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 2, 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 January 2026 was $3,002.809. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was 0.27%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 2.76%.

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 1996.2978922472498 NaN NaN
Feb 2015 2021.6236695384096 1.27 NaN
Mar 2015 2005.2302562706966 -0.81 NaN
Apr 2015 2020.7816164942526 0.78 NaN
May 2015 1996.3513955499495 -1.21 NaN
Jun 2015 2002.4716206027063 0.31 NaN
Jul 2015 2017.1859034365152 0.74 NaN
Aug 2015 2046.8232575020106 1.47 NaN
Sep 2015 2039.3860049446985 -0.36 NaN
Oct 2015 2065.4876703264736 1.28 NaN
Nov 2015 2040.066260507464 -1.23 NaN
Dec 2015 0 -100.00 NaN
Jan 2016 2040.9594183455815 Infinity 2.24
Feb 2016 2109.989599401993 3.38 4.37
Mar 2016 2104.9891758232407 -0.24 4.97
Apr 2016 2135.816450175539 1.46 5.69
May 2016 2115.441097406433 -0.95 5.97
Jun 2016 2142.309892224866 1.27 6.98
Jul 2016 2141.469681364444 -0.04 6.16
Aug 2016 2148.193327107311 0.31 4.95
Sep 2016 2160.4689985093137 0.57 5.94
Oct 2016 2137.9850603434265 -1.04 3.51
Nov 2016 2175.145532707048 1.74 6.62
Dec 2016 2169.943634835029 -0.24 Infinity
Jan 2017 2222.42592441642 2.42 8.89
Feb 2017 2182.325807031779 -1.80 3.43
Mar 2017 2209.0191179787557 1.22 4.94
Apr 2017 2204.455248701077 -0.21 3.21
May 2017 2221.366410143406 0.77 5.01
Jun 2017 2206.133490443225 -0.69 2.98
Jul 2017 2213.9427631932713 0.35 3.38
Aug 2017 2195.405899399464 -0.84 2.20
Sep 2017 2209.7558727049245 0.65 2.28
Oct 2017 2212.8028914927354 0.14 3.50
Nov 2017 2234.0749115910476 0.96 2.71
Dec 2017 2231.8244866095793 -0.10 2.85
Jan 2018 2248.6106449726426 0.75 1.18
Feb 2018 2227.253876851292 -0.95 2.06
Mar 2018 2229.5693839127757 0.10 0.93
Apr 2018 2206.9293863737603 -1.01 0.11
May 2018 2239.827035795346 1.49 0.83
Jun 2018 2257.774792287494 0.80 2.34
Jul 2018 2275.3216093289375 0.78 2.77
Aug 2018 2277.9683641020574 0.12 3.76
Sep 2018 2284.8903008049006 0.30 3.40
Oct 2018 2296.914522502831 0.53 3.80
Nov 2018 2302.41954389314 0.24 3.06
Dec 2018 2300.592123977555 -0.08 3.08
Jan 2019 2278.71106906171 -0.95 1.34
Feb 2019 2299.5749218451942 0.92 3.25
Mar 2019 2300.429387214346 0.04 3.18
Apr 2019 2328.5703090964716 1.22 5.51
May 2019 2316.003103237797 -0.54 3.40
Jun 2019 2321.2932461865603 0.23 2.81
Jul 2019 2322.1624228230503 0.04 2.06
Aug 2019 2346.436507216135 1.05 3.01
Sep 2019 2352.736014426272 0.27 2.97
Oct 2019 2368.490462292039 0.67 3.12
Nov 2019 2371.2622536152617 0.12 2.99
Dec 2019 2400.0194981527093 1.21 4.32
Jan 2020 2427.1121750756947 1.13 6.51
Feb 2020 2457.8904024926696 1.27 6.89
Mar 2020 2411.5523516820626 -1.88 4.83
