# Apartment Locator Murphy TX | Free, No Credit Pull > Apartment locator for Murphy, TX: mostly houses and townhomes from individual owners, split between Plano ISD and Wylie ISD. Free to renters. URL: https://apartmentlocatordallas.com/neighborhoods/murphy/ Serving Murphy and surrounding areas # Murphy Apartment Locator: Houses for Rent Between Plano and Wylie Murphy is a small Collin County city of houses between Plano, Sachse and Wylie, with almost no regular apartment buildings. Owners lease the houses and townhomes, and the school districts keep rents high. FM-544 carries you west toward Plano's jobs, and Murphy has no DART service. 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 ## Murphy apartments by size this week We checked 23 places in and near Murphy on November 6, 2026. Prices count any firm free rent, spread over the lease, and are before fees. - Studio: $1,241 a month typical, from $890, 5 places with one available, 1 with a special - 1 Bedroom: $1,180 a month typical, from $896, 22 places with one available, 10 with a special - 2 Bedroom: $1,660 a month typical, from $1,240, 23 places with one available, 10 with a special - 3 Bedroom: $2,255 a month typical, from $1,699, 18 places with one available, 8 with a special - 4 Bedroom: $2,772 a month typical, from $2,408, 3 places with one available, 2 with a special ## Murphy 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. 23 communities in and within 5 miles of Murphy had homes available; 10 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 $116 a month more than middle age ones ($1,250 vs. $1,134 for a 1 bedroom). That's not much extra for a newer home. The typical 3 bedroom dropped $53 since November 1. You get more space for your money with a 2 bedroom here: about $1.57 a square foot, compared with $1.83 for a 1 bedroom. | Size | Communities with available apartments | Lowest rent | Middle half | Typical starting rent | Typical $/sq ft | Since November 1 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Studio | 5 | $890 | $1,150 to $1,285 | $1,241 | $2.07 | no change | | 1 bed | 22 | $896 | $1,093 to $1,271 | $1,180 | $1.83 | down $26 | | 2 bed | 23 | $1,240 | $1,592 to $1,805 | $1,660 | $1.57 | down $38 | | 3 bed | 18 | $1,699 | $2,071 to $2,401 | $2,255 | $1.59 | down $53 | | 4 bed | 3 | $2,408 | n/a | $2,772 | $1.45 | no change | | Building class | Communities | Typical 1 bed | $/sq ft | With a special | Typical weeks free | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Newer (Class A) | 11 | $1,250 | $1.79 | 55% | 10 | | Middle (Class B) | 12 | $1,134 | $1.50 | 33% | n/a | - Cheapest 1 bedroom here: 1 bed listed from $896 (756 sq ft), Class B - Cheapest 2 bedroom here: 2 bed listed from $1,298 (903 sq ft), Class B - Cheapest studio here: Studio listed from $1,150 (580 sq ft), Class A - Cheapest 3 bedroom here: 3 bed listed from $2,050 (1610 sq ft), Class B - Could be the cheapest 4 bedroom: 4 bed listed from $2,792 (1800 sq ft), Class B. Special: Up to 8 Weeks Free 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 Murphy - **Maxwell Creek**: Maxwell Creek winds through Murphy with a greenbelt trail along much of it. The homes near it are established subdivisions, and rentals here come up as houses. - **Murphy Marketplace**: Murphy Marketplace is the shopping center at FM 544 and Murphy Road, where most of the town's retail sits. Rentals in Murphy are mostly houses and townhomes, and Plano's apartments and shopping are a short drive west. - **Timbers Nature Preserve**: Timbers Nature Preserve is a wooded preserve with trails on the north side of town. The streets around it are houses, with rentals listed one at a time by individual owners. - **Murphy Central Park**: Murphy Central Park sits on North Murphy Road with ballfields, a pond and trails, near city hall and the municipal complex. The subdivisions around it are mostly houses. - **FM-544 Corridor**: FM 544 runs east to west through Murphy, linking it to Plano and Wylie. Shopping centers and subdivisions sit along it, and it carries the town's heaviest commute traffic. ## Murphy Has Almost No Apartments: Leased Houses Instead - We tell you plainly to try Wylie or east Plano when you want an apartment community with posted rules - We look up Plano ISD or Wylie ISD for the exact street, since the line cuts through town - We point out the 8am backup on FM-544 toward Plano before you pick a house ## FM-544, the Bush Turnpike and No Transit FM-544 is the main road through town, west into Plano and east to Wylie, and it backs up westbound in the morning. The Bush Turnpike