Knoxville, TN (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 Knoxville, TN Metro in February 2026 was $1,716.145. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was 0.15%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 0.84%.

The chart below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI for the Knoxville, TN metro. The table below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes for the Knoxville, TN 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.
Knoxville, TN (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
Knoxville, TN (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Jan 2015 841.2436818465103 NaN NaN
Feb 2015 845.3262459963636 0.49 NaN
Mar 2015 849.7271058070917 0.52 NaN
Apr 2015 857.6897318271995 0.94 NaN
May 2015 855.8468243303514 -0.21 NaN
Jun 2015 858.4629466082644 0.31 NaN
Jul 2015 856.864344112002 -0.19 NaN
Aug 2015 856.8821175490101 0.00 NaN
Sep 2015 855.0147443220203 -0.22 NaN
Oct 2015 861.2026535827451 0.72 NaN
Nov 2015 868.2321162651667 0.82 NaN
Dec 2015 876.9335768944545 1.00 NaN
Jan 2016 878.6544917998639 0.20 4.45
Feb 2016 876.60491792917 -0.23 3.70
Mar 2016 871.4869006415631 -0.58 2.56
Apr 2016 873.1881923797044 0.20 1.81
May 2016 882.6004122296912 1.08 3.13
Jun 2016 886.0634313585059 0.39 3.22
Jul 2016 883.8629570445581 -0.25 3.15
Aug 2016 886.8954577606125 0.34 3.50
Sep 2016 891.3849084326298 0.51 4.25
Oct 2016 895.1521924872264 0.42 3.94
Nov 2016 893.3846404790318 -0.20 2.90
Dec 2016 894.9035398891021 0.17 2.05
Jan 2017 901.5463408903903 0.74 2.61
Feb 2017 912.3323009414213 1.20 4.08
Mar 2017 918.6102757543515 0.69 5.41
Apr 2017 920.5964020069259 0.22 5.43
May 2017 919.4924907015236 -0.12 4.18
Jun 2017 926.2299047556145 0.73 4.53
Jul 2017 933.0148089277166 0.73 5.56
Aug 2017 933.3186729845411 0.03 5.23
Sep 2017 942.840325687113 1.02 5.77
Oct 2017 946.0809077086129 0.34 5.69
Nov 2017 953.5842697431548 0.79 6.74
Dec 2017 948.6152599147051 -0.52 6.00
Jan 2018 951.1063818697019 0.26 5.50
Feb 2018 952.1095744454883 0.11 4.36
Mar 2018 951.6195936247274 -0.05 3.59
Apr 2018 953.6416954151986 0.21 3.59
May 2018 959.1848760082654 0.58 4.32
Jun 2018 967.6950237683933 0.89 4.48
Jul 2018 976.6832761067953 0.93 4.68
Aug 2018 982.5824207027166 0.60 5.28
Sep 2018 985.8203269030644 0.33 4.56
Oct 2018 988.1791670826982 0.24 4.45
Nov 2018 994.7784485271452 0.67 4.32
Dec 2018 1001.2384662063022 0.65 5.55
Jan 2019 1005.5397317567578 0.43 5.72
Feb 2019 1006.45661491642 0.09 5.71
Mar 2019 1014.7420032020906 0.82 6.63
Apr 2019 1021.9865762981001 0.71 7.17
May 2019 1026.81300521296 0.47 7.05
Jun 2019 1026.6874170172368 -0.01 6.10
Jul 2019 1027.8340952754218 0.11 5.24
Aug 2019 1033.9621792723262 0.60 5.23
Sep 2019 1037.5905219808233 0.35 5.25
Oct 2019 1045.3610021095737 0.75 5.79
Nov 2019 1049.1833714487666 0.37 5.47
Dec 2019 1059.0238180757692 0.94 5.77
