Chicago, IL (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 Chicago, IL Metro in February 2026 was $2,132.285. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was 0.39%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 5.33%.

The chart below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI for the Chicago, IL metro. The table below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes for the Chicago, IL 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.
Chicago, IL (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
Chicago, IL (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Jan 2015 1360.5897267184673 NaN NaN
Feb 2015 1362.2262736095115 0.12 NaN
Mar 2015 1366.3740396608678 0.30 NaN
Apr 2015 1370.5551213402184 0.31 NaN
May 2015 1374.9386846090656 0.32 NaN
Jun 2015 1378.200731148979 0.24 NaN
Jul 2015 1380.9150377752171 0.20 NaN
Aug 2015 1384.7028956676359 0.27 NaN
Sep 2015 1387.9722611632692 0.24 NaN
Oct 2015 1392.5066701876483 0.33 NaN
Nov 2015 1396.8014152241424 0.31 NaN
Dec 2015 1402.2188735252475 0.39 NaN
Jan 2016 1406.3483327932893 0.29 3.36
Feb 2016 1409.0490031897325 0.19 3.44
Mar 2016 1411.1318526493274 0.15 3.28
Apr 2016 1412.0774174133194 0.07 3.03
May 2016 1413.9878257445016 0.14 2.84
Jun 2016 1416.4762841718673 0.18 2.78
Jul 2016 1421.2966487048452 0.34 2.92
Aug 2016 1427.1798278369465 0.41 3.07
Sep 2016 1429.958951916617 0.20 3.03
Oct 2016 1432.8651993144244 0.20 2.90
Nov 2016 1432.4614024829145 -0.03 2.55
Dec 2016 1432.1458330020437 -0.02 2.13
Jan 2017 1433.7323812381858 0.11 1.95
Feb 2017 1439.5608979199744 0.41 2.17
Mar 2017 1447.4657247566663 0.55 2.58
Apr 2017 1453.2175518141514 0.40 2.91
May 2017 1457.5010106652694 0.30 3.08
Jun 2017 1459.0381562132977 0.11 3.01
Jul 2017 1460.3295931608677 0.09 2.75
Aug 2017 1459.896470045831 -0.03 2.29
Sep 2017 1464.2283309500372 0.30 2.40
Oct 2017 1466.231287828896 0.14 2.33
Nov 2017 1470.6160293839284 0.30 2.66
Dec 2017 1473.7602338201114 0.21 2.91
Jan 2018 1477.5262369963439 0.26 3.06
Feb 2018 1481.1465127650079 0.25 2.89
Mar 2018 1482.2316900038843 0.07 2.40
Apr 2018 1484.4471017777169 0.15 2.15
May 2018 1486.7723546584523 0.16 2.01
Jun 2018 1491.8165218449008 0.34 2.25
Jul 2018 1496.1646704243922 0.29 2.45
Aug 2018 1498.7456706267749 0.17 2.66
Sep 2018 1498.9084339011993 0.01 2.37
Oct 2018 1500.3111018058294 0.09 2.32
Nov 2018 1504.4402353173002 0.28 2.30
Dec 2018 1511.5178373993813 0.47 2.56
Jan 2019 1515.472941336878 0.26 2.57
Feb 2019 1517.8379411407834 0.16 2.48
Mar 2019 1520.8565695439765 0.20 2.61
Apr 2019 1524.3469615943452 0.23 2.69
May 2019 1528.3623470802745 0.26 2.80
Jun 2019 1531.567156946839 0.21 2.67
Jul 2019 1535.0693495876865 0.23 2.60
Aug 2019 1540.5919414052094 0.36 2.79
Sep 2019 1546.3540502272674 0.37 3.17
Oct 2019 1552.2975330181462 0.38 3.47
Nov 2019 1555.7020513854927 0.22 3.41
