# Allen, TX Apartment Locator | Free, Prices Checked Weekly > Free help from our Allen apartment locator team: renovated and original units side by side, with prices checked every week. Allen has no train, so every commute is a drive. URL: https://apartmentlocatordallas.com/neighborhoods/allen/ Serving Allen and surrounding areas # Allen Apartment Locator: Renovated or Original Units, US-75 Drives Allen sits on US-75 between Plano and McKinney, with lots of garden communities from the 1990s and 2000s. Very little here is older than that. The quote that matters is renovated versus original: two units in one complex can sit at different rents. Homes walkable to Watters Creek cost more. Allen isn't a DART city, so every commute is a drive. 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Prices count any firm free rent, spread over the lease, and are before fees. - Studio: from $1,250, 2 places with one available, 2 with a special - 1 Bedroom: $1,213 a month typical, from $877, 21 places with one available, 12 with a special - 2 Bedroom: $1,640 a month typical, from $1,008, 22 places with one available, 12 with a special - 3 Bedroom: $2,142 a month typical, from $1,782, 14 places with one available, 8 with a special ## Allen rents this week We check these numbers every week. Updated November 6, 2026. Where a place has a firm move-in special, its rent counts the free rent spread evenly over the lease. Rents are before fees. 22 communities in Allen had homes available; 12 listed a move-in special. Method: https://apartmentlocatordallas.com/rent-data-methodology/ Our read this week: Count their free rent, and newer buildings here cost only about $103 a month more than middle age ones ($1,260 vs. $1,157 for a 1 bedroom). That's not much extra for a newer home. Free rent runs bigger at newer buildings: about 9 weeks, compared with 4 at middle age ones. 3 buildings here are brand new or still opening, and 3 of them have a move-in special right now. New buildings have to fill up fast, so they usually give the biggest deals. | Size | Communities with available apartments | Lowest rent | Middle half | Typical starting rent | Typical $/sq ft | Since November 1 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Studio | 2 | $1,250 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | | 1 bed | 21 | $877 | $1,115 to $1,300 | $1,213 | $1.79 | down $18 | | 2 bed | 22 | $1,008 | $1,420 to $1,962 | $1,640 | $1.65 | no change | | 3 bed | 14 | $1,782 | $1,929 to $2,531 | $2,142 | $1.56 | no change | | Building class | Communities | Typical 1 bed | $/sq ft | With a special | Typical weeks free | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Newer (Class A) | 11 | $1,260 | $1.79 | 73% | 9 | | Middle (Class B) | 9 | $1,157 | $1.52 | 33% | 4 | | Older (Class C) | 1 | n/a | $1.87 | 0% | n/a | - Cheapest 1 bedroom here: 1 bed listed from $957 (692 sq ft), Class B. Special: 1 Month Free. About $877/mo net effective over a 12 month lease - Cheapest 2 bedroom here: 2 bed listed from $1,300 (1050 sq ft), Class B. Special: $0 Deposit + up To 1 Month Free on Select Units - Cheapest studio here: Studio listed from $1,250 (565 sq ft), Class A. Special: Up to 10 Weeks Free Off Base Rent - Cheapest 3 bedroom here: 3 bed listed from $1,915 (1231 sq ft), Class B - Most free rent here: 1 bed listed from $1,479 (696 sq ft), Class A. Special: 10 Weeks Free. About $1,195/mo net effective over a 12 month lease - Could be the cheapest studio: Studio listed from $1,280 (562 sq ft), Class A. Special: Up to 10 Weeks Free Off Base Rent Rents are the lowest listed price for an available apartment of each size in our weekly check. We leave out income restricted, tax credit, 55+ and student communities. Prices can change any day, so get the final price in writing from the building before you apply. ## Areas we cover inside Allen - **Watters Creek**: Watters Creek is the outdoor shopping and dining center at Bethany Drive just west of US-75, with apartments and offices built around its central green. You can walk to restaurants and shops from those buildings, and the highway is a minute away. - **Montgomery Farm**: Montgomery Farm is the planned district wrapped around Watters Creek, where midsize apartment buildings, offices and townhomes sit on wooded creek land west of US-75. Trails tie it to the shops, and Bethany Drive and Alma Drive are the main ways in. - **Twin Creeks**: Twin Creeks covers much of west Allen between Exchange Parkway and McDermott Drive, west of Alma Drive. It has a golf course and miles of trails for walking and biking. It's mostly houses, so rentals here usually mean a leased home. - **Exchange Parkway Corridor**: Exchange Parkway crosses US-75 in north central Allen, just south of the Stacy Road exit. That exit serves Allen Premium Outlets and the Credit Union of Texas Event Center. Newer garden and midsize complexes sit near the highway, and SH-121 is a few minutes north. - **Downtown Allen**: Allen's old town sits east of US-75 around Main Street and Greenville Avenue (SH-5). The Allen Heritage Center is here, along with a few buildings that made it through a 1915 fire. Nearby rentals are older houses, duplexes and some newer complexes, and Allen has no DART rail. - **Bethany Drive Corridor**: Bethany Drive is the main road across south Allen from east to west. It crosses US-75 by Watters Creek and passes Bethany Lakes Park near Alma Drive. Apartment complexes cluster on the stretch closest to the highway, and the Plano line isn't far south. ## Allen Apartments: Renovated or Original Sets the Price - We ask whether each quoted unit is renovated, since one complex can have two prices - Two bedroom searches started in the older garden communities, where most of Allen's two bedrooms are - Watters Creek rents set next to a similar building a few minutes away, so you can see what the walk costs ## No train in Allen: US-75, SH-121 and the frontage roads US-75 is the main road: south through Plano and Richardson's Telecom Corridor to Dallas, and north to McKinney. SH-121, the Sam Rayburn Tollway, clips the northwest corner toward Frisco and charges by the trip, so put any regular use