Zip Code: 98498 (Lakewood, 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 98498 Zip Code (Lakewood, Washington) in February 2026 was $1,773.553. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was -0.25%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 3.56%.

The chart below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI for the 98498 zip code (Lakewood, Washington). The table below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes for the 98498 zip code (Lakewood, 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: 98498 (Lakewood, Washington) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
Zip Code: 98498 (Lakewood, Washington) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Jan 2015 823.2656227124594 NaN NaN
Feb 2015 843.9550023712635 2.51 NaN
Mar 2015 849.0444226546949 0.60 NaN
Apr 2015 851.2629319353964 0.26 NaN
May 2015 843.7206984061029 -0.89 NaN
Jun 2015 844.2784108743291 0.07 NaN
Jul 2015 856.2373496323339 1.42 NaN
Aug 2015 857.9016245615899 0.19 NaN
Sep 2015 876.2192784413337 2.13 NaN
Oct 2015 883.4235392499658 0.82 NaN
Nov 2015 903.3314590847223 2.25 NaN
Dec 2015 912.0204945125412 0.96 NaN
Jan 2016 924.5719354678815 1.38 12.31
Feb 2016 916.8670113604747 -0.83 8.64
Mar 2016 905.2499962844378 -1.27 6.62
Apr 2016 908.2083564078507 0.33 6.69
May 2016 907.5396460671893 -0.07 7.56
Jun 2016 931.5518936277213 2.65 10.34
Jul 2016 938.4763938936958 0.74 9.61
Aug 2016 957.5229066294935 2.03 11.61
Sep 2016 954.4653448339691 -0.32 8.93
Oct 2016 960.5954172987064 0.64 8.74
Nov 2016 964.4828671862747 0.41 6.77
Dec 2016 953.1481404975689 -1.17 4.51
Jan 2017 954.5441263457756 0.15 3.24
Feb 2017 978.2301935239659 2.48 6.69
Mar 2017 1003.4945273916081 2.58 10.85
Apr 2017 1021.330026805447 1.78 12.46
May 2017 1037.7644806514581 1.61 14.35
Jun 2017 1054.2946430026095 1.59 13.18
Jul 2017 1064.1415540383819 0.93 13.39
Aug 2017 1057.6868260759645 -0.61 10.46
Sep 2017 1069.9644595866907 1.16 12.10
Oct 2017 1079.803005933143 0.92 12.41
Nov 2017 1091.2474703367131 1.06 13.14
Dec 2017 1110.9975139007302 1.81 16.56
Jan 2018 1122.3008426319536 1.02 17.58
Feb 2018 1117.9903049540983 -0.38 14.29
Mar 2018 1149.8607148712847 2.85 14.59
Apr 2018 1154.4716127373956 0.40 13.04
May 2018 1158.8885090733781 0.38 11.67
Jun 2018 1124.764907416118 -2.94 6.68
Jul 2018 1128.48207449894 0.33 6.05
Aug 2018 1151.4052276006964 2.03 8.86
Sep 2018 1171.7323433481836 1.77 9.51
Oct 2018 1178.9151789619104 0.61 9.18
Nov 2018 1188.7277981265538 0.83 8.93
Dec 2018 1193.7995058395556 0.43 7.45
Jan 2019 1206.2249080820202 1.04 7.48
Feb 2019 1194.8063608286095 -0.95 6.87
Mar 2019 1177.0783461317644 -1.48 2.37
Apr 2019 1182.2629807947767 0.44 2.41
May 2019 1190.0979354890885 0.66 2.69
Jun 2019 1221.5628770765823 2.64 8.61
Jul 2019 1231.7831864490959 0.84 9.15
Aug 2019 1232.5326578016297 0.06 7.05
Sep 2019 1230.7299082340141 -0.15 5.04
Oct 2019 1239.2345040609498 0.69 5.12
