Columbus, OH (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, OH Metro in February 2026 was $1,484.262. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was 0.12%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 1.51%.

The chart below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI for the Columbus, OH metro. The table below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes for the Columbus, OH 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, OH (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
Columbus, OH (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Jan 2015 863.752526404554 NaN NaN
Feb 2015 865.2774724881059 0.18 NaN
Mar 2015 865.2912944692156 0.00 NaN
Apr 2015 862.9384771983173 -0.27 NaN
May 2015 868.7711193623888 0.68 NaN
Jun 2015 873.2385245629675 0.51 NaN
Jul 2015 882.6330697755027 1.08 NaN
Aug 2015 886.9976201713916 0.49 NaN
Sep 2015 891.1345276167731 0.47 NaN
Oct 2015 897.9301575629624 0.76 NaN
Nov 2015 896.773894025318 -0.13 NaN
Dec 2015 897.5395388890437 0.09 NaN
Jan 2016 899.5755477102352 0.23 4.15
Feb 2016 902.014777843318 0.27 4.25
Mar 2016 904.0627664319853 0.23 4.48
Apr 2016 908.1079062066963 0.45 5.23
May 2016 913.0165080618706 0.54 5.09
Jun 2016 919.6066642053736 0.72 5.31
Jul 2016 920.0377122891148 0.05 4.24
Aug 2016 920.4118206795197 0.04 3.77
Sep 2016 917.4315066537353 -0.32 2.95
Oct 2016 915.8882379743083 -0.17 2.00
Nov 2016 922.9122684229358 0.77 2.92
Dec 2016 928.8768772972902 0.65 3.49
Jan 2017 936.1270840560179 0.78 4.06
Feb 2017 941.1359160387225 0.54 4.34
Mar 2017 947.2740604248224 0.65 4.78
Apr 2017 952.39097964432 0.54 4.88
May 2017 951.7126148782737 -0.07 4.24
Jun 2017 953.810587470905 0.22 3.72
Jul 2017 956.0785091544185 0.24 3.92
Aug 2017 962.148848533261 0.64 4.54
Sep 2017 969.2198088598404 0.74 5.65
Oct 2017 972.3203248895265 0.32 6.16
Nov 2017 976.9547390319038 0.48 5.86
Dec 2017 979.0072667362259 0.21 5.40
Jan 2018 985.2296043914494 0.64 5.25
Feb 2018 990.1339022905256 0.50 5.21
Mar 2018 996.2820134792364 0.62 5.17
Apr 2018 1001.3615195706514 0.51 5.14
May 2018 1006.0653572846895 0.47 5.71
Jun 2018 1009.3517431690121 0.33 5.82
Jul 2018 1013.3896997821961 0.40 5.99
Aug 2018 1017.7479985844578 0.43 5.78
Sep 2018 1020.2326135841112 0.24 5.26
Oct 2018 1023.6349667951582 0.33 5.28
Nov 2018 1024.4901305895924 0.08 4.87
Dec 2018 1028.8958027786957 0.43 5.10
Jan 2019 1032.7229735958447 0.37 4.82
Feb 2019 1037.258475441949 0.44 4.76
Mar 2019 1038.5850017171713 0.13 4.25
Apr 2019 1040.9985339770496 0.23 3.96
May 2019 1046.2284651188947 0.50 3.99
Jun 2019 1050.8518411548182 0.44 4.11
Jul 2019 1055.9776922657982 0.49 4.20
Aug 2019 1059.036255735325 0.29 4.06
Sep 2019 1063.7554933341785 0.45 4.27
Oct 2019 1069.3954742847163 0.53 4.47
Nov 2019 1074.593420245296 0.49 4.89
Dec 2019 1078.5197317776167 0.37 4.82
