Ames, IA (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 Ames, IA Metro in February 2026 was $1,046.86. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was 0.34%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 3.85%.

The chart below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI for the Ames, IA metro. The table below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes for the Ames, IA 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.
Ames, IA (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
Ames, IA (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) 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 0 NaN NaN
May 2016 0 NaN NaN
Jun 2016 0 NaN NaN
Jul 2016 0 NaN NaN
Aug 2016 0 NaN NaN
Sep 2016 0 NaN NaN
Oct 2016 0 NaN NaN
Nov 2016 0 NaN NaN
Dec 2016 0 NaN NaN
Jan 2017 0 NaN NaN
Feb 2017 0 NaN NaN
Mar 2017 0 NaN NaN
Apr 2017 0 NaN NaN
May 2017 0 NaN NaN
Jun 2017 0 NaN NaN
Jul 2017 0 NaN NaN
Aug 2017 0 NaN NaN
Sep 2017 0 NaN NaN
Oct 2017 826.5798706945429 Infinity Infinity
Nov 2017 825.7173358260494 -0.10 Infinity
Dec 2017 839.9126795769412 1.72 Infinity
Jan 2018 823.8377979130968 -1.91 Infinity
Feb 2018 819.9415966556645 -0.47 Infinity
Mar 2018 812.8122969939244 -0.87 Infinity
Apr 2018 813.5679793555576 0.09 Infinity
May 2018 811.5881304067732 -0.24 Infinity
Jun 2018 819.4577781618497 0.97 Infinity
Jul 2018 823.726796855231 0.52 Infinity
Aug 2018 828.60016049329 0.59 Infinity
Sep 2018 816.9566433425938 -1.40 Infinity
Oct 2018 812.9329755066404 -0.49 -1.65
Nov 2018 808.3457803014755 -0.56 -2.10
Dec 2018 810.1526702796975 0.22 -3.54
Jan 2019 817.4906457683425 0.91 -0.77
Feb 2019 818.2321616817871 0.09 -0.21
Mar 2019 814.9721017977387 -0.40 0.27
Apr 2019 821.6841561181935 0.82 1.00
May 2019 819.5047645395728 -0.26 0.98
Jun 2019 820.7144917671764 0.15 0.15
Jul 2019 825.8156042385483 0.62 0.25
Aug 2019 828.9195716669514 0.38 0.04
Sep 2019 843.628467946446 1.77 3.27
Oct 2019 839.667985742939 -0.47 3.29
Nov 2019 840.0147190630098 0.04 3.92
Dec 2019 832.6696291931207 -0.87 2.78
Jan 2020 832.0043259402249 -0.08 1.78
Feb 2020 836.0420514018305 0.49 2.18
Mar 2020 836.795345170632 0.09 2.68
Apr 2020 837.3598518037134 0.07 1.91
May 2020 830.393987953794 -0.83 1.33
Jun 2020 829.222185810649 -0.14 1.04
Jul 2020 828.0614775136598 -0.14 0.27
Aug 2020 834.1381277152502 0.73 0.63
Sep 2020 846.8316602483429 1.52 0.38
Oct 2020 861.6792138503239 1.75 2.62
Nov 2020 865.5591599946131 0.45 3.04
Dec 2020 867.2737467963364 0.20 4.16
Jan 2021 865.1250529630247 -0.25 3.98
Feb 2021 866.352104922081 0.14 3.63
Mar 2021 857.3578984800283 -1.04 2.46
Apr 2021 855.0721852792677 -0.27 2.12
May 2021 859.565575847939 0.53 3.51
Jun 2021 863.9591049287633 0.51 4.19
Jul 2021 875.7428260218599 1.36 5.76
Aug 2021 881.7133765545602 0.68 5.70
Sep 2021 881.2583621818412 -0.05 4.07
Oct 2021 878.5687124547635 -0.30 1.96
Nov 2021 876.7116818436617 -0.21 1.29
Dec 2021 879.0015436358917 0.26 1.35
Jan 2022 880.9535861865025 0.22 1.83
Feb 2022 884.5186271790335 0.41 2.10
Mar 2022 894.3426308725717 1.11 4.31
Apr 2022 903.1715452702668 0.99 5.63
May 2022 912.5973112736644 1.04 6.17
Jun 2022 916.3989805187241 0.42 6.07
Jul 2022 916.8220797089054 0.05 4.69
Aug 2022 917.5188271022924 0.08 4.06
Sep 2022 912.3808534476493 -0.56 3.53
Oct 2022 911.188851393988 -0.13 3.71
Nov 2022 914.4031988149727 0.35 4.30
Dec 2022 924.030769840551 1.05 5.12
Jan 2023 929.9326601919998 0.64 5.56
Feb 2023 934.4226855377733 0.48 5.64
Mar 2023 938.7782188309268 0.47 4.97
Apr 2023 938.8999780908765 0.01 3.96
May 2023 936.5286104175021 -0.25 2.62
Jun 2023 934.7652664708975 -0.19 2.00
Jul 2023 929.5024113261398 -0.56 1.38
Aug 2023 928.027703294445 -0.16 1.15
Sep 2023 942.9233048152669 1.61 3.35
Oct 2023 955.3603800798738 1.32 4.85
Nov 2023 965.6176876846513 1.07 5.60
Dec 2023 968.4908482238739 0.30 4.81
Jan 2024 973.8244353595937 0.55 4.72
Feb 2024 977.4625459948426 0.37 4.61
Mar 2024 974.9507844914483 -0.26 3.85
Apr 2024 980.0820383461158 0.53 4.39
May 2024 979.1272636782131 -0.10 4.55
Jun 2024 983.6523059448537 0.46 5.23
Jul 2024 991.3081262433863 0.78 6.65
Aug 2024 1002.4288093436259 1.12 8.02
Sep 2024 1004.0244771697021 0.16 6.48
Oct 2024 1003.9311795594248 -0.01 5.08
Nov 2024 1004.4410075100125 0.05 4.02
Dec 2024 1002.7630492529642 -0.17 3.54
Jan 2025 1006.3378531999256 0.36 3.34
Feb 2025 1008.0390743198332 0.17 3.13
Mar 2025 1014.4664799118151 0.64 4.05
Apr 2025 1017.0363237641121 0.25 3.77
May 2025 1025.0994017756166 0.79 4.70
Jun 2025 1029.6494476384955 0.44 4.68
Jul 2025 1033.8498625044228 0.41 4.29
Aug 2025 1033.4634293508072 -0.04 3.10
Sep 2025 1033.4289953864948 0.00 2.93
Oct 2025 1035.2849180634748 0.18 3.12
Nov 2025 1036.830821613106 0.15 3.23
Dec 2025 1042.342263221362 0.53 3.95
Jan 2026 1043.344891991467 0.10 3.68
Feb 2026 1046.8595203967873 0.34 3.85