Zip Code: 02138 (Cambridge, Massachusetts) - 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 02138 Zip Code (Cambridge, Massachusetts) in February 2026 was $3,158.365. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was -0.08%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 2.41%.

The chart below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI for the 02138 zip code (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The table below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes for the 02138 zip code (Cambridge, Massachusetts).

You can see similar information for other Massachusetts zip codes.

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.
Zip Code: 02138 (Cambridge, Massachusetts) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
Zip Code: 02138 (Cambridge, Massachusetts) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Jan 2015 2097.373077059248 NaN NaN
Feb 2015 2123.792361827417 1.26 NaN
Mar 2015 2106.698566195331 -0.80 NaN
Apr 2015 2123.1219894182195 0.78 NaN
May 2015 2097.7116708655335 -1.20 NaN
Jun 2015 2104.9823606904024 0.35 NaN
Jul 2015 2120.3093759223657 0.73 NaN
Aug 2015 2151.1863549221353 1.46 NaN
Sep 2015 2142.407853017923 -0.41 NaN
Oct 2015 2171.221252281499 1.35 NaN
Nov 2015 2144.4083027209044 -1.24 NaN
Dec 2015 0 -100.00 NaN
Jan 2016 2144.520163676587 Infinity 2.25
Feb 2016 2217.2741538905047 3.39 4.40
Mar 2016 2212.2991289370766 -0.22 5.01
Apr 2016 2244.639395353542 1.46 5.72
May 2016 2223.248499483375 -0.95 5.98
Jun 2016 2250.5971385736375 1.23 6.92
Jul 2016 2249.7556404460415 -0.04 6.11
Aug 2016 2256.856285789876 0.32 4.91
Sep 2016 2270.4163508824845 0.60 5.98
Oct 2016 2246.5992768166857 -1.05 3.47
Nov 2016 2285.581430272459 1.74 6.58
Dec 2016 2280.3060106017656 -0.23 Infinity
Jan 2017 2335.6842355451413 2.43 8.91
Feb 2017 2293.6193504570297 -1.80 3.44
Mar 2017 2320.9225980396964 1.19 4.91
Apr 2017 2316.094194957839 -0.21 3.18
May 2017 2332.7184486567376 0.72 4.92
Jun 2017 2317.031025207689 -0.67 2.95
Jul 2017 2326.0490584668432 0.39 3.39
Aug 2017 2307.825224879607 -0.78 2.26
Sep 2017 2322.649753841103 0.64 2.30
Oct 2017 2324.1335614085606 0.06 3.45
Nov 2017 2347.059582500431 0.99 2.69
Dec 2017 2345.043826040942 -0.09 2.84
Jan 2018 2362.9753459281 0.77 1.17
Feb 2018 2339.9053302763773 -0.98 2.02
Mar 2018 2342.4534330357474 0.11 0.93
Apr 2018 2318.7954745575757 -1.01 0.12
May 2018 2353.8808848186313 1.51 0.91
Jun 2018 2373.0029568926693 0.81 2.42
Jul 2018 2392.8639594094725 0.84 2.87
Aug 2018 2394.3712289304135 0.06 3.75
Sep 2018 2402.228866998759 0.33 3.43
Oct 2018 2414.6844430097144 0.52 3.90
Nov 2018 2422.2322317227113 0.31 3.20
Dec 2018 2419.0859835732153 -0.13 3.16
Jan 2019 2394.7310599979714 -1.01 1.34
Feb 2019 2416.597240927108 0.91 3.28
Mar 2019 2417.6228087182963 0.04 3.21
Apr 2019 2447.0607376989938 1.22 5.53
May 2019 2433.973353840298 -0.53 3.40
Jun 2019 2439.3649626580022 0.22 2.80
Jul 2019 2438.8531635210916 -0.02 1.92
Aug 2019 2464.822683133685 1.07 2.94
