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Highland Park Apartments
In short
Highland Park is a separate town next to Dallas, not a Dallas neighborhood: its residents voted to incorporate on November 29, 1913. It covers about 2.2 square miles along US 75, with the Dallas North Tollway crossing its west side. About four in five of its homes are detached houses (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024).
Updated October 2026 · Source: Handbook of Texas, U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 2020–2024, TIGER/Line), DART
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Where is Highland Park?
Highland Park is its own town, next to Dallas. Dallas surrounds it on the south, east and west, and the city of University Park lies to the north; the two towns together are called the Park Cities (Wikipedia). The town covers about 2.2 square miles of land (U.S. Census Bureau).
Mockingbird Lane crosses the north end of town, near the line with University Park. US 75, the North Central Expressway, runs along its eastern edge, and the Dallas North Tollway passes through its western part. Preston Road runs north and south through the middle, and Knox Street comes in from Knox Henderson on the southeast side (U.S. Census Bureau, TIGER/Line).
A town of houses, parks and a 1931 shopping center
Most of the town is houses. About four in five homes are detached single-family houses, and about one in eight, roughly 455 homes give or take 108, is in a building with five or more units (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, table B25024). Apartments are a small part of the town, so we also look in the Dallas neighborhoods along its edges.
John S. Armstrong began developing the land as Highland Park in 1906. Wilbur David Cook and George E. Kessler worked on its layout, and twenty percent of the original land was set aside for parks. An earlier developer, Henry Exall, had dammed Turtle Creek to form Exall Lake (Handbook of Texas), which is still on the federal map of place names (U.S. Geological Survey).
Highland Park Village, at the southwest corner of Mockingbird Lane and Preston Road, opened in 1931. The Handbook of Texas calls it the first shopping center of its type in the United States, and it is a National Historic Landmark (Wikipedia).
Getting around from Highland Park
No DART rail line runs through the town. The closest station is SMU/Mockingbird, just east of it at Mockingbird Lane and US 75, on the Red, Orange and Blue lines, with 140 free parking spaces (DART). The next stop south, Cityplace/Uptown, is under US 75 at Haskell Avenue.
By car, the Dallas North Tollway is the toll road north toward Addison and Plano and south toward downtown, and US 75 runs along the east side. Dallas Love Field is to the northwest.
Apartments near Highland Park right now
We track too few communities inside Highland Park to show a range. The communities below are the closest on our list, checked October 9, 2026.
Current specials
No move-in specials were listed among the communities we track here on October 9, 2026.
Apartment complexes near Highland Park
Pavilion Flats
built 2016 1 and 2 bedrooms
from $1,664 a month (listed October 9, 2026)
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Nove at Knox
built 2021 studio to 3 bedrooms
from $1,704 a month (listed October 9, 2026)
1 month free on a 12-month lease
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Magnolia at Inwood Village
built 2016 1 and 2 bedrooms
from $1,580 a month (listed October 9, 2026)
1 month free on a 12-month lease
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Rents and specials change often. These figures come down 30 days after the date shown. If that date is more than 30 days old, contact us for today’s price and special.
Commute times from Highland Park
From Preston Road at Armstrong Parkway. Drive times without traffic, checked October 2026; rush hour adds time. Your shortlist gets its own times, address by address.
| To | Drive | DART |
|---|---|---|
| Downtown Dallas | 11 min | Maps Red, Orange or Blue Line from SMU/Mockingbird, no transfer |
| Southern Methodist University, University Park | 6 min | Maps |
| UT Southwestern Medical Center | 10 min | Maps |
| Dallas Love Field | 10 min | Maps |
| DFW Airport | 31 min | Maps |
Daily life in Highland Park
- Exall Lake and the parkland along Turtle Creek
- Highland Park Village, the 1931 shopping center at Mockingbird Lane and Preston Road
- Shops and restaurants on Knox Street, just outside the town to the southeast
- Groceries: Tom Thumb at 3878 Oak Lawn Ave and 7117 Inwood Rd, Trader Joe’s at 4525 Cole Ave, and La Michoacana Meat Market, a Mexican market, at 2420 N. Fitzhugh Ave (store websites)
- Urgent care: CareNow at 4501 Lemmon Ave (clinic website)
Applying for an apartment in Highland Park
Because apartment buildings are a small share of the town’s homes, we search both sides of the town line. Each building sets its own income, credit and guarantor rules, and we confirm them before you pay an application fee.
Your move or cash
Lease through us at a participating community, on a lease of 12 months or more, and choose 3 hours of moving with 2 movers and a truck, or cash: $400 if you found the place and registered it with us first, $200 if we search for you. Under $1,200 rent: $200 cash.
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- Before you visit, call or apply, ask us. We confirm in writing whether your community participates and what your reward is.
- We pay when the community pays us.
- Cash is sent after the community pays our fee, usually 30 to 90 days after you move in.
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Questions about Highland Park
- Is Highland Park part of Dallas?
- No. It is a separate town. Its residents voted to incorporate on November 29, 1913, and Dallas’s efforts to annex it ended in 1945 (Handbook of Texas). Dallas surrounds it on three sides.
- Are there apartments in Highland Park?
- Some. About one in eight homes in the town is in a building with five or more units (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024). We also search the Dallas neighborhoods next to it, such as Knox Henderson and Oak Lawn.
- What are the Park Cities?
- Highland Park and University Park, its neighbor to the north. Each is its own town, and Dallas surrounds them both.
- Is there a train station in Highland Park?
- Not inside the town. The nearest is SMU/Mockingbird, just east at Mockingbird Lane and US 75, on the Red, Orange and Blue lines.
- What is Highland Park Village?
- A shopping center at Mockingbird Lane and Preston Road that opened in 1931. It is a National Historic Landmark.
- Which school district serves Highland Park?
- Most of the town is in Highland Park ISD; the part west of the Dallas North Tollway is in Dallas ISD (Wikipedia). Check any address with the district before you sign a lease.
Nearby
- Knox Henderson, to the southeast, where Knox Street leaves the town
- Oak Lawn, across the town line to the south
- Uptown, farther south, past Knox Street
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