runs past the south and southwest side through Richardson and Garland. It's a quick toll road to US-75 and the Tollway, so Texas Instruments and the Richardson offices are a short drive. Downtown Dallas is about 23 miles out. Murphy isn't a DART member, so there's no train and no bus to plan around. Budget for a car, insurance and gas. Murphy Marketplace (FM-544 at Murphy Road) covers the weekly errands, and Murphy Central Park ties into the Maxwell Creek Trail. ## What rents in Murphy, and who decides The city was built as a suburb of houses, and the rentals show it: houses, townhomes and the odd duplex, leased by their owners. The two school districts push those prices up. The Plano ISD and Wylie ISD line splits the city along streets you wouldn't guess, so look up the address if schools matter to you. Every owner sets the lease length, pet rules, parking, yard duties and screening, and an HOA can add its own limits on top. A complicated credit file gets a different answer at each house. If you want posted rules and more choice, Wylie and east Plano have both for less. ## Living in Murphy Murphy is a small Collin County city between Plano and Wylie. Days here run along FM 544, with creek trails, a central park, a new H-E-B and one big fall festival. ### Getting around Murphy By our count, it's about 29 minutes to Legacy West at 8am, 46 to DFW Airport, 50 to the Medical District and 52 to Downtown Dallas. Murphy Road splits the town down the middle past city hall, and McCreary Road on the west side leads to the H-E-B at FM 544. - **FM 544 Murphy** (main road): The road for nearly every errand and the drive west to Plano; leave before 7:30am to skip the westbound backup. ### Groceries on FM 544 The H-E-B at FM 544 and McCreary Road has a barbecue counter, a drive thru pharmacy and a fuel station. A Walmart sits on West FM 544, and a Kroger is a short drive away, so most weekly runs never leave FM 544. - **H-E-B Murphy** (grocery): The big new grocery stop on FM 544; go early on weekdays, grab barbecue for dinner, and fill up on the way out. ### Maize Days in Central Park Murphy Maize Days, the city's corn themed fall festival, falls on the first Saturday in October in Murphy Central Park on North Murphy Road. Entry is free, with paid wristbands for unlimited rides. The rest of the year, the park's ball fields, pond and trails are the town's main gathering spot. - **Murphy Central Park** (park): Come for Maize Days in early October, or walk the trails around the pond on a weekday evening. ## Murphy questions Are there actual apartments in Murphy? Hardly any. Rentals are houses and townhomes leased by their owners. For a leasing office and more floor plans at lower rents, Wylie and east Plano are the better search, and we'll tell you that up front. Is my Murphy address in Plano ISD or Wylie ISD? It could be either. The line splits the city along streets you wouldn't guess, so ask the district about the exact address. Why do Murphy rentals cost more? Mostly the school districts. Owners charge more for the Plano ISD and Wylie ISD addresses, so houses here run above similar ones in Wylie and east Plano. Each owner sets the rent, so compare house to house. Nearby apartments are a good check on a house's asking rent. Their one bedrooms run around $1,180 right now. What are the owner's rules for renting here? Whatever each owner decides: lease length, pets, parking, lawn care, plus any HOA rules. Ask for the lease and the HOA documents before you commit. Will a Murphy owner rent to me with credit problems? With owners, the answer is a coin toss, since each decides alone. A messy file does better with companies that post their rules, and Wylie and east Plano have many more communities that approve with conditions. Is there an apartment locator near Murphy? Yes. With so little for rent in Murphy, we keep watch for houses owners lease when they come up. We put Wylie and east Plano apartment communities on the same list, including the east Plano ones zoned to Plano ISD. ## Near Murphy Wylie is the next city east on FM-544, Sachse borders the south side, and Plano begins just west. ### Sachse Woodbridge · Heritage Park · The Station [Sachse →](/neighborhoods/sachse/) ### Wylie Downtown Wylie · FM-544 Corridor · SH-78 Corridor [Wylie →](/neighborhoods/wylie/) ### Plano Legacy West · Downtown Plano · Spring Creek [Plano →](/neighborhoods/plano/) ## Looking in Murphy? Send your budget and the school district you need, and we'll pair any Murphy houses with nearby apartment options. 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