Lake Charles, LA (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 Lake Charles, LA Metro in February 2026 was $1,154.703. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was 0.83%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 10.05%.

The chart below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI for the Lake Charles, LA metro. The table below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes for the Lake Charles, LA 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.
Lake Charles, LA (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
Lake Charles, LA (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) 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 893.5855492728839 Infinity Infinity
May 2016 892.9045965303399 -0.08 Infinity
Jun 2016 903.8303892614888 1.22 Infinity
Jul 2016 887.9899918733582 -1.75 Infinity
Aug 2016 904.0451650412355 1.81 Infinity
Sep 2016 899.1100806720349 -0.55 Infinity
Oct 2016 913.3364910750098 1.58 Infinity
Nov 2016 919.8874742649505 0.72 Infinity
Dec 2016 931.1479319216166 1.22 Infinity
Jan 2017 942.8099697738501 1.25 Infinity
Feb 2017 946.7909964160963 0.42 Infinity
Mar 2017 936.9566750966085 -1.04 Infinity
Apr 2017 932.9734458233734 -0.42 4.41
May 2017 933.4263300052772 0.05 4.54
Jun 2017 941.671443402009 0.88 4.19
Jul 2017 940.6730948104555 -0.11 5.93
Aug 2017 946.8753906948222 0.66 4.74
Sep 2017 951.9825936929093 0.54 5.88
Oct 2017 965.5854934342013 1.43 5.72
Nov 2017 979.0173013371141 1.39 6.43
Dec 2017 975.5712654922421 -0.35 4.77
Jan 2018 960.6216729401049 -1.53 1.89
Feb 2018 958.3107596920509 -0.24 1.22
Mar 2018 970.3933051511818 1.26 3.57
Apr 2018 984.8937801764424 1.49 5.57
May 2018 986.6787414167366 0.18 5.71
Jun 2018 976.8296654136738 -1.00 3.73
Jul 2018 968.2975230129688 -0.87 2.94
Aug 2018 963.887748438729 -0.45 1.80
Sep 2018 968.9770929585644 0.53 1.79
Oct 2018 979.7901998112084 1.12 1.47
Nov 2018 977.4050834992714 -0.24 -0.16
Dec 2018 975.752423879898 -0.17 0.02
Jan 2019 970.2645632619693 -0.56 1.00
Feb 2019 967.5637960366839 -0.28 0.97
Mar 2019 965.0321991403559 -0.26 -0.55
Apr 2019 954.7698692810379 -1.06 -3.06
May 2019 953.6847907377576 -0.11 -3.34
Jun 2019 953.792908107885 0.01 -2.36
Jul 2019 961.9401514682222 0.85 -0.66
Aug 2019 956.4442568407205 -0.57 -0.77
Sep 2019 947.958424595415 -0.89 -2.17
Oct 2019 928.0812744087066 -2.10 -5.28
Nov 2019 918.8138021425711 -1.00 -5.99
Dec 2019 915.1562835306577 -0.40 -6.21
Jan 2020 918.0549411450568 0.32 -5.38
Feb 2020 914.5930589202861 -0.38 -5.47
Mar 2020 899.729163488148 -1.62 -6.77
Apr 2020 895.8475125287495 -0.43 -6.17
May 2020 900.3998992613368 0.51 -5.59
Jun 2020 911.4328626856825 1.23 -4.44
Jul 2020 921.1295533956603 1.06 -4.24
Aug 2020 925.5140450702667 0.48 -3.23
Sep 2020 938.3222398854502 1.38 -1.02
Oct 2020 933.4206221542485 -0.52 0.57
Nov 2020 0 -100.00 -100.00
Dec 2020 1030.2522936077291 Infinity 12.58
Jan 2021 1089.7153298748415 5.77 18.70
Feb 2021 1097.4024103350732 0.71 19.99
Mar 2021 1120.423689498568 2.10 24.53
Apr 2021 1148.207461802438 2.48 28.17
May 2021 1155.9685243400677 0.68 28.38
Jun 2021 1155.2113013250873 -0.07 26.75
Jul 2021 1150.3008385907456 -0.42 24.88
Aug 2021 1152.5055591931223 0.19 24.53
Sep 2021 1146.3198089417897 -0.54 22.17
Oct 2021 1152.5145160468242 0.54 23.47
Nov 2021 1123.6362140806748 -2.51 Infinity
Dec 2021 1104.5365196398484 -1.70 7.21
Jan 2022 1081.4597260921466 -2.09 -0.76
Feb 2022 1081.7414163918377 0.03 -1.43
Mar 2022 1067.9849659834815 -1.27 -4.68
Apr 2022 1047.103986655221 -1.95 -8.80
May 2022 1027.2237466932825 -1.90 -11.14
Jun 2022 1018.9463658966584 -0.81 -11.80
Jul 2022 1010.6439153523725 -0.81 -12.14
Aug 2022 1008.7433124052992 -0.19 -12.47
Sep 2022 1002.0941820198428 -0.66 -12.58
Oct 2022 998.0521694782121 -0.40 -13.40
Nov 2022 998.1243885718774 0.01 -11.17
Dec 2022 993.971668682529 -0.42 -10.01
Jan 2023 991.488874712452 -0.25 -8.32
Feb 2023 978.3328607866023 -1.33 -9.56
Mar 2023 975.8483693270733 -0.25 -8.63
Apr 2023 974.4982411324538 -0.14 -6.93
May 2023 988.8323640254694 1.47 -3.74
Jun 2023 994.5628852924942 0.58 -2.39
Jul 2023 1002.1722574959583 0.77 -0.84
Aug 2023 1002.298535428623 0.01 -0.64
Sep 2023 1012.5259471442597 1.02 1.04
Oct 2023 1022.1750256016937 0.95 2.42
Nov 2023 1023.1650792653068 0.10 2.51
Dec 2023 1016.1055933481848 -0.69 2.23
Jan 2024 1003.1749273550292 -1.27 1.18
Feb 2024 1004.1067552618703 0.09 2.63
Mar 2024 1002.2074337130368 -0.19 2.70
Apr 2024 1015.2482085367118 1.30 4.18
May 2024 1024.2183680044227 0.88 3.58
Jun 2024 1035.5799211985027 1.11 4.12
Jul 2024 1034.4767036008043 -0.11 3.22
Aug 2024 1032.6319095363403 -0.18 3.03
Sep 2024 1035.8142730614131 0.31 2.30
Oct 2024 1039.3006936928086 0.34 1.68
Nov 2024 1031.5207512923007 -0.75 0.82
Dec 2024 1029.7914683975196 -0.17 1.35
Jan 2025 1033.2182108378443 0.33 3.00
Feb 2025 1049.246959002688 1.55 4.50
Mar 2025 1056.7516329954651 0.72 5.44
Apr 2025 1054.5167174146 -0.21 3.87
May 2025 1049.406051002903 -0.48 2.46
Jun 2025 1046.3153563493827 -0.29 1.04
Jul 2025 1053.430358847084 0.68 1.83
Aug 2025 1065.03772224976 1.10 3.14
Sep 2025 1070.7476018248622 0.54 3.37
Oct 2025 1077.2960737783044 0.61 3.66
Nov 2025 1098.6570445786674 1.98 6.51
Dec 2025 1121.6318240367123 2.09 8.92
Jan 2026 1145.2208876845045 2.10 10.84
Feb 2026 1154.7032245866346 0.83 10.05