on [NTTA's toll calculator](https://www.ntta.org/toll-calculator). Allen never joined DART, so there's no train or regular bus to lean on. The nearest rail is Parker Road Station in Plano, a drive south. Inside town, Main Street and Exchange Parkway run east and west, and the US-75 frontage road reaches Watters Creek and the outlets. Allen is on Oncor's lines, so you can shop for an electric plan. ## What changes an Allen quote Most apartments here went up after 1990. The usual type is the garden community, and many have been updated since. The range is narrower than in Frisco or McKinney, which makes the search quicker but leaves fewer picks at the very top and bottom. Renovation is what moves a quote here. Updated and original units in the same complex can differ by a real amount each month, and listings rarely say which one you're seeing. Ask before you compare (it's the first thing we ask). Newer buildings cluster along the frontage road and around Watters Creek at Montgomery Farm. Being able to walk to the shops there adds to the rent. Townhomes and homes built to rent are spread around town. The older garden communities away from Watters Creek have easier rules, so start there if your credit has a few dings. ## What a week in Allen looks like Allen runs on US-75 and on its parks. Most errands are a short drive along the freeway, and more than 80 miles of trails tie the neighborhoods to the parks. ### Allen by car, and by trail Allen has no rail, so the drive is the commute. Our 8am weekday timing puts Legacy West about 23 minutes away, DFW Airport about 45 and Downtown Dallas about 52. For shorter trips, the city counts more than 80 miles of hike and bike trails. The Watters Branch trail runs more than 4 miles south from Ridgeview Drive to Watters Creek, so a ride to the shops can skip the frontage road. - **Watters Branch Trail** (trail): A creekside path down to the shops at Watters Creek; ride it on a weekend morning and stop for coffee. ### Parks and trails across Allen Celebration Park, on Angel Parkway, is the big one: sports fields, a walking loop, a dog park with separate large and small dog areas, and a splash pad. The city plans an update there with new play areas. The Cottonwood Creek Trail runs north and south through the city toward Heritage Park, a good route for a longer ride. - **Celebration Park** (park): Walk the loop or bring the dog on a weekday evening; weekends fill with games on the fields. - **Cottonwood Creek Trail** (trail): The longer north to south route through town for a steady weekend ride. ### Where Allen goes for dinner Watters Creek at Montgomery Farm is the walkable dinner spot, with patios around a green off Bethany Drive. The Village at Allen, on Stacy Road by US-75, is the other big cluster of restaurants and stores. Main Street in the old downtown, east of the freeway, is the quieter choice. - **Watters Creek at Montgomery Farm** (shopping center): Park once and walk to dinner, then sit on the green on a mild evening. ### Outlets and the weekly run Allen Premium Outlets, at Stacy Road and the freeway, is the big shopping stop, with name brand outlet stores. Fairview Town Center sits just north across the city line. For groceries, the H-E-B on Exchange Parkway is the big one. - **Allen Premium Outlets** (outlet mall): Name brand deals off the freeway; go on a weekday, since the Saturday lots fill fast in fall. ### Hockey nights and the Fourth of July The Allen Americans play ECHL hockey at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center. Home games run from late October into spring, and the arena seats about 6,275. Celebration Park hosts the city's Allen USA Celebration around the Fourth of July. The splash pad closes the week before so crews can set up. - **Credit Union of Texas Event Center** (arena): ECHL hockey a short drive from most Allen homes; weekend games make an easy night out. ### What we tell Allen renters Weekends from Thanksgiving through December back up the Stacy Road exit by the outlets. Hockey nights add traffic at the same exit, so time a Saturday drive north around it. If you'll bike to work or the shops, pick a home near the Watters or Cottonwood Creek trail. The trails are the best way around town without the car. ## Allen questions Is my Allen address in Allen ISD? Most of it is. Parts of the city fall in Plano, McKinney and Lovejoy ISD, and ZIP codes won't settle it; the district's map will. Renovated or original unit: how much does it matter? Enough to change which building is cheaper. The same floor plan in one older complex can carry two prices, and the listing rarely says which one you were quoted. Ask, then compare like with like. Is Watters Creek worth the higher rent? Only you can say, but do the math first. Set a building by Watters Creek beside a similar one across town and look at the monthly gap; that's what the walk to dinner costs. Where are the two bedroom apartments in Allen? Mostly in the older garden communities, some updated and some original. The frontage road and Watters Creek buildings have them too, at a higher rent. A typical Allen two bedroom runs about $1,640 a month right now, after free rent. Who works with bad credit here? Start with the older garden communities away from Watters Creek, which have easier rules than the new buildings. Steady pay can make up for a low score there; the [low credit page](/bad-credit-accepted/) covers other options. Is there an apartment locator near Allen? Yes. When we call Allen leasing offices, the first question is which units are renovated and what each kind costs, since that's where the prices split. We can widen to Plano or McKinney if Allen runs thin. ## Near Allen Plano is just south on US-75, McKinney the next city north, and Frisco a short Sam Rayburn drive west. ### Plano Legacy West · Downtown Plano · Spring Creek [Plano →](/neighborhoods/plano/) ### McKinney Craig Ranch · Adriatica Village · Historic Downtown McKinney [McKinney →](/neighborhoods/mckinney/) ### Frisco The Star District · Rail District · Stonebriar [Frisco →](/neighborhoods/frisco/) ## Looking in Allen? 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