Jan 2020 1080.473089269694 0.18 4.62
Feb 2020 1083.1141830835272 0.24 4.42
Mar 2020 1091.7355212504492 0.80 5.12
Apr 2020 1093.7648724828416 0.19 5.07
May 2020 1093.4374056996471 -0.03 4.51
Jun 2020 1093.8390075681525 0.04 4.09
Jul 2020 1098.7798337261713 0.45 4.05
Aug 2020 1106.2616834087933 0.68 4.46
Sep 2020 1111.3417045883014 0.46 4.47
Oct 2020 1122.2326733293714 0.98 4.94
Nov 2020 1130.1766967448143 0.71 5.17
Dec 2020 1131.9765222333594 0.16 4.96
Jan 2021 1135.0498289481163 0.27 5.05
Feb 2021 1139.993459709078 0.44 5.25
Mar 2021 1151.84673852992 1.04 5.51
Apr 2021 1159.284042400328 0.65 5.99
May 2021 1172.413350762836 1.13 7.22
Jun 2021 1183.0956829478066 0.91 8.16
Jul 2021 1193.2821487829715 0.86 8.60
Aug 2021 1201.5604059918462 0.69 8.61
Sep 2021 1212.9910180217519 0.95 9.15
Oct 2021 1223.3780552748403 0.86 9.01
Nov 2021 1234.0414402661984 0.87 9.19
Dec 2021 1244.8802992613228 0.88 9.97
Jan 2022 1252.6676572715835 0.63 10.36
Feb 2022 1259.670768529502 0.56 10.50
Mar 2022 1264.1856131052182 0.36 9.75
Apr 2022 1274.560738338657 0.82 9.94
May 2022 1283.4836881868816 0.70 9.47
Jun 2022 1298.7500393431058 1.19 9.78
Jul 2022 1310.6986645543857 0.92 9.84
Aug 2022 1319.0475911512415 0.64 9.78
Sep 2022 1322.6096106284122 0.27 9.04
Oct 2022 1320.7559944042002 -0.14 7.96
Nov 2022 1319.3607045512938 -0.11 6.91
Dec 2022 1325.2728617154005 0.45 6.46
Jan 2023 1333.3871208929143 0.61 6.44
Feb 2023 1341.4385232035943 0.60 6.49
Mar 2023 1346.357254360804 0.37 6.50
Apr 2023 1353.310040360449 0.52 6.18
May 2023 1361.0966555423763 0.57 6.05
Jun 2023 1361.6012697285128 0.04 4.84
Jul 2023 1364.7363939976174 0.23 4.12
Aug 2023 1368.8151763336039 0.30 3.77
Sep 2023 1372.6953261842154 0.28 3.79
Oct 2023 1377.5341028674586 0.35 4.30
Nov 2023 1384.8667890885026 0.53 4.97
Dec 2023 1392.0446931129582 0.52 5.04
Jan 2024 1394.5731918804488 0.18 4.59
Feb 2024 1398.4051640113248 0.28 4.25
Mar 2024 1399.334199195593 0.07 3.94
Apr 2024 1405.7643644120858 0.46 3.88
May 2024 1407.886934859965 0.15 3.44
Jun 2024 1417.2433001645036 0.67 4.09
Jul 2024 1424.5253212964587 0.51 4.38
Aug 2024 1432.296301085698 0.55 4.64
Sep 2024 1437.405444607172 0.36 4.71
Oct 2024 1439.9263764353207 0.18 4.53
Nov 2024 1446.7725687472926 0.48 4.47
Dec 2024 1452.2674224870652 0.38 4.33
Jan 2025 1460.515904397818 0.57 4.73
Feb 2025 1462.2230241538757 0.12 4.56
Mar 2025 1470.3587955988348 0.56 5.08
Apr 2025 1471.6022349508678 0.09 4.68
May 2025 1475.5679751694236 0.27 4.81
Jun 2025 1475.8580365945197 0.02 4.14
Jul 2025 1476.830786672284 0.07 3.67
Aug 2025 1477.3392247006086 0.03 3.15
Sep 2025 1480.394601493675 0.21 2.99
Oct 2025 1485.6172555784294 0.35 3.17
Nov 2025 1485.5431394889113 0.00 2.68
Dec 2025 1484.4064838434444 -0.08 2.21
Jan 2026 1482.4576779621148 -0.13 1.50
Feb 2026 1484.2623704459393 0.12 1.51