# Apartment Locator Melissa TX | Free, Prices Checked Weekly > Apartment locator for Melissa, TX. New apartments and houses for rent on US-75, where school district lines don't match the city limits. Free to renters. URL: https://apartmentlocatordallas.com/neighborhoods/melissa/ Serving Melissa and surrounding areas # Melissa Apartment Locator: New Apartments and Houses for Rent on US-75 Melissa is a US-75 town between McKinney and Anna. Houses are a big share of the rentals, and several new apartment communities have opened since 2023. Rental home companies and owners each screen their own way, HOA rules come with a house lease, and the morning drive south through McKinney is part of the cost. Get My List [/get-my-list/ →](/get-my-list/) Call (945) 800-3851 [tel:+19458003851 →](tel:+19458003851) Areas covered 5 We reply Mon to Fri, 9:00am to 6:00pm Cost to you $0 Credit pull None - Costs you nothing Your list and our help are free - No credit pull We never touch your screening report - We reply during our hours Mon to Fri, 9:00am to 6:00pm. Your budget and move date are all we need. - TREC #562021 Spirit Real Estate Group The gap ## Melissa apartments by size this week We checked 9 places in Melissa on November 6, 2026. Prices count any firm free rent, spread over the lease, and are before fees. - 1 Bedroom: $1,151 a month typical, from $935, 9 places with one available, 6 with a special - 2 Bedroom: $1,545 a month typical, from $1,301, 9 places with one available, 6 with a special - 3 Bedroom: $1,947 a month typical, from $1,730, 6 places with one available, 5 with a special ## Melissa 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. 9 communities in Melissa had homes available; 6 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 $122 a month more than middle age ones ($1,272 vs. $1,150 for a 1 bedroom). That's not much extra for a newer home. 2 buildings here are brand new or still opening, and 1 of them has a move-in special right now. New buildings have to fill up fast, so they usually give the biggest deals. The typical 2 bedroom dropped $64 since November 1. | Size | Communities with available apartments | Lowest rent | Middle half | Typical starting rent | Typical $/sq ft | Since November 1 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 bed | 9 | $935 | $1,120 to $1,272 | $1,151 | $1.74 | no change | | 2 bed | 9 | $1,301 | $1,480 to $1,693 | $1,545 | $1.54 | down $64 | | 3 bed | 6 | $1,730 | $1,811 to $2,210 | $1,947 | $1.45 | no change | | Building class | Communities | Typical 1 bed | $/sq ft | With a special | Typical weeks free | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Newer (Class A) | 3 | $1,272 | $1.71 | 33% | 10 | | Middle (Class B) | 6 | $1,150 | $1.47 | 83% | n/a | - Cheapest 1 bedroom here: 1 bed listed from $935 (836 sq ft), Class B - Cheapest 2 bedroom here: 2 bed listed from $1,610 (960 sq ft), Class A. Special: 10 Weeks Free. About $1,301/mo net effective over a 12 month lease - Cheapest 3 bedroom here: 3 bed listed from $1,899 (1312 sq ft), Class B. Special: Free Until January 1st, 2027 - Could be the cheapest 2 bedroom: 2 bed listed from $1,349 (1191 sq ft), Class B. Special: Up to 12 Weeks Free + $1,000 Gift Card 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 Melissa - **Downtown Melissa**: The old part of town near SH-5 and the railroad, easy to spot by its grain silos. Older houses sit nearby, and US-75 is a short drive west. - **Melissa Town Center**: Melissa's planned town center, inside a special city tax district that covers more than 600 acres. Shops and medical buildings are still filling in, so ask what's built before you count on anything nearby. - **Country Ridge**: A newer planned subdivision in Melissa with houses and neighborhood clubhouses. Rentals here are homes, and US-75 and SH-121 handle trips toward McKinney and Allen. - **US-75 Corridor**: US-75 runs along Melissa's west side and is where SH-121 ends. Newer shopping and houses built to rent cluster near the highway, and McKinney is the next exit south. - **North Melissa**: The north side of Melissa heads toward Anna, with newer subdivisions on old farmland. Rentals are mostly newer houses, and school district lines here don't always match the city limits. ## Melissa Apartment Locator Help With New Buildings and Houses - We price new apartment communities next to houses, and add McKinney when you want more choice - We sort houses from owners and rental home companies by how predictable their screening is - We look up Melissa ISD by street address, since its lines don't follow the city limits ## US-75 south and a car for everything US-75 is Melissa's only freeway, and most mornings head south on it to McKinney, Plano, Texas Instruments in Richardson or farther. Central Plano is about 20 miles away, an easy drive midday that takes a lot longer at 8am. Melissa has no DART service or regular bus line, so errands mean driving. Downtown Melissa is a small historic core, and the city runs Bob Miller Park and Melissa Lake Park. A Frisco or Legacy West job means cutting west across Collin County after the freeway. ## Who you rent from in Melissa Need a leasing office and a standard application? Melissa now has several new apartment communities, and many run specials as they fill up. Houses for rent come from a company that owns a whole rental