Santa Cruz County, California - 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 Santa Cruz County, California in February 2026 was $3,358.898. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was 0.23%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 1.20%.

The chart below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI for Santa Cruz County, CA. The table below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes for Santa Cruz County, CA.

You can see similar information for other California counties.

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.
Santa Cruz County, CA - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
Santa Cruz County, CA - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Jan 2015 1845.7426381047649 2021.54 NaN
Feb 2015 1874.9484961936728 1.58 NaN
Mar 2015 1907.2939308148477 1.73 NaN
Apr 2015 1955.5382852176053 2.53 NaN
May 2015 1926.6862785868157 -1.47 NaN
Jun 2015 1914.123761337996 -0.65 NaN
Jul 2015 1942.6302271759746 1.49 NaN
Aug 2015 1984.6151399203238 2.16 NaN
Sep 2015 2000.1537772931545 0.78 NaN
Oct 2015 2032.6362760860918 1.62 NaN
Nov 2015 2036.0315115650317 0.17 33833.86
Dec 2015 2060.8616258934308 1.22 2268.81
Jan 2016 2075.6052506705983 0.72 12.45
Feb 2016 2137.3695784211495 2.98 14.00
Mar 2016 2105.3256269502313 -1.50 10.38
Apr 2016 2116.3840597408303 0.53 8.23
May 2016 2107.8824284984216 -0.40 9.40
Jun 2016 2157.2004879996557 2.34 12.70
Jul 2016 2130.321784237756 -1.25 9.66
Aug 2016 2117.928313984483 -0.58 6.72
Sep 2016 2134.8031011627345 0.80 6.73
Oct 2016 2167.3274771662263 1.52 6.63
Nov 2016 2207.682370450193 1.86 8.43
Dec 2016 2211.4460539576125 0.17 7.31
Jan 2017 2230.884700540528 0.88 7.48
Feb 2017 2203.0031893950536 -1.25 3.07
Mar 2017 2228.2379331649113 1.15 5.84
Apr 2017 2231.16779523533 0.13 5.42
May 2017 2271.6772589095553 1.82 7.77
Jun 2017 2260.568701089342 -0.49 4.79
Jul 2017 2280.227055154256 0.87 7.04
Aug 2017 2282.5642000321923 0.10 7.77
Sep 2017 2303.088918508539 0.90 7.88
Oct 2017 2300.1375103757514 -0.13 6.13
Nov 2017 2302.0267329316853 0.08 4.27
Dec 2017 2316.0577050343354 0.61 4.73
Jan 2018 2330.9447794399402 0.64 4.49
Feb 2018 2341.441606802492 0.45 6.28
Mar 2018 2349.7072344611265 0.35 5.45
Apr 2018 2382.3553778026503 1.39 6.78
May 2018 2377.5573585209904 -0.20 4.66
Jun 2018 2391.7644164921367 0.60 5.80
Jul 2018 2389.0540606687186 -0.11 4.77
Aug 2018 2411.2101620986323 0.93 5.64
Sep 2018 2411.863510150949 0.03 4.72
Oct 2018 2417.5255732853093 0.24 5.10
Nov 2018 2430.6132141501116 0.54 5.59
Dec 2018 2429.7103479325824 -0.04 4.91
Jan 2019 2429.2011537025433 -0.02 4.22
Feb 2019 2432.1534558916546 0.12 3.87
Mar 2019 2440.3844287132847 0.34 3.86
Apr 2019 2430.897060011684 -0.39 2.04
May 2019 2438.248628652803 0.30 2.55
Jun 2019 2443.3323050524073 0.21 2.16
Jul 2019 2460.8171175829602 0.72 3.00
Aug 2019 2464.1361050560113 0.14 2.19
Sep 2019 2469.1539069304777 0.20 2.38