Apr 2020 2387.3898482747386 -1.00 2.53
May 2020 2375.016477777689 -0.52 2.55
Jun 2020 2346.215686132408 -1.21 1.07
Jul 2020 2321.934057880466 -1.03 -0.01
Aug 2020 2284.8108556748334 -1.60 -2.63
Sep 2020 2224.1770569997666 -2.65 -5.46
Oct 2020 2166.299086092975 -2.60 -8.54
Nov 2020 2133.995730592243 -1.49 -10.01
Dec 2020 2125.4742307217625 -0.40 -11.44
Jan 2021 2142.9913993558134 0.82 -11.71
Feb 2021 2182.927650933965 1.86 -11.19
Mar 2021 2220.122687447603 1.70 -7.94
Apr 2021 2247.8687690601837 1.25 -5.84
May 2021 2274.3599707600706 1.18 -4.24
Jun 2021 2311.8646693650408 1.65 -1.46
Jul 2021 2352.5177976764408 1.76 1.32
Aug 2021 2377.5250890573952 1.06 4.06
Sep 2021 2421.6038962236707 1.85 8.88
Oct 2021 2455.7149169305003 1.41 13.36
Nov 2021 2491.117916269484 1.44 16.74
Dec 2021 2515.066313099999 0.96 18.33
Jan 2022 2536.900951137421 0.87 18.38
Feb 2022 2535.5690839445792 -0.05 16.16
Mar 2022 2514.1930170671476 -0.84 13.25
Apr 2022 2519.616063232949 0.22 12.09
May 2022 2534.144555800319 0.58 11.42
Jun 2022 2565.3879793092656 1.23 10.97
Jul 2022 2582.1143932912205 0.65 9.76
Aug 2022 2603.200748071182 0.82 9.49
Sep 2022 2628.0870081981093 0.96 8.53
Oct 2022 2642.3643687730228 0.54 7.60
Nov 2022 2683.0569176416716 1.54 7.71
Dec 2022 2702.479524029262 0.72 7.45
Jan 2023 2697.2229895537184 -0.19 6.32
Feb 2023 2710.4142449287974 0.49 6.90
Mar 2023 2714.9458143840784 0.17 7.99
Apr 2023 2743.1153812290618 1.04 8.87
May 2023 2736.7162235982278 -0.23 7.99
Jun 2023 2732.5548438091014 -0.15 6.52
Jul 2023 2716.7553522472294 -0.58 5.21
Aug 2023 2732.0837632090793 0.56 4.95
Sep 2023 2737.247248733962 0.19 4.15
Oct 2023 2796.836469981313 2.18 5.85
Nov 2023 2787.490352016745 -0.33 3.89
Dec 2023 2802.113979132418 0.53 3.69
Jan 2024 2818.414366270988 0.58 4.49
Feb 2024 2831.203489669305 0.45 4.46
Mar 2024 2847.420978778594 0.57 4.88
Apr 2024 2849.893452687188 0.09 3.89
May 2024 2876.7208698683103 0.94 5.12
Jun 2024 2893.3383185786574 0.58 5.88
Jul 2024 2878.877676756371 -0.50 5.97
Aug 2024 2888.697685730768 0.34 5.73
Sep 2024 2905.9859150310795 0.60 6.17
Oct 2024 2921.0763391449095 0.52 4.44
Nov 2024 2920.8125629228116 -0.01 4.78
Dec 2024 2918.098959818561 -0.09 4.14
Jan 2025 2922.087226355074 0.14 3.68
Feb 2025 2932.3047335414212 0.35 3.57
Mar 2025 2947.6660582708014 0.52 3.52
Apr 2025 2955.1067240861407 0.25 3.69
May 2025 2957.950649631779 0.10 2.82
Jun 2025 2962.4228681559107 0.15 2.39
Jul 2025 2998.651295420066 1.22 4.16
Aug 2025 2999.148532143004 0.02 3.82
Sep 2025 2996.9501025198597 -0.07 3.13
Oct 2025 2971.018431110098 -0.86 1.71
Nov 2025 2985.705631098428 0.49 2.22
Dec 2025 2994.887042657988 0.31 2.63
Jan 2026 3002.808565955118 0.27 2.76