
Oct 2021 909.4339647316154 -0.16 1.12
Nov 2021 906.7702036844383 -0.29 0.27
Dec 2021 913.7406295065043 0.77 1.66
Jan 2022 916.4219610618627 0.29 2.24
Feb 2022 922.6990183565523 0.69 2.82
Mar 2022 932.9214481053241 1.11 4.64
Apr 2022 942.5390287469157 1.03 6.10
May 2022 950.807782299775 0.88 6.33
Jun 2022 954.461348905182 0.38 6.16
Jul 2022 955.6663998678989 0.13 5.03
Aug 2022 957.9259746835273 0.24 4.52
Sep 2022 953.2129733337039 -0.49 4.65
Oct 2022 948.3011801757882 -0.51 4.27
Nov 2022 951.5436874846264 0.34 4.94
Dec 2022 963.5938856830483 1.27 5.46
Jan 2023 971.1828436664867 0.79 5.98
Feb 2023 971.8103388376372 0.07 5.32
Mar 2023 974.6047282265681 0.29 4.47
Apr 2023 975.3833795699823 0.08 3.49
May 2023 976.35799460594 0.10 2.69
Jun 2023 973.9588862957395 -0.25 2.04
Jul 2023 967.4674587152882 -0.67 1.24
Aug 2023 961.2083241303922 -0.65 0.34
Sep 2023 975.0863963189335 1.44 2.30
Oct 2023 990.7010615637888 1.60 4.47
Nov 2023 1004.2474560506323 1.37 5.54
Dec 2023 1008.1584458288792 0.39 4.63
Jan 2024 1011.8732668767301 0.37 4.19
Feb 2024 1016.0081607369831 0.41 4.55
Mar 2024 1013.5792076067976 -0.24 4.00
Apr 2024 1019.0014875036011 0.54 4.47
May 2024 1015.0958412001597 -0.38 3.97
Jun 2024 1019.8793212009705 0.47 4.72
Jul 2024 1026.9158325737546 0.69 6.15
Aug 2024 1038.4341334273486 1.12 8.03
Sep 2024 1041.807066676047 0.33 6.84
Oct 2024 1042.49112216216 0.07 5.23
Nov 2024 1044.9932674827676 0.24 4.06
Dec 2024 1043.2864318248835 -0.16 3.48
Jan 2025 1047.0872861076202 0.36 3.48
Feb 2025 1049.5772459654747 0.24 3.30
Mar 2025 1057.3201323048206 0.74 4.32
Apr 2025 1059.8196787782924 0.24 4.01
May 2025 1069.219653570351 0.89 5.33
Jun 2025 1074.2305245325906 0.47 5.33
Jul 2025 1079.5451983413025 0.50 5.13
Aug 2025 1080.874456110132 0.12 4.09
Sep 2025 1079.824841761783 -0.10 3.65
Oct 2025 1079.8226534341952 0.00 3.58
Nov 2025 1077.6705663380478 -0.20 3.13
Dec 2025 1081.3434762524944 0.34 3.65
Jan 2026 1081.7693822962074 0.04 3.31
Feb 2026 1084.105179704017 0.22 3.29