Oct 2019 2478.3068927285876 0.37 2.51
Nov 2019 2478.751821157768 0.02 1.98
Dec 2019 2491.4256931948544 0.51 2.54
Jan 2020 2500.198808299444 0.35 2.92
Feb 2020 2518.1883245185045 0.72 3.54
Mar 2020 2507.350169413681 -0.43 2.74
Apr 2020 2508.66472911716 0.05 3.20
May 2020 2489.1691098173296 -0.78 2.09
Jun 2020 2490.594017271027 0.06 1.93
Jul 2020 2480.9215457602995 -0.39 0.82
Aug 2020 2477.21270674379 -0.15 0.53
Sep 2020 2494.623993716505 0.70 1.03
Oct 2020 2521.234361515995 1.07 1.73
Nov 2020 2550.1780659122846 1.15 2.88
Dec 2020 2570.5010985160616 0.80 3.17
Jan 2021 2562.8538910873003 -0.30 2.51
Feb 2021 2570.4780426571533 0.30 2.08
Mar 2021 2584.798502123794 0.56 3.09
Apr 2021 2635.146961659456 1.95 5.04
May 2021 2651.9386803437174 0.64 6.54
Jun 2021 2676.8084456379447 0.94 7.48
Jul 2021 2691.6893752336396 0.56 8.50
Aug 2021 2753.158638099988 2.28 11.14
Sep 2021 2795.7490945031955 1.55 12.07
Oct 2021 2824.9760194998644 1.05 12.05
Nov 2021 2825.0208090299743 0.00 10.78
Dec 2021 2857.0700781498276 1.13 11.15
Jan 2022 2916.525388883421 2.08 13.80
Feb 2022 2945.7149523424714 1.00 14.60
Mar 2022 2974.935043077354 0.99 15.09
Apr 2022 2960.1040027543954 -0.50 12.33
May 2022 2991.3959766738176 1.06 12.80
Jun 2022 3001.6853762393885 0.34 12.14
Jul 2022 3033.837365712641 1.07 12.71
Aug 2022 3051.286814443694 0.57 10.83
Sep 2022 3063.8540913314714 0.41 9.59
Oct 2022 3095.959771581438 1.05 9.59
Nov 2022 3117.452397926363 0.69 10.35
Dec 2022 3107.278302975445 -0.33 8.76
Jan 2023 3073.142946461897 -1.10 5.37
Feb 2023 3068.4080922391768 -0.15 4.17
Mar 2023 3089.217107031547 0.68 3.84
Apr 2023 3109.0436707007952 0.64 5.03
May 2023 3138.0611615777298 0.93 4.90
Jun 2023 3158.8487488255437 0.66 5.24
Jul 2023 3194.502215811669 1.13 5.30
Aug 2023 3192.2677876739763 -0.07 4.62
Sep 2023 3171.318241100905 -0.66 3.51
Oct 2023 3146.3090601255217 -0.79 1.63
Nov 2023 3130.516581071653 -0.50 0.42
Dec 2023 3146.1713881694905 0.50 1.25
Jan 2024 3154.9191209825703 0.28 2.66
Feb 2024 3185.315924981047 0.96 3.81
Mar 2024 3211.979430885274 0.84 3.97
Apr 2024 3233.2788860275164 0.66 4.00
May 2024 3230.8770361165084 -0.07 2.96
Jun 2024 3239.7701624568895 0.28 2.56
Jul 2024 3250.311783496311 0.33 1.75
Aug 2024 3271.002540441766 0.64 2.47
Sep 2024 3296.42077092783 0.78 3.95
Oct 2024 3273.9648443957194 -0.68 4.06
Nov 2024 3286.67727331261 0.39 4.99
Dec 2024 3284.114689305097 -0.08 4.38
Jan 2025 3325.398828725677 1.26 5.40
Feb 2025 3318.999445980397 -0.19 4.20
Mar 2025 3301.8262139670455 -0.52 2.80
Apr 2025 3297.9271295807494 -0.12 2.00
May 2025 3299.125037977927 0.04 2.11
Jun 2025 3300.2812998525624 0.04 1.87
Jul 2025 3288.804722833109 -0.35 1.18
Aug 2025 3289.5539419914403 0.02 0.57
Sep 2025 3296.917648094135 0.22 0.02
Oct 2025 3338.1068735815957 1.25 1.96
Nov 2025 3350.798957742983 0.38 1.95
Dec 2025 3364.361360112035 0.41 2.44
Jan 2026 3351.2520101939913 -0.39 0.78
Feb 2026 3358.89804779917 0.23 1.20