Durham, 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 Durham, NC Metro in February 2026 was $1,654.332. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was 0.10%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 1.45%.

The chart below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI for the Durham, NC metro. The table below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes for the Durham, 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.
Durham, NC (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
Durham, NC (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Jan 2015 1008.3600147654155 NaN NaN
Feb 2015 1026.6317894966223 1.81 NaN
Mar 2015 1028.8611372832243 0.22 NaN
Apr 2015 1027.718776997387 -0.11 NaN
May 2015 1035.2604707413798 0.73 NaN
Jun 2015 1036.2854129260074 0.10 NaN
Jul 2015 1037.207847634879 0.09 NaN
Aug 2015 1038.2454748857117 0.10 NaN
Sep 2015 1038.1017177666427 -0.01 NaN
Oct 2015 1041.5736861544444 0.33 NaN
Nov 2015 1053.472939598988 1.14 NaN
Dec 2015 1058.83260333774 0.51 NaN
Jan 2016 1060.4862466998243 0.16 5.17
Feb 2016 1061.2699231147067 0.07 3.37
Mar 2016 1064.3118073023297 0.29 3.45
Apr 2016 1071.293151191186 0.66 4.24
May 2016 1067.9349391131245 -0.31 3.16
Jun 2016 1073.574800427141 0.53 3.60
Jul 2016 1075.496549447147 0.18 3.69
Aug 2016 1081.8370062137951 0.59 4.20
Sep 2016 1088.8080814546315 0.64 4.89
Oct 2016 1097.8165754614274 0.83 5.40
Nov 2016 1106.2756153865378 0.77 5.01
Dec 2016 1110.3023883195692 0.36 4.86
Jan 2017 1108.5082707647052 -0.16 4.53
Feb 2017 1108.1173873827518 -0.04 4.41
Mar 2017 1108.6848799031075 0.05 4.17
Apr 2017 1114.9055152269182 0.56 4.07
May 2017 1117.6717105823832 0.25 4.66
Jun 2017 1122.1443384191518 0.40 4.52
Jul 2017 1127.925344007817 0.52 4.88
Aug 2017 1135.8839828084172 0.71 5.00
Sep 2017 1141.1508093659718 0.46 4.81
Oct 2017 1142.4098204844652 0.11 4.06
Nov 2017 1141.2497893027853 -0.10 3.16
Dec 2017 1146.7120995025834 0.48 3.28
Jan 2018 1153.7203702332338 0.61 4.08
Feb 2018 1158.3283155901147 0.40 4.53
Mar 2018 1159.8934920123786 0.14 4.62
Apr 2018 1163.102878819236 0.28 4.32
May 2018 1166.9520155316561 0.33 4.41
Jun 2018 1169.4007956307385 0.21 4.21
Jul 2018 1171.2543037430148 0.16 3.84
Aug 2018 1173.8434984948271 0.22 3.34
Sep 2018 1176.222780135465 0.20 3.07
Oct 2018 1185.2886299251368 0.77 3.75
Nov 2018 1196.3592824284644 0.93 4.83
Dec 2018 1201.31508543 0.41 4.76
Jan 2019 1203.6144317591725 0.19 4.33
Feb 2019 1204.094809566495 0.04 3.95
Mar 2019 1212.540661201819 0.70 4.54
Apr 2019 1215.911765597274 0.28 4.54
May 2019 1222.4579061676645 0.54 4.76
Jun 2019 1227.4492474896276 0.41 4.96
Jul 2019 1233.0317760438554 0.46 5.27
Aug 2019 1235.9552371227064 0.24 5.29
Sep 2019 1240.3559089650882 0.36 5.45
Oct 2019 1240.991271750049 0.05 4.70
Nov 2019 1241.2139179702542 0.02 3.75
Dec 2019 1244.1277775386818 0.24 3.56
