Zip Code: 98121 (Seattle, Washington) - 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 98121 Zip Code (Seattle, Washington) in February 2026 was $2,754.042. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was -0.42%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 0.99%.

The chart below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI for the 98121 zip code (Seattle, Washington). The table below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes for the 98121 zip code (Seattle, Washington).

You can see similar information for other Washington 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: 98121 (Seattle, Washington) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
Zip Code: 98121 (Seattle, Washington) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Jan 2015 2053.1671936552575 NaN NaN
Feb 2015 2058.5562445287633 0.26 NaN
Mar 2015 2079.4372477711313 1.01 NaN
Apr 2015 2070.3836256921945 -0.43 NaN
May 2015 2126.7730562742886 2.72 NaN
Jun 2015 2127.249948282933 0.02 NaN
Jul 2015 2124.695176429966 -0.12 NaN
Aug 2015 2131.8435938985594 0.34 NaN
Sep 2015 2160.506273062713 1.35 NaN
Oct 2015 2172.3047493258787 0.55 NaN
Nov 2015 2201.568918399826 1.35 NaN
Dec 2015 2209.3499608913476 0.35 NaN
Jan 2016 2212.4527822282444 0.14 7.76
Feb 2016 2192.246228595313 -0.91 6.49
Mar 2016 2152.934874099629 -1.79 3.53
Apr 2016 2170.6216409522103 0.82 4.84
May 2016 2171.0348778993416 0.02 2.08
Jun 2016 2234.514928918089 2.92 5.04
Jul 2016 2230.6644792013412 -0.17 4.99
Aug 2016 2256.681693576486 1.17 5.86
Sep 2016 2251.240547210572 -0.24 4.20
Oct 2016 2288.291273470202 1.65 5.34
Nov 2016 2297.6592757553867 0.41 4.37
Dec 2016 2327.723343289054 1.31 5.36
Jan 2017 2366.6585484137017 1.67 6.97
Feb 2017 2437.831181425862 3.01 11.20
Mar 2017 2461.8464954492956 0.99 14.35
Apr 2017 2457.756481506121 -0.17 13.23
May 2017 2420.9210796131447 -1.50 11.51
Jun 2017 2387.1420391949487 -1.39 6.83
Jul 2017 2396.8367531440686 0.41 7.45
Aug 2017 2410.519561833491 0.57 6.82
Sep 2017 2420.537378015227 0.42 7.52
Oct 2017 2428.368928252967 0.32 6.12
Nov 2017 2412.4292080858163 -0.66 5.00
Dec 2017 2410.4775194599233 -0.08 3.56
Jan 2018 2386.048203945878 -1.01 0.82
Feb 2018 2387.661542584753 0.07 -2.06
Mar 2018 2408.017813637421 0.85 -2.19
Apr 2018 2419.889962239002 0.49 -1.54
May 2018 2441.6919136087813 0.90 0.86
Jun 2018 2450.613572463745 0.37 2.66
Jul 2018 2450.1368066701525 -0.02 2.22
Aug 2018 2452.4880431677566 0.10 1.74
Sep 2018 2426.3560867379815 -1.07 0.24
Oct 2018 2435.426784388903 0.37 0.29
Nov 2018 2459.606253057727 0.99 1.96
Dec 2018 2476.3472521155663 0.68 2.73
Jan 2019 2479.846890753327 0.14 3.93
Feb 2019 2475.3101463603425 -0.18 3.67
Mar 2019 2474.599446267132 -0.03 2.77
Apr 2019 2482.556057931989 0.32 2.59
May 2019 2500.2549735380853 0.71 2.40
Jun 2019 2514.9317298493784 0.59 2.63
Jul 2019 2531.1675734875594 0.65 3.31
Aug 2019 2536.6685715115764 0.22 3.43
Sep 2019 2572.773865036001 1.42 6.03
