Lynn rent history: how rents have changed since 2018

The typical Lynn rent has gone from about $1,452/month in April 2018 to $2,342 in September 2026 — +61% (+$890) over roughly 8 years. Below is the full year-by-year record, not the smoothed recent slice you see on the home page.

Lynn rent index, the full series

Year-by-year average rent

Each year's figure is the average of every month Zillow published for that year, so the year-over-year column compares annual averages and seasonality doesn't distort it. 2026 runs only through September 2026, and 2018 begins in April — treat those partial years accordingly.

What the record shows

The Lynn index rose in every full year on record. The steepest climb was 2021 (+10.3%), part of the nationwide 2021–2022 rent surge; the most recent full year, 2025, came in softer at +3.5%. So far in 2026 the index is +2.7% versus the 2025 average — well below the surge-era pace, consistent with a market that is still rising but decelerating.

Over the 8-year span the highest monthly reading was $2,432 in July 2026, and the lowest was $1,427 in October 2018.

Read this honestly

• Smoothed index, not asking rents. ZORI tracks the typical observed market rent and is smoothed across listings, so it lags and mutes the sharp moves real renters felt — especially during the 2021–2022 spike.
• Recent months get revised. Zillow restates the last several months as more data arrives (usually under ~1%), so the newest figures here can shift slightly month to month.
• History, not a forecast. A 8-year record of rising rents is not a promise they keep rising. This is what happened, not what will.

See current Lynn rent and the per-ZIP breakdown, the best time of year to rent, Lynn against the Boston metro and the US, this month's report, or how we compute all of this. Want the numbers themselves? Download the full series as CSV — every month charted above, plus ZIP, metro, and national.

First published June 23, 2026 · Page last updated November 1, 2026 · rent index data through September 2026.