Iowa City, IA (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 Iowa City, IA Metro in February 2026 was $1,323.104. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was 0.40%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 5.10%.

The chart below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI for the Iowa City, IA metro. The table below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes for the Iowa City, IA 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.
Iowa City, IA (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
Iowa City, IA (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) 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 966.2761823418715 Infinity NaN
Dec 2015 959.6492959850148 -0.69 NaN
Jan 2016 961.776661849308 0.22 Infinity
Feb 2016 936.6466216983343 -2.61 Infinity
Mar 2016 950.8125425394163 1.51 Infinity
Apr 2016 950.4519899068679 -0.04 Infinity
May 2016 957.7696452041632 0.77 Infinity
Jun 2016 952.0253277316233 -0.60 Infinity
Jul 2016 953.0594510076531 0.11 Infinity
Aug 2016 954.9428226611328 0.20 Infinity
Sep 2016 946.9544078769386 -0.84 Infinity
Oct 2016 940.4926010770868 -0.68 Infinity
Nov 2016 941.4323528192385 0.10 -2.57
Dec 2016 964.1866992374769 2.42 0.47
Jan 2017 975.4476020353778 1.17 1.42
Feb 2017 979.3213181473483 0.40 4.56
Mar 2017 973.9167622183653 -0.55 2.43
Apr 2017 972.0383815268453 -0.19 2.27
May 2017 976.6532592971128 0.48 1.97
Jun 2017 982.4428984456256 0.59 3.20
Jul 2017 977.596390893541 -0.49 2.58
Aug 2017 980.3717569672839 0.28 2.66
Sep 2017 980.6654498213617 0.03 3.56
Oct 2017 1000.0162896642273 1.97 6.33
Nov 2017 1000.4411584930441 0.04 6.27
Dec 2017 1004.3015462783907 0.39 4.16
Jan 2018 997.1148696307278 -0.72 2.22
Feb 2018 1000.2089348268232 0.31 2.13
Mar 2018 996.1270117259548 -0.41 2.28
Apr 2018 1000.4072687289835 0.43 2.92
May 2018 1000.1113303996026 -0.03 2.40
Jun 2018 998.6140142538858 -0.15 1.65
Jul 2018 1001.6946366242316 0.31 2.47
Aug 2018 995.0805637973717 -0.66 1.50
Sep 2018 994.0855553562653 -0.10 1.37
Oct 2018 993.6396831803303 -0.04 -0.64
Nov 2018 1003.7546947657447 1.02 0.33
Dec 2018 1004.3603979127869 0.06 0.01
Jan 2019 1001.8728464850371 -0.25 0.48
Feb 2019 1001.4228843519712 -0.04 0.12
Mar 2019 1008.3140319654033 0.69 1.22
Apr 2019 1009.957892627525 0.16 0.96
May 2019 1009.7708568778277 -0.02 0.97
Jun 2019 1012.3969375116642 0.26 1.38
Jul 2019 1015.1949476939578 0.28 1.35
Aug 2019 1020.6958211585998 0.54 2.57
Sep 2019 1024.8134730126174 0.40 3.09
Oct 2019 1018.4889947816176 -0.62 2.50
Nov 2019 1011.2048008793727 -0.71 0.74
Dec 2019 1006.0697644454066 -0.51 0.17
Jan 2020 1010.8571244921948 0.48 0.90
Feb 2020 1010.9109895833573 0.01 0.95
Mar 2020 1017.5723158882497 0.66 0.92
Apr 2020 1017.0787902678858 -0.05 0.71
May 2020 1021.1212278148924 0.40 1.12
Jun 2020 1023.9177870399533 0.27 1.14
Jul 2020 1030.2870266140915 0.62 1.49
Aug 2020 1029.9008198018066 -0.04 0.90
Sep 2020 1026.2010329951365 -0.36 0.14
Oct 2020 1025.5071619429727 -0.07 0.69
Nov 2020 1025.5170641913692 0.00 1.42
Dec 2020 1037.5577032544024 1.17 3.13
Jan 2021 1039.0058249916087 0.14 2.79
Feb 2021 1047.330150491863 0.80 3.60
Mar 2021 1049.1569773935369 0.17 3.10
Apr 2021 1057.113758512025 0.76 3.94
May 2021 1057.412546668705 0.03 3.55
Jun 2021 1061.2429312874194 0.36 3.65
Jul 2021 1061.037226001599 -0.02 2.99
Aug 2021 1064.394656951643 0.32 3.35
Sep 2021 1071.7736966296231 0.69 4.44
Oct 2021 1078.9500225459485 0.67 5.21
Nov 2021 1087.9957994061422 0.84 6.09
Dec 2021 1089.3585489665409 0.13 4.99
Jan 2022 1096.8549430759858 0.69 5.57
Feb 2022 1097.8418840690967 0.09 4.82
Mar 2022 1097.7666321222493 -0.01 4.63
Apr 2022 1095.0987735877034 -0.24 3.59
May 2022 1106.3280748384552 1.02 4.63
Jun 2022 1115.5954726583107 0.84 5.12
Jul 2022 1123.8086285478732 0.74 5.92
Aug 2022 1125.3493994406044 0.14 5.73
Sep 2022 1126.1339209354612 0.07 5.07
Oct 2022 1131.3203663983343 0.46 4.85
Nov 2022 1135.7443068159776 0.39 4.39
Dec 2022 1142.899600146041 0.63 4.92
Jan 2023 1145.5577254510795 0.23 4.44
Feb 2023 1146.287781212448 0.06 4.41
Mar 2023 1150.3961079029016 0.36 4.79
Apr 2023 1159.645373752195 0.80 5.89
May 2023 1163.090741762004 0.30 5.13
Jun 2023 1166.0559367744925 0.26 4.52
Jul 2023 1171.4657216812839 0.46 4.24
Aug 2023 1181.8731078540907 0.89 5.02
Sep 2023 1192.4047951954472 0.89 5.89
Oct 2023 1191.466135877349 -0.08 5.32
Nov 2023 1192.667884126362 0.10 5.01
Dec 2023 1193.9469092382283 0.11 4.47
Jan 2024 1197.8258168135337 0.33 4.56
Feb 2024 1205.9403985794097 0.68 5.20
Mar 2024 1213.196361635199 0.60 5.46
Apr 2024 1216.9484938609824 0.31 4.94
May 2024 1217.9235198518547 0.08 4.71
Jun 2024 1216.7988225782983 -0.09 4.35
Jul 2024 1227.7892530751237 0.90 4.81
Aug 2024 1228.3861249964293 0.05 3.94
Sep 2024 1237.2305083765486 0.72 3.76
Oct 2024 1237.204034034649 0.00 3.84
Nov 2024 1244.8243517358103 0.62 4.37
Dec 2024 1249.698521640652 0.39 4.67
Jan 2025 1254.5159479757833 0.39 4.73
Feb 2025 1258.9481599888084 0.35 4.40
Mar 2025 1262.7715551604356 0.30 4.09
Apr 2025 1267.1751291864373 0.35 4.13
May 2025 1274.0472584064555 0.54 4.61
Jun 2025 1283.2729519499662 0.72 5.46
Jul 2025 1282.260619658419 -0.08 4.44
Aug 2025 1288.316676097133 0.47 4.88
Sep 2025 1288.0545929949355 -0.02 4.11
Oct 2025 1299.7072027017894 0.91 5.05
Nov 2025 1304.587878565092 0.38 4.80
Dec 2025 1311.412985142811 0.52 4.94
Jan 2026 1317.7996412700304 0.49 5.04
Feb 2026 1323.1036046079523 0.40 5.10