Wilmington, NC (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 Wilmington, NC Metro in February 2026 was $1,690.08. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was 0.27%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 1.39%.

The chart below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI for the Wilmington, NC metro. The table below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes for the Wilmington, NC 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.
Wilmington, NC (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
Wilmington, NC (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Jan 2015 909.646671576712 NaN NaN
Feb 2015 911.0620087050435 0.16 NaN
Mar 2015 911.5501974163445 0.05 NaN
Apr 2015 914.2046721781269 0.29 NaN
May 2015 914.2847737198906 0.01 NaN
Jun 2015 915.4722332614115 0.13 NaN
Jul 2015 915.0324826658506 -0.05 NaN
Aug 2015 918.1581807305104 0.34 NaN
Sep 2015 924.7739569208003 0.72 NaN
Oct 2015 925.9293996167145 0.13 NaN
Nov 2015 929.8742484894834 0.43 NaN
Dec 2015 929.9888670260676 0.01 NaN
Jan 2016 937.9043966487171 0.85 3.11
Feb 2016 939.970364857182 0.22 3.17
Mar 2016 944.7464083749273 0.51 3.64
Apr 2016 941.7044733494491 -0.32 3.01
May 2016 946.5596026829323 0.52 3.53
Jun 2016 951.7801978731866 0.55 3.97
Jul 2016 959.0388679837623 0.76 4.81
Aug 2016 959.7853046713589 0.08 4.53
Sep 2016 959.4702620759232 -0.03 3.75
Oct 2016 966.2581251126937 0.71 4.36
Nov 2016 970.1060601845812 0.40 4.33
Dec 2016 975.7576633064841 0.58 4.92
Jan 2017 977.3890425803604 0.17 4.21
Feb 2017 985.9066713179049 0.87 4.89
Mar 2017 992.4240199226546 0.66 5.05
Apr 2017 999.0886792723729 0.67 6.09
May 2017 1006.6647908247538 0.76 6.35
Jun 2017 1009.4181578864502 0.27 6.06
Jul 2017 1009.5082865705247 0.01 5.26
Aug 2017 1014.2228347571473 0.47 5.67
Sep 2017 1016.2381965946017 0.20 5.92
Oct 2017 1017.9028504989691 0.16 5.35
Nov 2017 1017.5049652423467 -0.04 4.89
Dec 2017 1023.7627494494305 0.62 4.92
Jan 2018 1024.347330773276 0.06 4.80
Feb 2018 1022.3321821543296 -0.20 3.70
Mar 2018 1031.9274904221086 0.94 3.98
Apr 2018 1044.5899517385878 1.23 4.55
May 2018 1057.103700554853 1.20 5.01
Jun 2018 1056.047177538704 -0.10 4.62
Jul 2018 1060.7146986762307 0.44 5.07
Aug 2018 1057.6708653934581 -0.29 4.28
Sep 2018 1072.9840427339375 1.45 5.58
Oct 2018 1083.5929982946689 0.99 6.45
Nov 2018 1103.5847959772013 1.85 8.46
Dec 2018 1108.597007436115 0.45 8.29
Jan 2019 1117.6662806972224 0.82 9.11
Feb 2019 1127.5966413998472 0.89 10.30
Mar 2019 1129.7142939935331 0.19 9.48
Apr 2019 1130.8459464932598 0.10 8.26
May 2019 1129.9438157614468 -0.08 6.89
Jun 2019 1142.2835296946869 1.09 8.17
Jul 2019 1150.9266993934393 0.76 8.51
Aug 2019 1164.480115407107 1.18 10.10
Sep 2019 1164.2045639653084 -0.02 8.50
Oct 2019 1166.1714107985988 0.17 7.62
Nov 2019 1161.823608293973 -0.37 5.28
