Zip Code: 98116 (Seattle, Washington) - 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 98116 Zip Code (Seattle, Washington) in January 2026 was $2,210.46. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was 0.56%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 4.08%.

The chart below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI for the 98116 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 98116 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: 98116 (Seattle, Washington) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
Zip Code: 98116 (Seattle, Washington) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Jan 2015 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 1618.101222096276 Infinity Infinity
Feb 2017 0 -100.00 NaN
Mar 2017 1646.4431379324838 Infinity Infinity
Apr 2017 1649.2129187545825 0.17 Infinity
May 2017 1664.5684789404113 0.93 Infinity
Jun 2017 1662.066647959338 -0.15 Infinity
Jul 2017 1666.1751501103604 0.25 Infinity
Aug 2017 1667.1470151694368 0.06 Infinity
Sep 2017 1656.67970848775 -0.63 Infinity
Oct 2017 1682.3585552160894 1.55 Infinity
Nov 2017 1672.0130406717428 -0.61 Infinity
Dec 2017 1691.950769606669 1.19 Infinity
Jan 2018 1693.849336400386 0.11 4.68
Feb 2018 1704.490656155499 0.63 Infinity
Mar 2018 1709.3589122035619 0.29 3.82
Apr 2018 1718.3505317141999 0.53 4.19
May 2018 1722.1784393224877 0.22 3.46
Jun 2018 1720.1571614389163 -0.12 3.50
Jul 2018 1726.451233579754 0.37 3.62
Aug 2018 1737.80304197163 0.66 4.24
Sep 2018 1744.2526247994012 0.37 5.29
Oct 2018 1734.6930956976905 -0.55 3.11
Nov 2018 1718.0617833788847 -0.96 2.75
Dec 2018 1734.260940461272 0.94 2.50
Jan 2019 1738.3188334679987 0.23 2.63
Feb 2019 1743.6788830669884 0.31 2.30
Mar 2019 1738.2520031509032 -0.31 1.69
Apr 2019 1742.402742567397 0.24 1.40
May 2019 1749.5999146166762 0.41 1.59
Jun 2019 1763.163336825395 0.78 2.50
Jul 2019 1768.5838093630784 0.31 2.44
Aug 2019 1773.3625188489696 0.27 2.05
Sep 2019 1778.227708044697 0.27 1.95
Oct 2019 1789.95260361255 0.66 3.19
Nov 2019 1810.984515978425 1.18 5.41
Dec 2019 1805.765035864107 -0.29 4.12
Jan 2020 1810.0552467268353 0.24 4.13
Feb 2020 1819.942507106092 0.55 4.37
Mar 2020 1860.664151075485 2.24 7.04
Apr 2020 1858.1179009560053 -0.14 6.64
May 2020 1815.8807900254385 -2.27 3.79
Jun 2020 1760.0123006149336 -3.08 -0.18
Jul 2020 1717.9971506352 -2.39 -2.86
Aug 2020 1700.2063758749593 -1.04 -4.12
Sep 2020 1684.0693682529065 -0.95 -5.29
Oct 2020 1670.0727106048307 -0.83 -6.70
Nov 2020 1643.437300089321 -1.59 -9.25
Dec 2020 1644.6513729067249 0.07 -8.92
Jan 2021 1639.5611262776324 -0.31 -9.42
Feb 2021 1661.944947100565 1.37 -8.68
Mar 2021 1653.8990261063816 -0.48 -11.11
Apr 2021 1665.3575784191435 0.69 -10.37
May 2021 1679.987561847436 0.88 -7.48
Jun 2021 1708.367039996749 1.69 -2.93
Jul 2021 1740.2340850795056 1.87 1.29
Aug 2021 1762.369220834804 1.27 3.66
Sep 2021 1790.3694900862936 1.59 6.31
Oct 2021 1820.629621048895 1.69 9.02
Nov 2021 1845.0785053192694 1.34 12.27
Dec 2021 1856.558601600635 0.62 12.89
Jan 2022 1864.4249439516773 0.42 13.72
Feb 2022 1859.4388355064364 -0.27 11.88
Mar 2022 1879.627845308531 1.09 13.65
Apr 2022 1889.8453962712256 0.54 13.48
May 2022 1920.7496084986055 1.64 14.33
Jun 2022 1942.2406160059381 1.12 13.69
Jul 2022 1962.0068303324442 1.02 12.74
Aug 2022 1973.3799382583054 0.58 11.97
Sep 2022 1994.2104320390254 1.06 11.39
Oct 2022 1994.651418237383 0.02 9.56
Nov 2022 2007.1915114799094 0.63 8.79
Dec 2022 2007.7526134046177 0.03 8.14
Jan 2023 2012.044747166999 0.21 7.92
Feb 2023 2018.0375099719804 0.30 8.53
Mar 2023 2014.2528813295553 -0.19 7.16
Apr 2023 2024.9453205048753 0.53 7.15
May 2023 2022.466100959243 -0.12 5.30
Jun 2023 2029.8836834785498 0.37 4.51
Jul 2023 2032.1074887929908 0.11 3.57
Aug 2023 2040.104032224876 0.39 3.38
Sep 2023 2044.079368837428 0.20 2.50
Oct 2023 2048.3565653831724 0.21 2.69
Nov 2023 2040.3800792289971 -0.39 1.65
Dec 2023 2046.7683312966667 0.31 1.94
Jan 2024 2070.819776004685 1.18 2.92
Feb 2024 2092.4420801295732 1.04 3.69
Mar 2024 2093.0606876933934 0.03 3.91
Apr 2024 2081.632651112427 -0.55 2.80
May 2024 2096.7794758765895 0.73 3.67
Jun 2024 2105.766379219274 0.43 3.74
Jul 2024 2114.942668061518 0.44 4.08
Aug 2024 2105.234125858761 -0.46 3.19
Sep 2024 2107.247103807369 0.10 3.09
Oct 2024 2119.6158583012334 0.59 3.48
Nov 2024 2128.6538941273893 0.43 4.33
Dec 2024 2134.1441441966904 0.26 4.27
Jan 2025 2123.8991884644965 -0.48 2.56
Feb 2025 2120.601787861087 -0.15 1.35
Mar 2025 2133.742347240522 0.62 1.94
Apr 2025 2150.301561897794 0.78 3.30
May 2025 2148.249080174233 -0.09 2.46
Jun 2025 2147.7742870029892 -0.02 2.00
Jul 2025 2150.3072377644644 0.12 1.67
Aug 2025 2166.7953204293703 0.77 2.92
Sep 2025 2174.519329045198 0.36 3.19
Oct 2025 2178.377861976149 0.18 2.77
Nov 2025 2188.698178885778 0.47 2.82
Dec 2025 2198.0670484535817 0.43 3.00
Jan 2026 2210.459757834758 0.56 4.08