# DeSoto Apartment Locator | Free, Prices Checked Weekly
> Free help from our DeSoto apartment locator team: garden complexes on Hampton Road and houses with three or four bedrooms, with prices checked every week.
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# DeSoto Apartment Locator: Hampton Road Complexes and Three Bedroom Houses
DeSoto, in southern Dallas County between I-35E and US-67, has many garden complexes from the 1970s and 1980s along Hampton Road, Pleasant Run, Belt Line and Wintergreen. Many Hampton Road properties renovated some units and left others original, so rents swing inside one complex. Ten Mile Creek winds through town. With no DART stops, plan on a car.
## DeSoto apartments by size this week
We checked 5 places in and near DeSoto on November 6, 2026. Prices count any firm free rent, spread over the lease, and are before fees.
- 1 Bedroom: $1,279 a month typical, from $1,028, 5 places with one available, 1 with a special
- 2 Bedroom: $1,717 a month typical, from $1,367, 5 places with one available, 1 with a special
## DeSoto 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. 5 communities in and within 4 miles of DeSoto had homes available; 1 listed a move-in special. Method: https://apartmentlocatordallas.com/rent-data-methodology/
Our read this week: You get more space for your money with a 2 bedroom here: about $1.60 a square foot, compared with $2.00 for a 1 bedroom.
| Size | Communities with available apartments | Lowest rent | Middle half | Typical starting rent | Typical $/sq ft | Since November 1 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 bed | 5 | $1,028 | $1,200 to $1,312 | $1,279 | $2.00 | up $7 |
| 2 bed | 5 | $1,367 | $1,640 to $1,889 | $1,717 | $1.60 | no change |
| Building class | Communities | Typical 1 bed | $/sq ft | With a special | Typical weeks free |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Newer (Class A) | 4 | $1,296 | $1.91 | 25% | n/a |
| Older (Class C) | 1 | n/a | $1.65 | 0% | n/a |
- Cheapest 1 bedroom here: 1 bed listed from $1,279 (504 sq ft), Class A
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 DeSoto
- **Hampton Road**: Hampton Road runs from the Dallas line south past Belt Line and Pleasant Run toward Glenn Heights. Most of the city's complexes sit near it, with I-35E and US-67 a few minutes off on either side.
- **Pleasant Run**: Pleasant Run Road crosses the middle of DeSoto, meeting Hampton Road at the town center and continuing east to I-35E in Lancaster. Garden apartments and shopping centers line the stretch near Hampton and North Polk Street.
- **Belt Line Road**: Across north DeSoto, Belt Line Road links Cedar Hill on the west to the I-35E side of town. Rentals along it are a mix of older apartments, duplexes and houses, and the Dallas city limits are a short drive north.
- **Wintergreen Road**: Wintergreen Road runs east and west between Belt Line and Pleasant Run, through neighborhoods of houses with a few apartment communities. You can use it as a back route toward Cedar Hill and Lancaster when Hampton backs up.
- **DeSoto Town Center**: City Hall, the public library and the Corner Theatre share the town center at Hampton Road and Pleasant Run. A plaza there hosts city events, and a few apartment communities are within walking distance.
- **South Polk Street**: South Polk Street runs south from Pleasant Run through east DeSoto, past several newer apartment communities. Farther down it gets more open, and Glenn Heights and I-35E are close.
## DeSoto Apartments on Hampton Road: Renovated Units Cost More
- We ask whether each Hampton Road quote is renovated or original
- Flat utility fees on Belt Line and Wintergreen added before you compare rents
- Properties near Ten Mile Creek: look them up on the FEMA map before you pay an application fee
- Three and four bedroom houses and homes built to rent searched next to the apartments
## Getting Around DeSoto Without DART
DeSoto isn't a DART member city. With Cedar Hill and Duncanville outside DART too, a car is normal across this part of the county. Count its cost when you compare with towns that have rail. The nearest train is UNT Dallas station, the south end of the Blue Line, northeast of town.
I-35E is the fast route north to Downtown Dallas, roughly 15 miles away, and US-67 runs just west toward Oak Cliff and Midlothian. Both jam at rush hour. Which one you'll use comes down to your side of town. Wintergreen Road is the back way toward Cedar Hill and Lancaster when Hampton backs up.
Before you sign, drive from the property to work once at the hour you'd go.
## Garden Apartments, Houses and Homes Built to Rent
Hampton Road and Pleasant Run have most of the apartments, in garden complexes from the 1970s and 1980s. Many updated only part of their units, so one complex quotes two prices. Get the quote tied to the unit you'll actually rent.
Belt Line Road and Wintergreen Road have older complexes with more flexible screening, where steady income can outweigh a score the newer buildings would turn away. Many of them put the whole building on one meter and bill every home the same flat utility charge. That's how a lower rent there can end up costing more than a metered unit down the road.
