Rent
A price index tracks how prices move relative to a baseline period (set to 100) — it's a level, not a dollar amount. A value of 300 means prices are 3× the baseline.
Most recent
450.4
price index
September 2026
299.0 in 2016 → 450.4 today — 1.5× higher.
Change
1 year
▲ 2.8%
2 years
▲ 6.3%
5 years
▲ 28.2%
10 years
▲ 50.7%
Source: FRED (CUUR0000SEHA).