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Dallas Suburbs: 17 DFW Cities Compared

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Moving to Dallas-Fort Worth

The Dallas suburbs, city by city

In short

We cover 17 cities around Dallas. Their median gross rent for a one-bedroom ranges from $1,226 in Arlington to $1,846 in Flower Mound (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024). Nine have a passenger rail station inside city limits, and eight have none.

By Joon Ma, designated broker, TREC #709941

Updated October 2026 · Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024, table B25031; transit agencies and city sources listed below

David Wilson · CC BY 2.0

How to read this guide

These are the 17 cities we cover outside Dallas itself. Some are suburbs in the usual sense; Fort Worth and Arlington are large cities with downtowns of their own, and Grand Prairie sits between the two. Each entry gives the same three things: what rent costs, how far the drive is, and which trains or transit you can use.

Rent is the Census median gross rent, which adds utilities when the renter pays them and covers every kind of rental, houses included. Drive times without traffic, checked October 2026; rush hour adds time. We refresh them twice a year. Cities follow the order of our Areas we serve page. Nothing here ranks them, and nothing describes who lives where.

Rent at a glance

Median gross rent a month, utilities included

City1 bedroom2 bedroomsAll rentals
  1. Fort Worth$1,252$1,483$1,509
  2. Grand Prairie$1,396$1,671$1,629
  3. Irving$1,431$1,736$1,619
  4. Plano$1,569$1,956$1,841
  5. Arlington$1,226$1,531$1,470
  6. Frisco$1,675$2,185$2,014
  7. McKinney$1,494$1,879$1,901
  8. Addison$1,663$2,088$1,784
  9. Lewisville$1,439$1,783$1,670
  10. Richardson$1,643$2,046$1,857
  11. Carrollton$1,536$1,767$1,735
  12. Euless$1,373$1,808$1,690
  13. Grapevine$1,695$1,975$1,863
  14. Farmers Branch$1,759$2,149$1,864
  15. Coppell$1,588$2,010$2,022
  16. The Colony$1,706$1,963$1,958
  17. Flower Mound$1,846$2,190$2,231

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, table B25031, by city, in 2024 dollars. Checked October 2, 2026.

In smaller cities the survey has fewer homes to work with, so the margins of error are wider; we point them out where they matter. For the city of Dallas and its neighborhoods, see Dallas neighborhoods compared.

The 17 cities

  1. Fort Worth

    Fort Worth is a major city in its own right rather than a suburb: the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly 350 square miles and reaching into Denton, Johnson, Parker and Wise counties.

    Median gross rent: $1,252 for a one-bedroom and $1,483 for two bedrooms.

    Two commuter lines start downtown, at Fort Worth Central Station on Jones Street. The Trinity Railway Express runs east to Union Station in Dallas, with stops in Irving and at CentrePort/DFW Airport; TEXRail runs northeast through North Richland Hills and Grapevine to DFW Airport Terminal B.

    By car, downtown Dallas is 41 min by car to downtown Dallas away. If you will work in Fort Worth, its city page measures commutes to downtown Fort Worth instead. Apartments in Fort Worth

  2. Grand Prairie

    Grand Prairie stretches between Dallas and Fort Worth across Dallas, Tarrant and Ellis counties, with a small part in Johnson County.

    Median gross rent: $1,396 for a one-bedroom and $1,671 for two bedrooms.

    The city declined to join DART in 1984 and has no rail station. Since April 2022 it has run Via Grand Prairie, an on-demand shared ride that connects with the Trinity Railway Express at West Irving station.

    Most trips start on the highway: downtown Dallas is 41 min by car to downtown Dallas and downtown Fort Worth Maps: minutes by car to downtown Fort Worth, weekday 8 a.m.. If your week is split between the two downtowns, it is worth pricing. Apartments in Grand Prairie

  3. Irving

    Irving lies between Dallas and DFW Airport, in Dallas County, and part of the airport is inside its limits. It is a DART member city.

    Median gross rent: $1,431 for a one-bedroom and $1,736 for two bedrooms.

    Rail runs through it two ways. The Orange Line crosses Las Colinas, with stations that include University of Dallas, Las Colinas Urban Center, Irving Convention Center and Belt Line, and ends at DFW Airport Terminal A. The Trinity Railway Express stops at Downtown Irving/Heritage Crossing and at West Irving.

    Downtown Dallas is 41 min by car to downtown Dallas by car. Las Colinas, a business district planned from 1972, has its own page. Apartments in Irving

  4. Plano

    Plano is the largest city in Collin County; a small part of it lies in Denton County.

    Median gross rent: $1,569 for a one-bedroom and $1,956 for two bedrooms.

    DART’s Red Line reached Plano in December 2002 and ends at Parker Road station, with a stop in the historic downtown at Downtown Plano. Since October 25, 2025, the Silver Line has added 12th Street and Shiloh Road stations in south Plano, with trains west to DFW Airport.