Dec 2019 1165.2395764110863 0.29 5.11
Jan 2020 1168.6653102674604 0.29 4.56
Feb 2020 1170.964298961417 0.20 3.85
Mar 2020 1183.922025785213 1.11 4.80
Apr 2020 1196.4292243577365 1.06 5.80
May 2020 1209.7572900103194 1.11 7.06
Jun 2020 1214.3311909733832 0.38 6.31
Jul 2020 1216.8161335555435 0.21 5.73
Aug 2020 1214.022866797124 -0.23 4.25
Sep 2020 1212.0544195860084 -0.16 4.11
Oct 2020 1218.274200817879 0.51 4.47
Nov 2020 1229.453104198959 0.92 5.82
Dec 2020 1244.1562272216631 1.20 6.77
Jan 2021 1262.5966736222044 1.48 8.04
Feb 2021 1280.0979030775286 1.39 9.32
Mar 2021 1293.2330629402022 1.03 9.23
Apr 2021 1296.782875317567 0.27 8.39
May 2021 1305.1705416918905 0.65 7.89
Jun 2021 1321.3987285185426 1.24 8.82
Jul 2021 1348.0377587101104 2.02 10.78
Aug 2021 1377.8679227938105 2.21 13.50
Sep 2021 1417.2364787848903 2.86 16.93
Oct 2021 1444.3074842133403 1.91 18.55
Nov 2021 1468.305561816278 1.66 19.43
Dec 2021 1484.7694162656028 1.12 19.34
Jan 2022 1506.3325890441363 1.45 19.30
Feb 2022 1523.4126381860333 1.13 19.01
Mar 2022 1550.5723831271814 1.78 19.90
Apr 2022 1575.818004989012 1.63 21.52
May 2022 1605.91229429604 1.91 23.04
Jun 2022 1617.8520032406773 0.74 22.44
Jul 2022 1634.633011818259 1.04 21.26
Aug 2022 1640.8546117310614 0.38 19.09
Sep 2022 1640.5785151147386 -0.02 15.76
Oct 2022 1630.6767924533622 -0.60 12.90
Nov 2022 1626.9139499565479 -0.23 10.80
Dec 2022 1633.8309361865875 0.43 10.04
Jan 2023 1635.5154831063 0.10 8.58
Feb 2023 1644.371348617438 0.54 7.94
Mar 2023 1638.1375785738999 -0.38 5.65
Apr 2023 1642.197475073838 0.25 4.21
May 2023 1635.4098063742754 -0.41 1.84
Jun 2023 1641.3423187062344 0.36 1.45
Jul 2023 1635.6741499670825 -0.34 0.06
Aug 2023 1640.7026839805328 0.31 -0.01
Sep 2023 1642.334466332557 0.10 0.11
Oct 2023 1646.8442937594639 0.28 0.99
Nov 2023 1645.8925385771804 -0.06 1.17
Dec 2023 1638.9500948917982 -0.42 0.31
Jan 2024 1640.4838127917048 0.09 0.30
Feb 2024 1633.3255012478317 -0.44 -0.67
Mar 2024 1635.8479378509805 0.15 -0.14
Apr 2024 1636.2360043092444 0.02 -0.36
May 2024 1641.2426640266385 0.31 0.36
Jun 2024 1643.2011342599483 0.12 0.11
Jul 2024 1645.609146595661 0.15 0.61
Aug 2024 1647.6579658904768 0.13 0.42
Sep 2024 1649.7150320779504 0.13 0.45
Oct 2024 1652.2132212950992 0.15 0.33
Nov 2024 1661.2499047122094 0.55 0.93
Dec 2024 1666.7640308159453 0.33 1.70
Jan 2025 1664.2965524075266 -0.15 1.45
Feb 2025 1666.9245536364779 0.16 2.06
Mar 2025 1669.4162145864289 0.15 2.05
Apr 2025 1669.1202868340426 -0.02 2.01
May 2025 1669.140383273043 0.00 1.70
Jun 2025 1668.5927984610257 -0.03 1.55
Jul 2025 1671.8060190652475 0.19 1.59
Aug 2025 1671.9975413755428 0.01 1.48
Sep 2025 1674.6329191989037 0.16 1.51
Oct 2025 1677.5972518053604 0.18 1.54
Nov 2025 1676.9536995072544 -0.04 0.95
Dec 2025 1679.806193310549 0.17 0.78
Jan 2026 1685.4680194811917 0.34 1.27
Feb 2026 1690.079815318016 0.27 1.39