Bakersfield, CA (Metro) - 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 the Bakersfield, CA Metro in February 2026 was $1,757.022. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was 0.17%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 2.47%.

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

You can see similar information for other US metros, and for the United States.

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.
Bakersfield, CA (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
Bakersfield, CA (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Jan 2015 951.827718039534 NaN NaN
Feb 2015 956.1961862221602 0.46 NaN
Mar 2015 961.1320715628259 0.52 NaN
Apr 2015 962.4735258653582 0.14 NaN
May 2015 966.1760496547254 0.39 NaN
Jun 2015 964.943884392121 -0.13 NaN
Jul 2015 968.4382740834815 0.36 NaN
Aug 2015 966.3318310658881 -0.22 NaN
Sep 2015 967.7176357104396 0.14 NaN
Oct 2015 970.7312093328648 0.31 NaN
Nov 2015 973.805894457259 0.32 NaN
Dec 2015 973.8930755755966 0.01 NaN
Jan 2016 975.1606237312781 0.13 2.45
Feb 2016 975.1653899076894 0.00 1.98
Mar 2016 977.9913975872299 0.29 1.75
Apr 2016 979.8001075117096 0.19 1.80
May 2016 976.8448600594257 -0.30 1.10
Jun 2016 981.2695720197031 0.45 1.69
Jul 2016 984.7787484994026 0.36 1.69
Aug 2016 992.0295193808549 0.74 2.66
Sep 2016 991.8051818032417 -0.02 2.49
Oct 2016 991.0049849803071 -0.08 2.09
Nov 2016 992.7743228323142 0.18 1.95
Dec 2016 997.4283548535245 0.47 2.42
Jan 2017 1002.5656660140652 0.52 2.81
Feb 2017 1005.7427370012483 0.32 3.14
Mar 2017 1006.7142370877849 0.10 2.94
Apr 2017 1009.8166075577075 0.31 3.06
May 2017 1014.6351589988191 0.48 3.87
Jun 2017 1017.6538063909886 0.30 3.71
Jul 2017 1019.6435951297668 0.20 3.54
Aug 2017 1021.6924585931099 0.20 2.99
Sep 2017 1027.9889067084455 0.62 3.65
Oct 2017 1029.4153401374583 0.14 3.88
Nov 2017 1031.5396745864064 0.21 3.91
Dec 2017 1034.2339278248683 0.26 3.69
Jan 2018 1039.657221179041 0.52 3.70
Feb 2018 1045.5317015012429 0.56 3.96
Mar 2018 1047.0710942163685 0.15 4.01
Apr 2018 1049.018794878284 0.19 3.88
May 2018 1052.6538292403047 0.35 3.75
Jun 2018 1056.8754331253954 0.40 3.85
Jul 2018 1060.7014782991778 0.36 4.03
Aug 2018 1063.5743193697056 0.27 4.10
Sep 2018 1069.2411063031548 0.53 4.01
Oct 2018 1075.8925326959745 0.62 4.51
Nov 2018 1079.9959674602494 0.38 4.70
Dec 2018 1084.0004691096153 0.37 4.81
Jan 2019 1087.6844855011127 0.34 4.62
Feb 2019 1094.2802666000691 0.61 4.66
Mar 2019 1101.7873095781536 0.69 5.23
Apr 2019 1108.267130415894 0.59 5.65
May 2019 1113.525600989893 0.47 5.78
Jun 2019 1117.8345583918524 0.39 5.77
Jul 2019 1123.0920510136068 0.47 5.88
Aug 2019 1128.4607595342156 0.48 6.10
Sep 2019 1130.9108270321124 0.22 5.77
Oct 2019 1135.1287863223013 0.37 5.51
Nov 2019 1140.4424494689526 0.47 5.60
Dec 2019 1144.9743871936676 0.40 5.63
