Columbia (City), Maryland - 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 Columbia (City), Maryland in February 2026 was $2,162.011. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was 0.09%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 1.80%.

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

You can see similar information for other Maryland 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.
Columbia (City), MD - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
Columbia (City), MD - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Jan 2015 1521.145335164546 NaN NaN
Feb 2015 1523.4560826694956 0.15 NaN
Mar 2015 1529.254893714145 0.38 NaN
Apr 2015 1530.8135705937011 0.10 NaN
May 2015 1533.6775246820189 0.19 NaN
Jun 2015 1531.8881810943747 -0.12 NaN
Jul 2015 1533.9681693811876 0.14 NaN
Aug 2015 1528.6983246477928 -0.34 NaN
Sep 2015 1531.6605552428034 0.19 NaN
Oct 2015 1536.4659106119993 0.31 NaN
Nov 2015 1545.535494325504 0.59 NaN
Dec 2015 1543.5483502040897 -0.13 NaN
Jan 2016 1550.1653648770475 0.43 1.91
Feb 2016 1554.6937445875203 0.29 2.05
Mar 2016 1559.1940232399586 0.29 1.96
Apr 2016 1555.8260513784642 -0.22 1.63
May 2016 1552.9438643888682 -0.18 1.26
Jun 2016 1547.7934924497858 -0.33 1.04
Jul 2016 1542.2209725320329 -0.36 0.54
Aug 2016 1543.0260388360869 0.05 0.94
Sep 2016 1555.9320342006165 0.84 1.59
Oct 2016 1567.8635060209738 0.77 2.04
Nov 2016 1562.9327009238593 -0.31 1.13
Dec 2016 1549.9124662827473 -0.83 0.41
Jan 2017 1544.1943911257583 -0.37 -0.38
Feb 2017 1549.3564274392859 0.33 -0.34
Mar 2017 1555.4023212628856 0.39 -0.24
Apr 2017 1564.1034507863897 0.56 0.53
May 2017 1571.6668382253665 0.48 1.21
Jun 2017 1583.7768638405264 0.77 2.33
Jul 2017 1588.2301110166256 0.28 2.98
Aug 2017 1601.7620322238847 0.85 3.81
Sep 2017 1585.067336512582 -1.04 1.87
Oct 2017 1582.7676627146138 -0.14 0.95
Nov 2017 1569.330395812221 -0.85 0.41
Dec 2017 1586.4724227335262 1.09 2.36
Jan 2018 1576.21159503775 -0.65 2.07
Feb 2018 1574.9041933474728 -0.08 1.65
Mar 2018 1576.5672227016485 0.11 1.36
Apr 2018 1583.0754474696832 0.41 1.21
May 2018 1587.145513465803 0.26 0.99
Jun 2018 1588.6965954712314 0.10 0.31
Jul 2018 1598.9786263951619 0.65 0.68
Aug 2018 1603.178976800288 0.26 0.09
Sep 2018 1611.3452706214648 0.51 1.66
Oct 2018 1607.0997565658222 -0.26 1.54
Nov 2018 1619.3699589770893 0.76 3.19
Dec 2018 1627.6857128808183 0.51 2.60
Jan 2019 1644.2970712706403 1.02 4.32
Feb 2019 1640.1493835937235 -0.25 4.14
Mar 2019 1641.4865520052642 0.08 4.12
Apr 2019 1639.6653540973975 -0.11 3.58
May 2019 1640.5373160658944 0.05 3.36
Jun 2019 1642.0488556343034 0.09 3.36
Jul 2019 1640.7620117172985 -0.08 2.61
Aug 2019 1639.0281680506414 -0.11 2.24
Sep 2019 1646.0892727017567 0.43 2.16
Oct 2019 1656.0441728345836 0.61 3.05
Nov 2019 1661.8584644284124 0.35 2.62
