Columbus, IN (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 Columbus, IN Metro in February 2026 was $1,348.65. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was -0.43%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 2.51%.

The chart below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI for the Columbus, IN metro. The table below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes for the Columbus, IN 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.
Columbus, IN (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
Columbus, IN (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Jan 2015 0 NaN 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 NaN
Dec 2015 0 NaN NaN
Jan 2016 0 NaN NaN
Feb 2016 0 NaN NaN
Mar 2016 0 NaN NaN
Apr 2016 0 NaN NaN
May 2016 0 NaN NaN
Jun 2016 0 NaN NaN
Jul 2016 0 NaN NaN
Aug 2016 0 NaN NaN
Sep 2016 0 NaN NaN
Oct 2016 0 NaN NaN
Nov 2016 0 NaN NaN
Dec 2016 0 NaN NaN
Jan 2017 0 NaN NaN
Feb 2017 0 NaN NaN
Mar 2017 0 NaN NaN
Apr 2017 0 NaN NaN
May 2017 0 NaN NaN
Jun 2017 0 NaN NaN
Jul 2017 0 NaN NaN
Aug 2017 0 NaN NaN
Sep 2017 0 NaN NaN
Oct 2017 0 NaN NaN
Nov 2017 0 NaN NaN
Dec 2017 0 NaN NaN
Jan 2018 0 NaN NaN
Feb 2018 0 NaN NaN
Mar 2018 0 NaN NaN
Apr 2018 0 NaN NaN
May 2018 916.6786762174426 Infinity Infinity
Jun 2018 909.9620437923292 -0.73 Infinity
Jul 2018 914.9653875303936 0.55 Infinity
Aug 2018 915.9352590783215 0.11 Infinity
Sep 2018 910.2855448336592 -0.62 Infinity
Oct 2018 919.3909959486703 1.00 Infinity
Nov 2018 932.6526991896354 1.44 Infinity
Dec 2018 944.6911409624367 1.29 Infinity
Jan 2019 940.2167962652499 -0.47 Infinity
Feb 2019 935.7353986167874 -0.48 Infinity
Mar 2019 941.3256442811075 0.60 Infinity
Apr 2019 934.1844090873296 -0.76 Infinity
May 2019 929.3943882762643 -0.51 1.39
Jun 2019 935.7947570163858 0.69 2.84
Jul 2019 949.8804147070813 1.51 3.82
Aug 2019 959.6930960217506 1.03 4.78
Sep 2019 967.239892197251 0.79 6.26
Oct 2019 961.8374395008074 -0.56 4.62
Nov 2019 961.3022641476532 -0.06 3.07
Dec 2019 952.420660664767 -0.92 0.82
Jan 2020 956.2237090906356 0.40 1.70
Feb 2020 956.7913830207167 0.06 2.25
Mar 2020 961.7335621675909 0.52 2.17
Apr 2020 963.4704729240406 0.18 3.14
May 2020 958.1746981899228 -0.55 3.10
Jun 2020 954.4269166721416 -0.39 1.99
Jul 2020 948.86540490358 -0.58 -0.11
Aug 2020 954.3140856089134 0.57 -0.56
Sep 2020 966.5032334034662 1.28 -0.08
Oct 2020 980.4893235274589 1.45 1.94
Nov 2020 989.7197253257415 0.94 2.96
Dec 2020 995.9926872231288 0.63 4.58
Jan 2021 991.4420025660862 -0.46 3.68
Feb 2021 990.4538235281033 -0.10 3.52
Mar 2021 981.3646360774435 -0.92 2.04
Apr 2021 978.1640843632848 -0.33 1.53
May 2021 987.8315583640136 0.99 3.10
Jun 2021 1006.5145646377891 1.89 5.46
Jul 2021 1040.079536421706 3.34 9.61
Aug 2021 1055.5862363869032 1.49 10.61
Sep 2021 1070.468697051562 1.41 10.76
Oct 2021 1058.8317668019693 -1.09 7.99
Nov 2021 1071.4619770921038 1.19 8.26
Dec 2021 1085.1025847330347 1.27 8.95
Jan 2022 1111.4431318693144 2.43 12.10
Feb 2022 1108.9576041831594 -0.22 11.97
Mar 2022 1122.0937276323498 1.19 14.34
Apr 2022 1136.1267746971528 1.25 16.15
May 2022 1154.9882543552112 1.66 16.92
Jun 2022 1162.1337098868405 0.62 15.46
Jul 2022 1157.5889992086402 -0.39 11.30
Aug 2022 1153.980351489757 -0.31 9.32
Sep 2022 1146.1359723528367 -0.68 7.07
Oct 2022 1163.8045611743378 1.54 9.91
Nov 2022 1166.4978492557543 0.23 8.87
Dec 2022 1171.461502430296 0.43 7.96
Jan 2023 1167.612354467787 -0.33 5.05
Feb 2023 1175.8777492547417 0.71 6.04
Mar 2023 1189.741391608371 1.18 6.03
Apr 2023 1196.5708461770093 0.57 5.32
May 2023 1205.2072705340222 0.72 4.35
Jun 2023 1198.2455766633157 -0.58 3.11
Jul 2023 1188.07536882754 -0.85 2.63
Aug 2023 1194.8915775805967 0.57 3.55
Sep 2023 1206.5862226767729 0.98 5.27
Oct 2023 1220.2851905922764 1.14 4.85
Nov 2023 1218.684955220793 -0.13 4.47
Dec 2023 1221.7100908359703 0.25 4.29
Jan 2024 1231.2006687804073 0.78 5.45
Feb 2024 1251.8256013056086 1.68 6.46
Mar 2024 1256.3512764844697 0.36 5.60
Apr 2024 1262.1561631981251 0.46 5.48
May 2024 1254.6882700833087 -0.59 4.11
Jun 2024 1269.704998440158 1.20 5.96
Jul 2024 1277.9636885386692 0.65 7.57
Aug 2024 1279.6656884805373 0.13 7.10
Sep 2024 1276.4628661573947 -0.25 5.79
Oct 2024 1275.6503745647674 -0.06 4.54
Nov 2024 1297.9966650627312 1.75 6.51
Dec 2024 1304.3012717528973 0.49 6.76
Jan 2025 1314.6879692306716 0.80 6.78
Feb 2025 1315.6068362898545 0.07 5.10
Mar 2025 1318.0261353030646 0.18 4.91
Apr 2025 1322.244518815635 0.32 4.76
May 2025 1333.8375938662718 0.88 6.31
Jun 2025 1337.226167150765 0.25 5.32
Jul 2025 1348.9920437027781 0.88 5.56
Aug 2025 1356.8049525252256 0.58 6.03
Sep 2025 1366.0914701869444 0.68 7.02
Oct 2025 1366.7422219582597 0.05 7.14
Nov 2025 1358.4815092432757 -0.60 4.66
Dec 2025 1359.3747902268415 0.07 4.22
Jan 2026 1354.4359892384364 -0.36 3.02
Feb 2026 1348.650183150183 -0.43 2.51