Dec 2019 1557.454592973512 0.11 3.04
Jan 2020 1561.0594268597984 0.23 3.01
Feb 2020 1565.2481893623717 0.27 3.12
Mar 2020 1569.5431508782012 0.27 3.20
Apr 2020 1561.4664271602783 -0.51 2.44
May 2020 1552.3752859003089 -0.58 1.57
Jun 2020 1544.8157773094458 -0.49 0.87
Jul 2020 1542.4666783820242 -0.15 0.48
Aug 2020 1540.5712808952464 -0.12 0.00
Sep 2020 1536.1699152195667 -0.29 -0.66
Oct 2020 1530.5456664143796 -0.37 -1.40
Nov 2020 1527.0562095378425 -0.23 -1.84
Dec 2020 1527.9691365563456 0.06 -1.89
Jan 2021 1529.0620252476924 0.07 -2.05
Feb 2021 1533.5892738115872 0.30 -2.02
Mar 2021 1539.5409166597135 0.39 -1.91
Apr 2021 1554.189353897943 0.95 -0.47
May 2021 1570.0184070185117 1.02 1.14
Jun 2021 1587.5999162651594 1.12 2.77
Jul 2021 1602.4293109679365 0.93 3.89
Aug 2021 1617.101135620871 0.92 4.97
Sep 2021 1633.4500614749425 1.01 6.33
Oct 2021 1647.8758773378731 0.88 7.67
Nov 2021 1662.7068639553497 0.90 8.88
Dec 2021 1676.1776190422645 0.81 9.70
Jan 2022 1689.135283322161 0.77 10.47
Feb 2022 1699.277616243863 0.60 10.80
Mar 2022 1709.6483734471108 0.61 11.05
Apr 2022 1721.9800611516932 0.72 10.80
May 2022 1734.9695171269345 0.75 10.51
Jun 2022 1745.8044313455669 0.63 9.97
Jul 2022 1756.9665305723738 0.64 9.64
Aug 2022 1766.7830894485778 0.56 9.26
Sep 2022 1777.5184463578864 0.61 8.82
Oct 2022 1788.3241191431712 0.61 8.52
Nov 2022 1797.673340640352 0.52 8.12
Dec 2022 1805.9388670242881 0.46 7.74
Jan 2023 1813.7743685764187 0.43 7.38
Feb 2023 1823.1785870578242 0.52 7.29
Mar 2023 1832.5231127944603 0.51 7.19
Apr 2023 1839.4775888286022 0.38 6.82
May 2023 1848.6558903963964 0.50 6.55
Jun 2023 1856.8697802750096 0.44 6.36
Jul 2023 1865.4324993471582 0.46 6.17
Aug 2023 1874.5744130053197 0.49 6.10
Sep 2023 1881.2124908530773 0.35 5.83
Oct 2023 1888.3842618379038 0.38 5.60
Nov 2023 1895.2592112164568 0.36 5.43
Dec 2023 1905.28270676013 0.53 5.50
Jan 2024 1914.3593989610595 0.48 5.55
Feb 2024 1922.610995310255 0.43 5.45
Mar 2024 1929.0591137277636 0.34 5.27
Apr 2024 1936.6308348498617 0.39 5.28
May 2024 1942.4299173604036 0.30 5.07
Jun 2024 1949.6526024569425 0.37 5.00
Jul 2024 1956.6139475035568 0.36 4.89
Aug 2024 1964.606374080786 0.41 4.80
Sep 2024 1973.843898257964 0.47 4.92
Oct 2024 1985.3538589245236 0.58 5.14
Nov 2024 1997.2362446363322 0.60 5.38
Dec 2024 2008.1540590382024 0.55 5.40
Jan 2025 2015.6960604799192 0.38 5.29
Feb 2025 2024.370758770671 0.43 5.29
Mar 2025 2035.6232049142932 0.56 5.52
Apr 2025 2046.216754047896 0.52 5.66
May 2025 2056.703708580761 0.51 5.88
Jun 2025 2066.8513886004316 0.49 6.01
Jul 2025 2076.9330881051355 0.49 6.15
Aug 2025 2086.0540457220254 0.44 6.18
Sep 2025 2095.051429009964 0.43 6.14
Oct 2025 2101.8483641678004 0.32 5.87
Nov 2025 2108.683636882236 0.33 5.58
Dec 2025 2114.818938654042 0.29 5.31
Jan 2026 2124.019297324663 0.44 5.37
Feb 2026 2132.285103756572 0.39 5.33