Oct 2019 2574.428196985712 0.06 5.71
Nov 2019 2581.718812573852 0.28 4.97
Dec 2019 2585.4390742676146 0.14 4.41
Jan 2020 2610.3937801647344 0.97 5.26
Feb 2020 2623.673833895021 0.51 5.99
Mar 2020 2636.233119197019 0.48 6.53
Apr 2020 2594.5749811824016 -1.58 4.51
May 2020 2539.4816839454666 -2.12 1.57
Jun 2020 2456.0420835188183 -3.29 -2.34
Jul 2020 2394.6973043295757 -2.50 -5.39
Aug 2020 2338.9731000454926 -2.33 -7.79
Sep 2020 2283.3445399534044 -2.38 -11.25
Oct 2020 2231.3377062592253 -2.28 -13.33
Nov 2020 2187.219446396682 -1.98 -15.28
Dec 2020 2170.665913962802 -0.76 -16.04
Jan 2021 2188.3518844942096 0.82 -16.17
Feb 2021 2224.0347219586342 1.63 -15.23
Mar 2021 2234.637624919479 0.48 -15.23
Apr 2021 2280.0426604887925 2.03 -12.12
May 2021 2330.105648006241 2.20 -8.24
Jun 2021 2411.474828472178 3.49 -1.81
Jul 2021 2471.7262828552107 2.50 3.22
Aug 2021 2532.6389586264245 2.46 8.28
Sep 2021 2569.203774180953 1.44 12.52
Oct 2021 2596.554868026998 1.07 16.37
Nov 2021 2609.3664579818083 0.49 19.30
Dec 2021 2621.9983228266283 0.48 20.79
Jan 2022 2617.2854442761495 -0.18 19.60
Feb 2022 2598.7732671348126 -0.71 16.85
Mar 2022 2596.083446738878 -0.10 16.18
Apr 2022 2585.130582174786 -0.42 13.38
May 2022 2592.744885575824 0.30 11.27
Jun 2022 2598.2854406737415 0.21 7.75
Jul 2022 2610.4179471290663 0.47 5.61
Aug 2022 2610.6024804679287 0.01 3.08
Sep 2022 2615.035016966154 0.17 1.78
Oct 2022 2612.934224918256 -0.08 0.63
Nov 2022 2602.031123576302 -0.42 -0.28
Dec 2022 2579.1756677869175 -0.88 -1.63
Jan 2023 2562.0831032861756 -0.66 -2.11
Feb 2023 2555.5300763688897 -0.26 -1.66
Mar 2023 2563.267397373712 0.30 -1.26
Apr 2023 2562.3490209085335 -0.04 -0.88
May 2023 2575.0999680893774 0.50 -0.68
Jun 2023 2569.4663475155735 -0.22 -1.11
Jul 2023 2568.9122431131914 -0.02 -1.59
Aug 2023 2561.403282365337 -0.29 -1.88
Sep 2023 2558.996720994254 -0.09 -2.14
Oct 2023 2568.940942384855 0.39 -1.68
Nov 2023 2578.7832419591473 0.38 -0.89
Dec 2023 2596.661571355707 0.69 0.68
Jan 2024 2613.8574808095705 0.66 2.02
Feb 2024 2633.6559849801265 0.76 3.06
Mar 2024 2641.688241907585 0.31 3.06
Apr 2024 2641.3534885610047 -0.01 3.08
May 2024 2638.764753015583 -0.10 2.47
Jun 2024 2641.0450366686773 0.09 2.79
Jul 2024 2651.5287973445875 0.40 3.22
Aug 2024 2647.2913368437275 -0.16 3.35
Sep 2024 2635.648580466248 -0.44 3.00
Oct 2024 2644.2879672413937 0.33 2.93
Nov 2024 2669.586874925111 0.96 3.52
Dec 2024 2696.9121960545012 1.02 3.86
Jan 2025 2717.8413284029134 0.78 3.98
Feb 2025 2727.0524190828564 0.34 3.55
Mar 2025 2736.1029241663296 0.33 3.57
Apr 2025 2755.0533364271087 0.69 4.31
May 2025 2764.019419486951 0.33 4.75
Jun 2025 2776.6832991638366 0.46 5.14
Jul 2025 2778.7798939763384 0.08 4.80
Aug 2025 2797.2080174840517 0.66 5.66
Sep 2025 2817.47830287286 0.73 6.90
Oct 2025 2815.515984811921 -0.07 6.48
Nov 2025 2800.8354488496157 -0.52 4.92
Dec 2025 2781.6203323390705 -0.69 3.14
Jan 2026 2765.714218367383 -0.57 1.76
Feb 2026 2754.0418907925505 -0.42 0.99