community or from an individual owner. The rental home companies post their rules and often approve with conditions, like an extra deposit or a guarantor, once your income checks out. Individual owners decide lease length, pets, parking and who mows, and their screening is harder to predict. Newer subdivisions add HOA rules on top, covering parking, pets, lawn care and sometimes lease terms. Renters have to follow them no matter what the owner promises, so read them before you sign. ## Everyday Melissa, from the lake park to US-75 Melissa is a growing small town along US-75 with parks and a new lakeside stage close to home. A grocery store sits by the highway, and most nights out mean a drive south. ### Ballfields, a lake park and a new stage Melissa Lake Park is the town's lakeside park, and its amphitheater hosts summer concerts. Zadow Park has three baseball fields, a sand volleyball court, a basketball and skate court and a pavilion for picnics. Liberty Park sits about a mile out for a walk or a game, and every one of them is a few minutes by car. - **Melissa Lake Park** (park and amphitheater): Walk by the water after work, and check the city calendar for concerts on the new amphitheater stage. - **Zadow Park** (park): Shoot hoops, play sand volleyball or catch a ballgame close to the middle of town. ### Tex-Mex, donuts and coffee Places to eat in Melissa are small and close together, most within a mile or two of the middle of town. Maria's Mexican Restaurant is the sit down Tex-Mex pick. Beyond that, expect a donut shop, a breakfast cafe, coffee stands and fast food near the highway. For a bigger night out, plan on McKinney a short drive south. - **Maria's Mexican Restaurant** (Tex-Mex): Chips, queso and a sit down plate under a mile from most of town, the easy pick for a weeknight or a birthday. ### The grocery run by the highway H-E-B is the big weekly stop, out where US-75 and SH-121 meet, so a full grocery run no longer means a drive to McKinney. For a mall, a warehouse club or a home store, McKinney and Allen are the next stops south on US-75. - **H-E-B Melissa** (grocery): Do the full weekly shop here; weekday mornings are calmer than weekend afternoons at any big grocery store. ### Concerts by the lake and Friday lights Tribute Fest, Melissa's live music festival, comes to the Melissa Lake Park amphitheater in September. On fall Friday nights, Coach Kenny Deel Stadium hosts Melissa High School football. - **Coach Kenny Deel Stadium** (stadium): Fall Friday games pack the stands here; get there early for a good seat near the field. ### What we tell renters thinking about Melissa Time the 8am drive before you sign: by our count Legacy West runs about 37 minutes from here, and Downtown Dallas about 70. A home close to Melissa Lake Park puts walks and the new concert stage in reach without the car. Concert nights at the lake park draw a crowd, so leave extra time to head home. ## Melissa questions Are there any apartments in Melissa? Yes, more than a few years ago. Several new apartment communities have opened since 2023, and many run move-in specials. McKinney, just south, has far more choice, including older buildings at lower rents. In and around Melissa, a typical one bedroom runs $1,151 right now. Should I be looking at houses instead of apartments? Look at both. A house gives you more room and a yard, and the new apartments often have specials. For houses, we can match you with rental home companies that publish their screening, or with owners open to working out terms. Is my Melissa rental in Melissa ISD? Melissa ISD serves the city, but its lines don't match the city limits, so a Melissa mailing address won't confirm it. Check the address with the district. Can I shop for an electric plan in Melissa? Not always. Some addresses in this part of Collin County get power from a co-op and can't shop, and others are on Oncor. The leasing agent or owner can tell you which. What are the HOA rules in Melissa subdivisions? Rules on where you park, which pets you keep, yard upkeep and sometimes the lease term. Each subdivision writes its own, and some ban work trucks or big dogs, so ask for them up front. Does Melissa have options for a rough rental record? Yes, mostly through the rental home companies, which spell out how conditional approval works. Individual owners range from very strict to very flexible. What's the morning commute from Melissa to Plano? Central Plano is about 20 miles south. The 8am trip through McKinney takes much longer than a midday one, so time it at your start hour. For a Frisco job, add the drive west across the county. Is there an apartment locator near Melissa? Yes. We track the new apartment communities, the rental home communities and owners leasing single houses, and we can add McKinney's apartments so you can compare. ## Near Melissa McKinney sits just south on US-75, Anna is the next town north, and Celina is a drive west across the county. ### McKinney Craig Ranch · Adriatica Village · Historic Downtown McKinney [McKinney →](/neighborhoods/mckinney/) ### Anna Downtown Anna · Anna Town Center area · Slayter Creek area [Anna →](/neighborhoods/anna/) ### Celina Light Farms · Downtown Celina · Preston Road Corridor [Celina →](/neighborhoods/celina/) ## Looking in Melissa? 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