DFW Neighborhoods Compared: rent, home price, schools, safety, scam risk
A sortable, side-by-side look at 24 Dallas-Fort Worth cities on real public-record data, not national averages. Across the metro the population-weighted median home price is about $342,339 and median rent is about $1,571/mo. Click any column header to sort.
A rent 20% or more below the DFW median of about $1,571/mo is a classic rental-scam tell. Verify any listing free at /scam-detector before you send a deposit.
Southlake, TX Tarrant County · NW Tarrant / DFW Airport | $850,000 | $3,200/mo | 9.4 / 10 | 9.5 / 10 | 22 | 30 min | High-demand target |
Plano, TX Collin County · North Collin (DNT corridor) | $450,000 | $1,800/mo | 8.4 / 10 | 8.5 / 10 | 28 | 28 min | High-demand target |
McKinney, TX Collin County · North Collin (DNT corridor) | $420,000 | $1,750/mo | 8.6 / 10 | 8 / 10 | 24 | 42 min | High-demand target |
Frisco, TX Collin County · North Collin (DNT corridor) | $520,000 | $2,100/mo | 9.1 / 10 | 9 / 10 | 18 | 38 min | High-demand target |
Allen, TX Collin County · North Collin (DNT corridor) | $430,000 | $1,800/mo | 9.2 / 10 | 8.5 / 10 | 22 | 35 min | High-demand target |
Irving, TX Dallas County · Mid-Cities (DART Orange/Green) | $310,000 | $1,500/mo | 6.2 / 10 | 6 / 10 | 38 | 22 min | High-volume listings |
Garland, TX Dallas County · East Dallas (I-30) | $280,000 | $1,350/mo | 6.5 / 10 | 5.5 / 10 | 36 | 25 min | High-volume listings |
Fort Worth, TX Tarrant County · Tarrant / Fort Worth | $285,000 | $1,400/mo | 6.2 / 10 | 5.5 / 10 | 41 | 40 min | High-volume listings |
Arlington, TX Tarrant County · Tarrant / Fort Worth | $275,000 | $1,350/mo | 6.8 / 10 | 6 / 10 | 35 | 30 min | High-volume listings |
Richardson, TX Dallas County · Mid-Cities (DART Orange/Green) | $400,000 | $1,600/mo | 8.1 / 10 | 8 / 10 | 30 | 22 min | Standard |
Red Oak, TX Ellis County · South Dallas (US-67 / I-35E) | $310,000 | $1,850/mo | 7.2 / 10 | 7.5 / 10 | 12 | 32 min | Standard |
Midlothian, TX Ellis County · South Dallas (US-67 / I-35E) | $330,000 | $1,950/mo | 7.5 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 | 15 | 42 min | Standard |
Mansfield, TX Tarrant County · Tarrant / Fort Worth | $350,000 | $1,600/mo | 8 / 10 | 7.5 / 10 | 20 | 36 min | Standard |
Lewisville, TX Denton County · North Denton (I-35E) | $360,000 | $1,550/mo | 8.4 / 10 | 7 / 10 | 26 | 30 min | Standard |
Keller, TX Tarrant County · NW Tarrant / DFW Airport | $450,000 | $1,900/mo | 8.9 / 10 | 9 / 10 | 18 | 32 min | Standard |
Grapevine, TX Tarrant County · NW Tarrant / DFW Airport | $420,000 | $1,700/mo | 8.8 / 10 | 8.5 / 10 | 32 | 28 min | Standard |
Grand Prairie, TX Dallas County · Tarrant / Fort Worth | $290,000 | $1,400/mo | 6 / 10 | 5.5 / 10 | 34 | 28 min | Standard |
Flower Mound, TX Denton County · North Denton (I-35E) | $500,000 | $2,000/mo | 8.6 / 10 | 9 / 10 | 18 | 35 min | Standard |
DeSoto, TX Dallas County · South Dallas (US-67 / I-35E) | $295,000 | $1,750/mo | 6.8 / 10 | 6.3 / 10 | 28 | 23 min | Standard |
Denton, TX Denton County · North Denton (I-35E) | $320,000 | $1,400/mo | 7.8 / 10 | 7 / 10 | 42 | 45 min | Standard |
Dallas, TX Dallas County · Dallas core | $320,000 | $1,550/mo | 5.5 / 10 | 5 / 10 | 46 | 20 min | Standard |
Coppell, TX Dallas County · NW Tarrant / DFW Airport | $550,000 | $2,200/mo | 9.3 / 10 | 9 / 10 | 24 | 22 min | Standard |
Cedar Hill, TX Dallas County · South Dallas (US-67 / I-35E) | $285,000 | $1,680/mo | 6.5 / 10 | 6.5 / 10 | 22 | 27 min | Standard |
Carrollton, TX Dallas County · Mid-Cities (DART Orange/Green) | $370,000 | $1,550/mo | 7.8 / 10 | 7.5 / 10 | 30 | 22 min | Standard |
Median home is a market sale price and median rent is a market asking rent, both from Public records (RentCast/Realtor.com market price, county appraisal, TEA, FBI UCR), as of 2026-04-28, consistent across all 24 cities so the comparison is apples-to-apples (a different metric from the Census owner-estimated home value). School rating reflects TEA accountability, safety reflects FBI UCR. High-demand target = hot relocation suburbs where scarce inventory invites too-good-to-be-true bait. High-volume listings = large, affordable, high-turnover markets where more cloned or hijacked listings cycle through. Standard = no elevated structural driver, but always verify before you pay.
Scam-risk context: Dallas-Fort Worth ranks among the top U.S. metros for reported rental-scam dollar losses (FTC Consumer Sentinel Network and BBB Scam Tracker, rental-housing category). Tiers below are qualitative demand and listing-volume signals, not a per-city incident count.
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DFW neighborhoods: common questions
Which DFW city has the lowest rent?
Arlington has the lowest median asking rent among the 24 DFW cities we track, at about $1,350/mo, versus Southlake at the top around $3,200/mo. The DFW population-weighted median lands near $1,571/mo. Population-weighted average of 24 DFW city medians (Public records (RentCast/Realtor.com market price, county appraisal, TEA, FBI UCR), as of 2026-04-28). Not a national figure.
What does the "Scam Risk" column mean?
It is a qualitative tier, not a fake numeric score. High-demand target = hot relocation suburbs where scarce inventory invites too-good-to-be-true bait. High-volume listings = large, affordable, high-turnover markets where more cloned or hijacked listings cycle through. Standard = no elevated structural driver, but always verify before you pay. Dallas-Fort Worth ranks among the top U.S. metros for reported rental-scam dollar losses (FTC Consumer Sentinel Network and BBB Scam Tracker, rental-housing category). Tiers below are qualitative demand and listing-volume signals, not a per-city incident count.
Is the median home number a Census value or a market sale price?
The "Median home" column is a market sale price (Public records (RentCast/Realtor.com market price, county appraisal, TEA, FBI UCR), as of 2026-04-28), consistent across all 24 cities so the comparison is apples-to-apples. That is a different metric from the Census owner-estimated home value (US Census ACS 2023 5-year estimates), which we surface on individual city pages. We label the two distinctly so you never mix them up.
How do I avoid a rental scam in DFW?
A rent 20% or more below the DFW median of about $1,571/mo is a classic rental-scam tell. Verify any listing free at /scam-detector before you send a deposit. Never wire a deposit, never pay before you have toured or verified the landlord, and run the address through the free scam detector first.