Dec 2019 1657.720364328255 -0.25 1.85
Jan 2020 1658.9137653406967 0.07 0.89
Feb 2020 1669.4271702473043 0.63 1.79
Mar 2020 1687.310164508483 1.07 2.79
Apr 2020 1686.6290941548527 -0.04 2.86
May 2020 1671.9483616735147 -0.87 1.92
Jun 2020 1662.7836075728976 -0.55 1.26
Jul 2020 1661.659506191769 -0.07 1.27
Aug 2020 1671.2781297228316 0.58 1.97
Sep 2020 1675.7305637432373 0.27 1.80
Oct 2020 1678.8376720010626 0.19 1.38
Nov 2020 1690.0887515895424 0.67 1.70
Dec 2020 1700.5676303330624 0.62 2.59
Jan 2021 1711.4597590640944 0.64 3.17
Feb 2021 1716.433200968485 0.29 2.82
Mar 2021 1732.422209298601 0.93 2.67
Apr 2021 1750.6842259170494 1.05 3.80
May 2021 1774.1564700472898 1.34 6.11
Jun 2021 1785.203960073397 0.62 7.36
Jul 2021 1798.0731815072222 0.72 8.21
Aug 2021 1813.4202142595852 0.85 8.51
Sep 2021 1843.8507366180836 1.68 10.03
Oct 2021 1875.359879367982 1.71 11.71
Nov 2021 1900.9928584091501 1.37 12.48
Dec 2021 1926.144289299264 1.32 13.27
Jan 2022 1927.5410330393227 0.07 12.63
Feb 2022 1921.465284092047 -0.31 11.95
Mar 2022 1909.0435494781143 -0.65 10.20
Apr 2022 1917.1190740887805 0.42 9.51
May 2022 1939.6280499195832 1.17 9.33
Jun 2022 1964.5509725599945 1.29 10.05
Jul 2022 1975.8327387363531 0.57 9.89
Aug 2022 1977.57548156495 0.09 9.05
Sep 2022 1966.8364549350883 -0.54 6.67
Oct 2022 1963.574927098006 -0.17 4.70
Nov 2022 1950.8597815306568 -0.65 2.62
Dec 2022 1955.184711168223 0.22 1.51
Jan 2023 1969.8023168956126 0.75 2.19
Feb 2023 2000.6908429024402 1.57 4.12
Mar 2023 2014.3321423231127 0.68 5.52
Apr 2023 2026.8408434041376 0.62 5.72
May 2023 2021.3875193442188 -0.27 4.22
Jun 2023 2025.1545747472017 0.19 3.09
Jul 2023 2032.3932292139764 0.36 2.86
Aug 2023 2043.6929332670575 0.56 3.34
Sep 2023 2054.2434520382367 0.52 4.44
Oct 2023 2063.073022082121 0.43 5.07
Nov 2023 2071.293481991929 0.40 6.17
Dec 2023 2071.5823753785235 0.01 5.95
Jan 2024 2071.266770897335 -0.01 5.15
Feb 2024 2062.698970218515 -0.41 3.10
Mar 2024 2058.393631803661 -0.21 2.19
Apr 2024 2057.3816861581427 -0.05 1.51
May 2024 2076.3514894792165 0.92 2.72
Jun 2024 2107.340051714672 1.49 4.06
Jul 2024 2120.669744851368 0.63 4.34
Aug 2024 2123.1340736974425 0.12 3.89
Sep 2024 2124.344131910479 0.06 3.41
Oct 2024 2122.278820410908 -0.10 2.87
Nov 2024 2125.9609147407728 0.17 2.64
Dec 2024 2107.1858689326623 -0.88 1.72
Jan 2025 2112.623260371017 0.26 2.00
Feb 2025 2123.711965690676 0.53 2.96
Mar 2025 2132.8196195428677 0.43 3.62
Apr 2025 2135.8922538943807 0.14 3.82
May 2025 2129.217947066438 -0.31 2.55
Jun 2025 2109.101747816353 -0.94 0.08
Jul 2025 2104.094377057163 -0.24 -0.78
Aug 2025 2107.458476772526 0.16 -0.74
Sep 2025 2114.423539248927 0.33 -0.47
Oct 2025 2123.348441768836 0.42 0.05
Nov 2025 2130.5373840933166 0.34 0.22
Dec 2025 2155.0007230448887 1.15 2.27
Jan 2026 2160.1715278498627 0.24 2.25
Feb 2026 2162.0111972437553 0.09 1.80