Sep 2019 2471.1676429911004 0.26 2.87
Oct 2019 2488.903496080661 0.72 3.07
Nov 2019 2490.4478217538963 0.06 2.82
Dec 2019 2521.6904637419675 1.25 4.24
Jan 2020 2551.4200855675613 1.18 6.54
Feb 2020 2584.5475152268996 1.30 6.95
Mar 2020 2536.1585956761824 -1.87 4.90
Apr 2020 2509.089302202871 -1.07 2.54
May 2020 2496.1692364478254 -0.51 2.56
Jun 2020 2465.8000395538934 -1.22 1.08
Jul 2020 2442.3002109813606 -0.95 0.14
Aug 2020 2403.962399674417 -1.57 -2.47
Sep 2020 2339.722679882931 -2.67 -5.32
Oct 2020 2276.625033225245 -2.70 -8.53
Nov 2020 2243.84284186515 -1.44 -9.90
Dec 2020 2235.7929570207857 -0.36 -11.34
Jan 2021 2254.74651219378 0.85 -11.63
Feb 2021 2294.0442072426818 1.74 -11.24
Mar 2021 2332.4652953245604 1.68 -8.03
Apr 2021 2361.549485441794 1.25 -5.88
May 2021 2390.580813301756 1.23 -4.23
Jun 2021 2430.4445923586736 1.67 -1.43
Jul 2021 2473.754826839072 1.78 1.29
Aug 2021 2499.9240645825125 1.06 3.99
Sep 2021 2545.3339739906955 1.82 8.79
Oct 2021 2581.3869207317525 1.42 13.39
Nov 2021 2617.828058586802 1.41 16.67
Dec 2021 2644.634509955676 1.02 18.29
Jan 2022 2666.2916392030324 0.82 18.25
Feb 2022 2666.0492810698483 -0.01 16.22
Mar 2022 2643.0190879700153 -0.86 13.31
Apr 2022 2649.4279762227975 0.24 12.19
May 2022 2664.5328533326656 0.57 11.46
Jun 2022 2697.1036759665976 1.22 10.97
Jul 2022 2714.579885405299 0.65 9.74
Aug 2022 2736.164214814485 0.80 9.45
Sep 2022 2763.6651081025793 1.00 8.58
Oct 2022 2778.8924975927666 0.55 7.65
Nov 2022 2823.665598732389 1.61 7.86
Dec 2022 2838.2524704423404 0.52 7.32
Jan 2023 2832.2006436300053 -0.21 6.22
Feb 2023 2846.99873101355 0.52 6.79
Mar 2023 2856.6651998551897 0.34 8.08
Apr 2023 2887.1865301166845 1.07 8.97
May 2023 2879.4533340307635 -0.27 8.07
Jun 2023 2874.27271891037 -0.18 6.57
Jul 2023 2856.837139422751 -0.61 5.24
Aug 2023 2873.992926282552 0.60 5.04
Sep 2023 2880.1050290062553 0.21 4.21
Oct 2023 2942.197213370548 2.16 5.88
Nov 2023 2932.2015527813483 -0.34 3.84
Dec 2023 2949.7931374097902 0.60 3.93
Jan 2024 2966.4912447624097 0.57 4.74
Feb 2024 2979.481257276269 0.44 4.65
Mar 2024 2992.7060980524057 0.44 4.76
Apr 2024 2994.8705510697455 0.07 3.73
May 2024 3023.6849869459106 0.96 5.01
Jun 2024 3042.533347919792 0.62 5.85
Jul 2024 3029.717405650378 -0.42 6.05
Aug 2024 3036.684022643041 0.23 5.66
Sep 2024 3054.99004842718 0.60 6.07
Oct 2024 3072.1711189354987 0.56 4.42
Nov 2024 3070.18083473747 -0.06 4.71
Dec 2024 3066.2608551853855 -0.13 3.95
Jan 2025 3069.4895532165547 0.11 3.47
Feb 2025 3084.058692226373 0.48 3.51
Mar 2025 3101.365007507665 0.56 3.63
Apr 2025 3109.3256359387055 0.26 3.82
May 2025 3112.641564772084 0.11 2.94
Jun 2025 3116.9506356562756 0.14 2.45
Jul 2025 3153.8118134416304 1.18 4.10
Aug 2025 3156.630789006728 0.09 3.95
Sep 2025 3153.5927332679157 -0.10 3.23
Oct 2025 3125.4209131698417 -0.89 1.73
Nov 2025 3141.666484315489 0.52 2.33
Dec 2025 3151.8855232419746 0.33 2.79
Jan 2026 3160.858803441272 0.28 2.98
Feb 2026 3158.365304742587 -0.08 2.41