Rent index — top 5 OC cities, 2021-2026
Zillow Observed Rent Index (smoothed, all-homes), monthly
Source:
Zillow ZORI · API:
/data/api.php?series=rent_zori_overall
30-year mortgage rate
Monthly average — Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED
Cap rate — multifamily by city
Latest available; range bars where reported
Source: NGP ticker history (extracted from CBRE / JLL / M&M reports). Confidence: medium.
Multifamily price per unit
Latest reported $/door, all asset classes
Source: NGP ticker history. Confidence: medium.
Renter household share by city
% of occupied units that are renter-occupied — ACS 5-year, latest vintage
Language spoken at home — Orange County
Top categories, ages 5+, ACS 5-year
Age distribution — Orange County (overall)
Adult cohorts, ACS 5-year, latest vintage
Source: ACS 5-year (B01001)
Data sources
- Zillow ZORI (Observed Rent Index)
- Smoothed all-homes-plus rent index, monthly, by city. zillow.com/research/data
- FRED — Federal Reserve Economic Data
- 30-year mortgage (MORTGAGE30US), fed funds (FEDFUNDS), unemployment (UNRATE / CAUR / LOSA106UR), CPI (CPIAUCSL), housing starts (HOUST). fred.stlouisfed.org
- U.S. Census — ACS 5-year
- Demographics, vacancy, language, age cohorts at the place level. Vintages 2019-2024. census.gov/acs
- NGP ticker history (legacy)
- Manually-curated cap rate / $-per-unit / vacancy estimates extracted from published CBRE, JLL, and Marcus & Millichap reports.
observation_type=extracted_report, confidence=medium.
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