Essex County, Massachusetts - 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 Essex County, Massachusetts in February 2026 was $2,550.925. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was -0.22%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 1.19%.

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

You can see similar information for other Massachusetts 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.
Essex County, MA - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
Essex County, MA - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Jan 2015 1436.8752867876199 15865.28 NaN
Feb 2015 1441.124278797266 0.30 NaN
Mar 2015 1437.093271498117 -0.28 NaN
Apr 2015 1442.5986460933852 0.38 NaN
May 2015 1453.802395177183 0.78 NaN
Jun 2015 1462.204133143219 0.58 NaN
Jul 2015 1480.3210422635848 1.24 NaN
Aug 2015 1484.545686656527 0.28 NaN
Sep 2015 1501.999868260659 1.18 NaN
Oct 2015 1507.8251569991473 0.39 NaN
Nov 2015 1504.2987950756208 -0.23 5917.20
Dec 2015 1491.460729107005 -0.85 16471.79
Jan 2016 1487.3555978654028 -0.28 3.51
Feb 2016 1500.1308933062433 0.86 4.09
Mar 2016 1514.470339812715 0.96 5.38
Apr 2016 1517.5965519809554 0.21 5.20
May 2016 1523.6037218842969 0.40 4.80
Jun 2016 1530.992519049449 0.49 4.70
Jul 2016 1544.4348198466191 0.88 4.33
Aug 2016 1552.5091908816219 0.52 4.58
Sep 2016 1559.9904176862374 0.48 3.86
Oct 2016 1565.790490968624 0.37 3.84
Nov 2016 1577.1265300465623 0.72 4.84
Dec 2016 1584.9557527365166 0.50 6.27
Jan 2017 1597.0757798817579 0.77 7.38
Feb 2017 1601.8337231322978 0.30 6.78
Mar 2017 1612.0094420682638 0.64 6.44
Apr 2017 1628.1773705742107 1.00 7.29
May 2017 1631.8152719348025 0.22 7.10
Jun 2017 1642.8619073059347 0.68 7.31
Jul 2017 1634.1479086145398 -0.53 5.81
Aug 2017 1642.8085764775733 0.53 5.82
Sep 2017 1638.0591122521935 -0.29 5.00
Oct 2017 1648.434492149704 0.63 5.28
Nov 2017 1655.8037650839149 0.45 4.99
Dec 2017 1671.9150997317429 0.97 5.49
Jan 2018 1680.1257843231015 0.49 5.20
Feb 2018 1688.3523561768927 0.49 5.40
Mar 2018 1692.5059091351932 0.25 4.99
Apr 2018 1702.3125718989695 0.58 4.55
May 2018 1705.2644130948913 0.17 4.50
Jun 2018 1707.701577288116 0.14 3.95
Jul 2018 1707.4126041487152 -0.02 4.48
Aug 2018 1708.681061960673 0.07 4.01
Sep 2018 1712.3631779395178 0.22 4.54
Oct 2018 1727.409366470767 0.88 4.79
Nov 2018 1743.5945215508314 0.94 5.30
Dec 2018 1748.7428241898738 0.30 4.60
Jan 2019 1741.941191293827 -0.39 3.68
Feb 2019 1746.3094339033341 0.25 3.43
Mar 2019 1750.9051340555943 0.26 3.45
Apr 2019 1750.2361731320839 -0.04 2.82
May 2019 1760.3356058342033 0.58 3.23
Jun 2019 1766.9487669548873 0.38 3.47
Jul 2019 1783.6623683963107 0.95 4.47
Aug 2019 1791.9644725325434 0.47 4.87
Sep 2019 1804.6331361586826 0.71 5.39
Oct 2019 1801.3461796472604 -0.18 4.28
Nov 2019 1797.8357632978752 -0.19 3.11