Newer buildings sit along South Polk Street and near I-35E, and houses and homes built to rent are a big share of the market, especially with three or four bedrooms. Ten Mile Creek runs through the city, so look up the property on the federal flood map before you apply.
## Daily life in DeSoto
DeSoto keeps most of life near Hampton Road and Pleasant Run: a town center with an outdoor stage, a creek trail, busy ballfields and grocery stores a short drive apart.
### DeSoto by car and creek trail
By our timing, a weekday 8am drive takes about 28 minutes to Downtown Dallas, 34 to the Medical District, 41 to DFW Airport and 51 to Legacy West. Inside the city, the Roy Orr Trail is a concrete path along the creek. It links neighborhoods with the Town Center, Murphy Hills Park and Ernie Roberts Park, and it turns a short drive into a walk.
- **Roy Orr Trail** (trail): Use it for a car free walk or bike ride to the Town Center, best early on summer days before the heat.
### Ballfields, zip lines and BMX
Ernie Roberts Park was DeSoto's first park built for every ability, with soft ground, swings, a zip line and musical play pieces. Grimes Park is the busy one, with a stadium, a soccer field, a BMX track, pavilions and a trail. Moseley Park and Les Zeiger Park are smaller stops for a quick walk, and the DeSoto Recreation Center covers workouts indoors when it's too hot outside.
- **Ernie Roberts Park** (park): Ride the zip line or rent a pavilion for a birthday; the soft ground makes it an easy park for anyone to use.
- **Grimes Park** (park): Head over for weekend games, the BMX track or a walk on the trail, and book a pavilion early for parties.
### Tacos, seafood boils and burgers
Restaurants in DeSoto sit in shopping centers along the main roads, not on a walkable strip, so plan to park in a lot. Taqueria Taxco is the taco stop closest to the middle of town, and Krab Kingz serves seafood boils by the bag. A couple of miles out, In-N-Out Burger and Mariscos La Marina handle burgers and Mexican seafood, and Braum's covers ice cream.
- **Taqueria Taxco** (tacos): A quick taco lunch or a cheap dinner close to the middle of town, under a mile from most homes here.
- **Krab Kingz** (seafood): Order a seafood boil by the bag and pick your spice level, a good Friday night meal to share.
- **In-N-Out Burger** (burgers): Fast burgers and fries a couple of miles away, handy for a late lunch or a dinner on the drive home.
- **Mariscos La Marina Seafood Grill** (seafood): Go for Mexican seafood plates and cocktails when you want something bigger than tacos.
### Groceries and the shopping centers
Tom Thumb, a Walmart Neighborhood Market and ALDI all sit within about a mile of central DeSoto, so the weekly shop is quick. DeSoto Market Place and Brookhollow Desoto Shopping Center are the closest shopping centers, and Hampton Square and Pleasant Run Village are a little farther. For bigger errands, The Crossing Shopping Center sits about two miles out.
- **DeSoto Market Place** (shopping center): The closest shopping center to the middle of town, handy for an errand on the way home.
- **The Crossing Shopping Center** (shopping center): Save the bigger errands for one trip here, a couple of miles out, on a Saturday morning.
### Town Center nights and football Fridays
DeSoto Town Center, beside City Hall and the library, hosts the city's outdoor events on its amphitheater stage. Arts festivals fill that stage, and the Hometown Holiday parade each December has ended at the Town Center. On fall Friday nights, Eagle Stadium hosts high school football.
- **DeSoto Town Center** (town center): Check the city calendar and bring a lawn chair for free shows on the amphitheater stage.
- **Eagle Stadium** (stadium): Cheer on the home team under the lights on a fall Friday, about a mile from central DeSoto.
### What we tell renters looking in DeSoto
If you'd like to walk to the Town Center, look for a home near the Roy Orr Trail and walk the route before you sign. On event nights at the amphitheater, the Town Center lots fill, so leave early or park a block out. On football Fridays near Eagle Stadium, plan errands for earlier in the day.
## DeSoto questions
### Why do rents vary so much at one Hampton Road complex?
Many complexes renovated some units and not others, so the same floor plan can carry two prices. Get the quote tied to the specific unit before you pay a holding fee. In and around DeSoto, a typical one bedroom is $1,279, and the cheapest open one is $1,028 with the special counted.
### Where are the four bedroom rentals in DeSoto?
Mostly in rental houses and homes built to rent, on the residential streets and in newer developments near I-35E. Apartments with four bedrooms are rare.
### Is there any train service from DeSoto?
Not in town. The nearest station is UNT Dallas, at the south end of the Blue Line, a drive to the northeast.
### Is flooding a concern near Ten Mile Creek?
For some properties, yes. Look up the lot on FEMA's flood map. If it's in a flood zone, price a flood policy, since standard renters insurance leaves floods out.
### Is there an apartment locator near DeSoto?
Yes. We cover the garden complexes on Hampton, Pleasant Run, Belt Line and Wintergreen and the newer buildings on South Polk, and we'll sort renovated quotes from original ones.
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