Jan 2020 1249.6310273404786 0.44 3.82
Feb 2020 1257.4631492960466 0.63 4.43
Mar 2020 1268.2039244083544 0.85 4.59
Apr 2020 1264.1674489073248 -0.32 3.97
May 2020 1263.4727195863857 -0.05 3.36
Jun 2020 1251.3355699632218 -0.96 1.95
Jul 2020 1255.3197735090482 0.32 1.81
Aug 2020 1255.596019615899 0.02 1.59
Sep 2020 1261.363140291439 0.46 1.69
Oct 2020 1270.7723054954558 0.75 2.40
Nov 2020 1280.6943061054542 0.78 3.18
Dec 2020 1294.7664186987067 1.10 4.07
Jan 2021 1299.1827833134587 0.34 3.97
Feb 2021 1302.3928703207118 0.25 3.57
Mar 2021 1298.0835479029013 -0.33 2.36
Apr 2021 1314.4164272452256 1.26 3.98
May 2021 1331.878659872846 1.33 5.41
Jun 2021 1365.0501644912442 2.49 9.09
Jul 2021 1386.6716558466578 1.58 10.46
Aug 2021 1413.4476209190564 1.93 12.57
Sep 2021 1439.8292217108585 1.87 14.15
Oct 2021 1456.5065496415846 1.16 14.62
Nov 2021 1466.657428358494 0.70 14.52
Dec 2021 1474.6211786260358 0.54 13.89
Jan 2022 1487.9385670712163 0.90 14.53
Feb 2022 1505.2013412004965 1.16 15.57
Mar 2022 1519.8352590785219 0.97 17.08
Apr 2022 1533.9807690192124 0.93 16.70
May 2022 1550.4727929182354 1.08 16.41
Jun 2022 1563.5318254431604 0.84 14.54
Jul 2022 1579.1624690986378 1.00 13.88
Aug 2022 1585.384912232658 0.39 12.16
Sep 2022 1586.767015182654 0.09 10.21
Oct 2022 1584.4094523195745 -0.15 8.78
Nov 2022 1590.7643851561959 0.40 8.46
Dec 2022 1595.1930950745682 0.28 8.18
Jan 2023 1601.7580521236112 0.41 7.65
Feb 2023 1604.6850394355708 0.18 6.61
Mar 2023 1611.6131111815907 0.43 6.04
Apr 2023 1613.9440940905508 0.14 5.21
May 2023 1614.2931024822508 0.02 4.12
Jun 2023 1610.2885486497075 -0.25 2.99
Jul 2023 1605.6424120216466 -0.29 1.68
Aug 2023 1603.0316138415462 -0.16 1.11
Sep 2023 1597.5180090052777 -0.34 0.68
Oct 2023 1607.7019242686401 0.64 1.47
Nov 2023 1607.9652554964132 0.02 1.08
Dec 2023 1619.1546404127598 0.70 1.50
Jan 2024 1618.074317131187 -0.07 1.02
Feb 2024 1627.0718402717248 0.56 1.40
Mar 2024 1624.1344785605713 -0.18 0.78
Apr 2024 1626.1439766504784 0.12 0.76
May 2024 1622.7907339541814 -0.21 0.53
Jun 2024 1624.070030247874 0.08 0.86
Jul 2024 1626.1286240731695 0.13 1.28
Aug 2024 1631.117538356582 0.31 1.75
Sep 2024 1633.4602040410578 0.14 2.25
Oct 2024 1628.331183615447 -0.31 1.28
Nov 2024 1632.75383606118 0.27 1.54
Dec 2024 1630.5592765464678 -0.13 0.70
Jan 2025 1634.676393002086 0.25 1.03
Feb 2025 1630.676617317662 -0.24 0.22
Mar 2025 1633.858422317044 0.20 0.60
Apr 2025 1634.547522475039 0.04 0.52
May 2025 1639.377349955306 0.30 1.02
Jun 2025 1642.588053147351 0.20 1.14
Jul 2025 1645.1018844559908 0.15 1.17
Aug 2025 1645.7531705046747 0.04 0.90
Sep 2025 1650.4397349188202 0.28 1.04
Oct 2025 1654.0274301080872 0.22 1.58
Nov 2025 1653.3825678484407 -0.04 1.26
Dec 2025 1652.8629174916555 -0.03 1.37
Jan 2026 1652.6509060948633 -0.01 1.10
Feb 2026 1654.33200386242 0.10 1.45