DeKalb County, 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 DeKalb County, Illinois in February 2026 was $1,429.918. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was 0.47%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 7.64%.

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

You can see similar information for other Illinois 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.
DeKalb County, IL - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
DeKalb County, IL - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Jan 2015 0 -100.00 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 -100.00
Dec 2015 0 NaN -100.00
Jan 2016 883.1902626641651 Infinity Infinity
Feb 2016 883.1764703967937 0.00 Infinity
Mar 2016 887.1874307364241 0.45 Infinity
Apr 2016 881.2220882334418 -0.67 Infinity
May 2016 878.1548949731064 -0.35 Infinity
Jun 2016 880.8659022481058 0.31 Infinity
Jul 2016 885.1468438659346 0.49 Infinity
Aug 2016 893.5501700791322 0.95 Infinity
Sep 2016 895.5373975157935 0.22 Infinity
Oct 2016 897.275711601247 0.19 Infinity
Nov 2016 890.5005836884064 -0.75 Infinity
Dec 2016 887.8617592840086 -0.30 Infinity
Jan 2017 887.3730896808262 -0.05 0.47
Feb 2017 894.7681757253055 0.83 1.31
Mar 2017 906.0094595320485 1.26 2.12
Apr 2017 914.7612999476216 0.97 3.81
May 2017 918.7909523425081 0.44 4.63
Jun 2017 913.2669961759494 -0.60 3.68
Jul 2017 906.7716540533529 -0.71 2.44
Aug 2017 903.7778381865653 -0.33 1.15
Sep 2017 908.4689972716386 0.52 1.44
Oct 2017 913.1604641946142 0.52 1.77
Nov 2017 915.7065254835726 0.28 2.83
Dec 2017 915.5592130860757 -0.02 3.12
Jan 2018 921.4845954234605 0.65 3.84
Feb 2018 927.178645497534 0.62 3.62
Mar 2018 927.1646084024668 0.00 2.34
Apr 2018 921.9469223154354 -0.56 0.79
May 2018 917.4567683457664 -0.49 -0.14
Jun 2018 925.4859018723976 0.88 1.34
Jul 2018 932.4577654517929 0.75 2.83
Aug 2018 939.9286696132476 0.80 4.00
Sep 2018 943.9806697161522 0.43 3.91
Oct 2018 949.3998378441087 0.57 3.97
Nov 2018 948.2261894487556 -0.12 3.55
Dec 2018 955.2378975332803 0.74 4.33
Jan 2019 947.3813847622147 -0.82 2.81
Feb 2019 948.5817885406052 0.13 2.31
Mar 2019 948.0024243846465 -0.06 2.25
Apr 2019 954.6071084619467 0.70 3.54
May 2019 962.4262852585653 0.82 4.90
Jun 2019 964.2387922268864 0.19 4.19
Jul 2019 967.4292395474729 0.33 3.75
Aug 2019 968.0131378819553 0.06 2.99
Sep 2019 969.0437409730074 0.11 2.66
Oct 2019 968.967556182018 -0.01 2.06
Nov 2019 977.0673437718774 0.84 3.04
Dec 2019 979.9271668189945 0.29 2.59
Jan 2020 991.2526356870437 1.16 4.63
Feb 2020 994.3398542529798 0.31 4.82
Mar 2020 1014.5053742383811 2.03 7.02
Apr 2020 1012.7157268346666 -0.18 6.09
May 2020 1013.8983501328433 0.12 5.35
Jun 2020 1012.3882490545047 -0.15 4.99
Jul 2020 1014.6273379694602 0.22 4.88
Aug 2020 1024.7734807199104 1.00 5.86
Sep 2020 1023.9436918124076 -0.08 5.67
Oct 2020 1033.4530565735986 0.93 6.66
Nov 2020 1029.96232537821 -0.34 5.41
Dec 2020 1034.4325388322623 0.43 5.56
Jan 2021 1025.4699563209722 -0.87 3.45
Feb 2021 1024.9842136481184 -0.05 3.08
Mar 2021 1022.9442909998252 -0.20 0.83
Apr 2021 1030.8773879869525 0.78 1.79
May 2021 1041.8243206418683 1.06 2.75
Jun 2021 1050.795804760593 0.86 3.79
Jul 2021 1062.2610250233743 1.09 4.70
Aug 2021 1065.4545418488194 0.30 3.97
Sep 2021 1080.699801689083 1.43 5.54
Oct 2021 1077.2447889346904 -0.32 4.24
Nov 2021 1084.8413312322245 0.71 5.33
Dec 2021 1088.3542656692123 0.32 5.21
Jan 2022 1112.239237632694 2.19 8.46
Feb 2022 1122.7652329584007 0.95 9.54
Mar 2022 1127.2415132245737 0.40 10.20
Apr 2022 1135.485313906797 0.73 10.15
May 2022 1136.2529427213947 0.07 9.06
Jun 2022 1147.8015722313712 1.02 9.23
Jul 2022 1154.255230449262 0.56 8.66
Aug 2022 1165.7566299600705 1.00 9.41
Sep 2022 1166.794033691733 0.09 7.97
Oct 2022 1174.1446649643476 0.63 8.99
Nov 2022 1184.1266906981284 0.85 9.15
Dec 2022 1192.8209497615485 0.73 9.60
Jan 2023 1185.7327254561349 -0.59 6.61
Feb 2023 1181.867075925751 -0.33 5.26
Mar 2023 1189.4679254205798 0.64 5.52
Apr 2023 1198.7607853835545 0.78 5.57
May 2023 1219.932070192114 1.77 7.36
Jun 2023 1222.0236046914613 0.17 6.47
Jul 2023 1222.0208368367125 0.00 5.87
Aug 2023 1217.3474703549145 -0.38 4.43
Sep 2023 1224.6655376951765 0.60 4.96
Oct 2023 1239.0194228291807 1.17 5.53
Nov 2023 1232.9929341697316 -0.49 4.13
Dec 2023 1230.2671854557957 -0.22 3.14
Jan 2024 1235.1302604263428 0.40 4.17
Feb 2024 1259.5158365078032 1.97 6.57
Mar 2024 1274.1095761081099 1.16 7.12
Apr 2024 1272.6302853584998 -0.12 6.16
May 2024 1265.455343256575 -0.56 3.73
Jun 2024 1260.8054939880349 -0.37 3.17
Jul 2024 1271.399821158911 0.84 4.04
Aug 2024 1281.5220855984842 0.80 5.27
Sep 2024 1304.0989493520515 1.76 6.49
Oct 2024 1305.861873795017 0.14 5.40
Nov 2024 1325.4033933033024 1.50 7.50
Dec 2024 1319.675562915468 -0.43 7.27
Jan 2025 1327.7218855015797 0.61 7.50
Feb 2025 1328.4148212562038 0.05 5.47
Mar 2025 1328.4347745389748 0.00 4.26
Apr 2025 1339.1764531055471 0.81 5.23
May 2025 1350.202466013367 0.82 6.70
Jun 2025 1367.1317283144328 1.25 8.43
Jul 2025 1374.246393298131 0.52 8.09
Aug 2025 1383.598225611838 0.68 7.97
Sep 2025 1378.746416419586 -0.35 5.72
Oct 2025 1386.4106587043684 0.56 6.17
Nov 2025 1389.7969378088626 0.24 4.86
Dec 2025 1412.2999763437292 1.62 7.02
Jan 2026 1423.2376051211313 0.77 7.19
Feb 2026 1429.9175824175825 0.47 7.64