Jan 2020 1148.15586950767 0.28 5.56
Feb 2020 1149.1655657349056 0.09 5.02
Mar 2020 1154.8033632264112 0.49 4.81
Apr 2020 1159.7220725245545 0.43 4.64
May 2020 1163.581864344939 0.33 4.50
Jun 2020 1173.8993742624016 0.89 5.01
Jul 2020 1193.0918256657023 1.64 6.23
Aug 2020 0 -100.00 -100.00
Sep 2020 1223.0326531332557 Infinity 8.15
Oct 2020 1233.7783186398428 0.88 8.69
Nov 2020 1232.881585068701 -0.07 8.11
Dec 2020 1249.435068770392 1.34 9.12
Jan 2021 1266.1857878574115 1.34 10.28
Feb 2021 1275.8618675991993 0.76 11.03
Mar 2021 1284.22174656274 0.66 11.21
Apr 2021 1289.4615977656576 0.41 11.19
May 2021 1310.7046603126762 1.65 12.64
Jun 2021 1327.900084067932 1.31 13.12
Jul 2021 1336.0032017011977 0.61 11.98
Aug 2021 1345.5708267873856 0.72 Infinity
Sep 2021 1377.6403465251988 2.38 12.64
Oct 2021 1401.7824498992734 1.75 13.62
Nov 2021 1433.9504238215331 2.30 16.31
Dec 2021 1450.2579490369385 1.14 16.07
Jan 2022 1472.3703593981893 1.53 16.28
Feb 2022 1494.2626459595613 1.49 17.12
Mar 2022 1506.5381178520388 0.82 17.31
Apr 2022 1525.6714533782192 1.27 18.32
May 2022 1539.4604284870004 0.90 17.45
Jun 2022 1552.6089414846049 0.85 16.92
Jul 2022 1563.9689286244857 0.73 17.06
Aug 2022 1561.8839742996672 -0.13 16.08
Sep 2022 1564.461975978629 0.17 13.56
Oct 2022 1567.1958560342798 0.18 11.80
Nov 2022 1569.8340020393214 0.17 9.48
Dec 2022 1569.7444561253897 -0.01 8.24
Jan 2023 1568.0833197918018 -0.11 6.50
Feb 2023 1570.9125068327326 0.18 5.13
Mar 2023 1583.5920055067236 0.81 5.12
Apr 2023 1597.1956002281386 0.86 4.69
May 2023 1599.8189390442978 0.16 3.92
Jun 2023 1602.5085684199157 0.17 3.21
Jul 2023 1611.5064565178152 0.56 3.04
Aug 2023 1626.5320695273326 0.93 4.14
Sep 2023 1629.8426794110117 0.20 4.18
Oct 2023 1632.8108842208399 0.18 4.19
Nov 2023 1634.0846491203727 0.08 4.09
Dec 2023 1645.1863859327282 0.68 4.81
Jan 2024 1647.787349268986 0.16 5.08
Feb 2024 1653.601134127727 0.35 5.26
Mar 2024 1653.1645031024018 -0.03 4.39
Apr 2024 1661.7566699041834 0.52 4.04
May 2024 1666.6625379492964 0.30 4.18
Jun 2024 1674.4663560756856 0.47 4.49
Jul 2024 1675.2679976455381 0.05 3.96
Aug 2024 1679.5213681468008 0.25 3.26
Sep 2024 1681.9982223334957 0.15 3.20
Oct 2024 1691.165129969261 0.55 3.57
Nov 2024 1698.1266691308203 0.41 3.92
Dec 2024 1702.6273503206894 0.27 3.49
Jan 2025 1709.9366698335034 0.43 3.77
Feb 2025 1714.6288705183965 0.27 3.69
Mar 2025 1720.563819902653 0.35 4.08
Apr 2025 1717.2858993361212 -0.19 3.34
May 2025 1722.6912320070567 0.32 3.36
Jun 2025 1725.8106625268986 0.18 3.07
Jul 2025 1731.572617218951 0.33 3.36
Aug 2025 1734.1002245046707 0.15 3.25
Sep 2025 1741.6285846302137 0.43 3.55
Oct 2025 1743.9960561762125 0.14 3.12
Nov 2025 1748.2004286113117 0.24 2.95
Dec 2025 1750.1879559206895 0.11 2.79
Jan 2026 1754.0260727616621 0.22 2.58
Feb 2026 1757.0215849513345 0.17 2.47