Nov 2019 1245.3975795408053 0.50 4.77
Dec 2019 1255.632912974994 0.82 5.18
Jan 2020 1262.2415718538878 0.53 4.64
Feb 2020 1292.0254850191725 2.36 8.14
Mar 2020 1277.1834874711071 -1.15 8.51
Apr 2020 1274.311631552649 -0.22 7.79
May 2020 1242.8460262538665 -2.47 4.43
Jun 2020 1244.9657340883027 0.17 1.92
Jul 2020 1253.8618150629677 0.72 1.79
Aug 2020 1270.109867288413 1.30 3.05
Sep 2020 1298.3467177396542 2.22 5.49
Oct 2020 1305.8842597435148 0.58 5.38
Nov 2020 1308.5823934493544 0.21 5.07
Dec 2020 1311.7634471077467 0.24 4.47
Jan 2021 1311.862119346946 0.01 3.93
Feb 2021 1320.3590481020478 0.65 2.19
Mar 2021 1348.073088309263 2.10 5.55
Apr 2021 1386.0632385316014 2.82 8.77
May 2021 1433.2292636566044 3.40 15.32
Jun 2021 1458.1481840394677 1.74 17.12
Jul 2021 1484.494636526779 1.81 18.39
Aug 2021 1503.7288452953205 1.30 18.39
Sep 2021 1522.791009325379 1.27 17.29
Oct 2021 1532.3594996042837 0.63 17.34
Nov 2021 1552.656128556433 1.33 18.65
Dec 2021 1557.6204551793976 0.32 18.74
Jan 2022 1582.9539061145163 1.63 20.67
Feb 2022 1591.1107738028988 0.52 20.51
Mar 2022 1605.673275801978 0.92 19.11
Apr 2022 1604.638315603306 -0.06 15.77
May 2022 1618.7771615786457 0.88 12.95
Jun 2022 1627.543358559007 0.54 11.62
Jul 2022 1625.6789398254014 -0.11 9.51
Aug 2022 1617.5117936718245 -0.50 7.57
Sep 2022 1604.1855461789928 -0.82 5.35
Oct 2022 1605.532597201914 0.08 4.78
Nov 2022 1604.7201279727974 -0.05 3.35
Dec 2022 1620.1817521592418 0.96 4.02
Jan 2023 1612.1969286941605 -0.49 1.85
Feb 2023 1620.9011617326523 0.54 1.87
Mar 2023 1620.05879091087 -0.05 0.90
Apr 2023 1623.0999469382432 0.19 1.15
May 2023 1608.106709468058 -0.92 -0.66
Jun 2023 1588.6545910812608 -1.21 -2.39
Jul 2023 1589.9028103817475 0.08 -2.20
Aug 2023 1586.3971468280056 -0.22 -1.92
Sep 2023 1609.8133418769805 1.48 0.35
Oct 2023 1620.6118196157684 0.67 0.94
Nov 2023 1623.8452738461856 0.20 1.19
Dec 2023 1617.0316382738145 -0.42 -0.19
Jan 2024 1612.8173092466668 -0.26 0.04
Feb 2024 1624.6393569008508 0.73 0.23
Mar 2024 1627.5457941582613 0.18 0.46
Apr 2024 1652.4383776942311 1.53 1.81
May 2024 1676.4799286502955 1.46 4.25
Jun 2024 1699.6471700196619 1.38 6.99
Jul 2024 1694.5571078537776 -0.30 6.58
Aug 2024 1687.9548137384088 -0.39 6.40
Sep 2024 1675.0862984584473 -0.76 4.06
Oct 2024 1670.1063331057624 -0.30 3.05
Nov 2024 1670.0341621870891 0.00 2.84
Dec 2024 1667.1175876521913 -0.17 3.10
Jan 2025 1701.7177071389806 2.08 5.51
Feb 2025 1712.6435739799151 0.64 5.42
Mar 2025 1719.1698491957604 0.38 5.63
Apr 2025 1709.5804541002071 -0.56 3.46
May 2025 1706.2104524993456 -0.20 1.77
Jun 2025 1707.8599951612234 0.10 0.48
Jul 2025 1722.9498845828484 0.88 1.68
Aug 2025 1743.215876879996 1.18 3.27
Sep 2025 1756.006637926148 0.73 4.83
Oct 2025 1766.229799644564 0.58 5.76
Nov 2025 1776.3973074152022 0.58 6.37
Dec 2025 1790.798677903057 0.81 7.42
Jan 2026 1778.0960938352446 -0.71 4.49
Feb 2026 1773.55314171123 -0.25 3.56