Jan 2020 1066.1395181397156 0.67 6.03
Feb 2020 1076.199495601868 0.94 6.93
Mar 2020 1072.493191603964 -0.34 5.69
Apr 2020 1070.6566098138276 -0.17 4.76
May 2020 1068.079843049243 -0.24 4.02
Jun 2020 1074.3174967232471 0.58 4.64
Jul 2020 1074.5710726018092 0.02 4.55
Aug 2020 1080.8917262626214 0.59 4.54
Sep 2020 1093.0129942466838 1.12 5.34
Oct 2020 1115.5303225806267 2.06 6.71
Nov 2020 1135.490192414542 1.79 8.23
Dec 2020 1144.0933301650832 0.76 8.03
Jan 2021 1150.5266838733369 0.56 7.92
Feb 2021 1160.0266188754836 0.83 7.79
Mar 2021 1171.9077327639766 1.02 9.27
Apr 2021 1186.4388662754536 1.24 10.81
May 2021 1207.0866110752847 1.74 13.02
Jun 2021 1234.9130635407148 2.31 14.95
Jul 2021 1268.3697451751063 2.71 18.04
Aug 2021 1298.9901568780242 2.41 20.18
Sep 2021 1326.4227538299344 2.11 21.36
Oct 2021 1340.830822645283 1.09 20.20
Nov 2021 1346.9836839646946 0.46 18.63
Dec 2021 1360.78252196994 1.02 18.94
Jan 2022 1378.4683304446921 1.30 19.81
Feb 2022 1404.1507126583886 1.86 21.05
Mar 2022 1422.6060555262577 1.31 21.39
Apr 2022 1450.8938188691086 1.99 22.29
May 2022 1470.7138265969302 1.37 21.84
Jun 2022 1489.7387995339586 1.29 20.64
Jul 2022 1505.9086107155479 1.09 18.73
Aug 2022 1512.5558141654617 0.44 16.44
Sep 2022 1511.3301521549363 -0.08 13.94
Oct 2022 1513.1409864863663 0.12 12.85
Nov 2022 1527.6213888334742 0.96 13.41
Dec 2022 1543.8008371891842 1.06 13.45
Jan 2023 1553.8254295175577 0.65 12.72
Feb 2023 1559.7635464994783 0.38 11.08
Mar 2023 1574.812835030189 0.97 10.70
Apr 2023 1580.4746540461301 0.36 8.93
May 2023 1589.8790024620666 0.60 8.10
Jun 2023 1597.9415383160174 0.51 7.26
Jul 2023 1605.7062703174213 0.49 6.63
Aug 2023 1612.6021908437422 0.43 6.61
Sep 2023 1621.8024691558996 0.57 7.31
Oct 2023 1631.6671390971114 0.61 7.83
Nov 2023 1641.50992257677 0.60 7.46
Dec 2023 1639.7904540201653 -0.10 6.22
Jan 2024 1644.58103961633 0.29 5.84
Feb 2024 1646.4560554786626 0.11 5.56
Mar 2024 1649.5789529008239 0.19 4.75
Apr 2024 1652.5907697889927 0.18 4.56
May 2024 1656.7351465466206 0.25 4.21
Jun 2024 1655.3907761644857 -0.08 3.60
Jul 2024 1657.270814893738 0.11 3.21
Aug 2024 1661.8007157443558 0.27 3.05
Sep 2024 1673.6125524252757 0.71 3.20
Oct 2024 1684.5782295339154 0.66 3.24
Nov 2024 1692.9037162225313 0.49 3.13
Dec 2024 1697.7267698106834 0.28 3.53
Jan 2025 1699.8617270878303 0.13 3.36
Feb 2025 1701.9408063963308 0.12 3.37
Mar 2025 1703.7696312059845 0.11 3.29
Apr 2025 1707.2437450925524 0.20 3.31
May 2025 1708.9380433811239 0.10 3.15
Jun 2025 1714.8842603947464 0.35 3.59
Jul 2025 1718.1349039609418 0.19 3.67
Aug 2025 1721.1190969940064 0.17 3.57
Sep 2025 1718.2924232718242 -0.16 2.67
Oct 2025 1714.8279224987511 -0.20 1.80
Nov 2025 1710.14519525477 -0.27 1.02
Dec 2025 1712.2333864344025 0.12 0.85
Jan 2026 1713.5538007125333 0.08 0.81
Feb 2026 1716.1453936287407 0.15 0.84