Dec 2019 1799.6872627551306 0.10 2.91
Jan 2020 1813.7185712104442 0.78 4.12
Feb 2020 1820.3327156324867 0.37 4.24
Mar 2020 1826.3477721284087 0.33 4.31
Apr 2020 1827.5016755164656 0.06 4.42
May 2020 1829.0022619714478 0.08 3.90
Jun 2020 1825.1213647162704 -0.21 3.29
Jul 2020 1834.0957506992388 0.49 2.83
Aug 2020 1838.575491299357 0.24 2.60
Sep 2020 1852.739693646781 0.77 2.67
Oct 2020 1862.3896740362347 0.52 3.39
Nov 2020 1884.5016173246788 1.19 4.82
Dec 2020 1903.3266216671107 1.00 5.76
Jan 2021 1912.2288161672118 0.47 5.43
Feb 2021 1913.8251881039646 0.08 5.14
Mar 2021 1923.8531060038024 0.52 5.34
Apr 2021 1934.990600852395 0.58 5.88
May 2021 1953.6284136525962 0.96 6.81
Jun 2021 1973.4096801271803 1.01 8.13
Jul 2021 1991.5812358050405 0.92 8.59
Aug 2021 2006.901387320675 0.77 9.15
Sep 2021 2022.5783904788093 0.78 9.17
Oct 2021 2052.2332490656163 1.47 10.19
Nov 2021 2074.676516625953 1.09 10.09
Dec 2021 2092.25384706184 0.85 9.93
Jan 2022 2095.920014237367 0.18 9.61
Feb 2022 2111.807675439956 0.76 10.35
Mar 2022 2121.785167963234 0.47 10.29
Apr 2022 2144.065079781743 1.05 10.81
May 2022 2164.0881942663036 0.93 10.77
Jun 2022 2190.3868739294494 1.22 11.00
Jul 2022 2211.67684167688 0.97 11.05
Aug 2022 2232.7566440138817 0.95 11.25
Sep 2022 2240.059688428217 0.33 10.75
Oct 2022 2242.0990417798735 0.09 9.25
Nov 2022 2240.5845051344318 -0.07 8.00
Dec 2022 2250.5566271479047 0.45 7.57
Jan 2023 2269.20366463175 0.83 8.27
Feb 2023 2286.9047672460147 0.78 8.29
Mar 2023 2303.988517880145 0.75 8.59
Apr 2023 2310.381155699633 0.28 7.76
May 2023 2318.1325451132298 0.34 7.12
Jun 2023 2322.089223239199 0.17 6.01
Jul 2023 2326.303725624317 0.18 5.18
Aug 2023 2338.648492520823 0.53 4.74
Sep 2023 2349.1825207278744 0.45 4.87
Oct 2023 2354.574495207323 0.23 5.02
Nov 2023 2360.895008513354 0.27 5.37
Dec 2023 2373.2001551553494 0.52 5.45
Jan 2024 2390.8111473078525 0.74 5.36
Feb 2024 2398.7682549020665 0.33 4.89
Mar 2024 2409.9771370021303 0.47 4.60
Apr 2024 2426.074376134459 0.67 5.01
May 2024 2439.9058732122376 0.57 5.25
Jun 2024 2453.05882820698 0.54 5.64
Jul 2024 2459.8925641207766 0.28 5.74
Aug 2024 2462.0124108636487 0.09 5.28
Sep 2024 2472.448203702351 0.42 5.25
Oct 2024 2481.429778966259 0.36 5.39
Nov 2024 2495.2446733488887 0.56 5.69
Dec 2024 2496.213488663789 0.04 5.18
Jan 2025 2508.6847243336283 0.50 4.93
Feb 2025 2520.907246197031 0.49 5.09
Mar 2025 2525.37260693045 0.18 4.79
Apr 2025 2527.9029143141356 0.10 4.20
May 2025 2530.965228039519 0.12 3.73
Jun 2025 2534.181807035239 0.13 3.31
Jul 2025 2542.4816478391585 0.33 3.36
Aug 2025 2549.372946756324 0.27 3.55
Sep 2025 2552.545756066776 0.12 3.24
Oct 2025 2558.8472389900912 0.25 3.12
Nov 2025 2560.6878404629542 0.07 2.62
Dec 2025 2565.7618352525756 0.20 2.79
Jan 2026 2556.500773139684 -0.36 1.91
Feb 2026 2550.9250614250614 -0.22 1.19