US YoY Rental Costs

US YoY Rental Costs

My apartment lease is expiring soon. Looking at rent prices in the Bay Area, I am surprised how much it has gone up. Therefore, this week, my visualization focuses on the rent cost increases from Feb 2025 to Feb 2026, based on the Zillow Observed Rent Index data.

My Visualization

This week’s visualization is mainly a Gantt chart. I combined it with shapes on the two ends to show the directions from 2025 to 2026.

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Dashboard link

Insights

• Among the top 20 largest regions in the US, San Francisco saw the highest rent increases in the past year (6.3%);
• New York saw 4.2% y/y rent increase, and has the highest rent in 2026 among the top 20 regions.

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