    Downtown Dallas is 41 min by car to downtown Dallas by car, or a direct Red Line ride from Downtown Plano. Legacy West and Downtown Plano have their own pages. Apartments in Plano

  5. Arlington

    Arlington is in Tarrant County, about 12 miles east of downtown Fort Worth and 20 miles west of downtown Dallas, and is home to the University of Texas at Arlington.

    Median gross rent: $1,226 for a one-bedroom and $1,531 for two bedrooms.

    The city has no fixed-route buses or trains. It runs Arlington On-Demand instead: a shared ride you book in an app or by phone, covering the whole city and running to CentrePort station on the Trinity Railway Express and to the Eastchase Parkway area of Fort Worth, where it meets Trinity Metro buses. The first version of the service started in December 2017.

    By car, downtown Fort Worth is Maps: minutes by car to downtown Fort Worth, weekday 8 a.m. and downtown Dallas 41 min by car to downtown Dallas. Apartments in Arlington

  6. Frisco

    Frisco is north of Plano, in Collin and Denton counties, along the Dallas North Tollway and the Sam Rayburn Tollway.

    Median gross rent: $1,675 for a one-bedroom and $2,185 for two bedrooms.

    Frisco is not part of DART and has no rail. Its transit is on demand: GoZone, a shared ride run with the Denton County Transportation Authority, takes bookings in real time in an app and connects with DART at the Northwest Plano Park & Ride. DCTA also runs a paratransit service for eligible residents, and a downtown shuttle with thirteen stops, the Rail District Boxcar, has run since June 2026.

    Plan the commute around a car: downtown Dallas is 34 min by car to downtown Dallas. Apartments in Frisco

  7. McKinney

    McKinney is the county seat of Collin County. US 75 runs through it north to south and US 380 east to west, and the Sam Rayburn Tollway follows its border with Allen.

    Median gross rent: $1,494 for a one-bedroom and $1,879 for two bedrooms.

    No passenger trains stop here; the rail line through town carries freight only. The McKinney Urban Transit District, branded Collin County Transit, offers curb-to-curb rides, run with DART, for older, disabled or low-income residents.

    For most people the commute is a drive: downtown Dallas is 34 min by car to downtown Dallas on US 75. Craig Ranch has its own page. Apartments in McKinney

  8. Addison

    Addison is a town of about 4.35 square miles in Dallas County, north of Dallas.

    Median gross rent: $1,663 for a one-bedroom and $2,088 for two bedrooms.

    Addison station, at 4925 Arapaho Road near Addison Circle Park, opened as a bus transit center in 1999 and became a Silver Line stop when the line opened on October 25, 2025, with trains east to Plano and west to DFW Airport. DART buses still meet there, and so does the Addison Orbit, an on-demand shuttle. Addison is a DART member town.

    Downtown Dallas is 19 min by car to downtown Dallas by car. Addison Circle and Vitruvian Park have their own pages. Apartments in Addison

  9. Lewisville

    Lewisville is in Denton County, with parts in Dallas County, beside Lewisville Lake, the reservoir completed in 1954 at the Garza–Little Elm Dam.

    Median gross rent: $1,439 for a one-bedroom and $1,783 for two bedrooms.

    The A-train, open since June 2011, stops here three times, at Highland Village/Lewisville Lake, Old Town and Hebron, and runs south to Trinity Mills in Carrollton, where it meets DART’s Green Line. Its 21 miles of track run alongside I-35E, so the train and the highway serve the same corridor.

    Downtown Dallas is 19 min by car to downtown Dallas by car on I-35E. Vista Ridge and Castle Hills have their own pages. Apartments in Lewisville

  10. Richardson

    Richardson lies directly north of Dallas; about two-thirds of it is in Dallas County and the northern third in Collin County. The President George Bush Turnpike runs along its northern edge.

    Median gross rent: $1,643 for a one-bedroom and $2,046 for two bedrooms.

    DART’s Red and Orange lines stop at Spring Valley, Arapaho Center, Galatyn Park and CityLine/Bush, and the Silver Line adds UT Dallas station. The Telecom Corridor, about 6.5 miles of offices along US 75, runs through the city.

    Downtown Dallas is 19 min by car to downtown Dallas by car, or a direct train ride. UT Dallas and Synergy Park, CityLine and Galatyn Park have their own pages. Apartments in Richardson

  11. Carrollton

    Carrollton spans three counties, Dallas, Denton and Collin, northwest of Dallas.

    Median gross rent: $1,536 for a one-bedroom and $1,767 for two bedrooms.

    Three rail lines meet here. The Green Line stops at North Carrollton/Frankford, Trinity Mills and Downtown Carrollton; the Silver Line stops at Downtown Carrollton; and the A-train starts at Trinity Mills for Lewisville and Denton. From Downtown Carrollton, the Silver Line reaches Plano to the east and DFW Airport Terminal B to the west. Carrollton is a DART member city.

    Downtown Dallas is 26 min by car to downtown Dallas by car, or a direct Green Line ride from Downtown Carrollton. Trinity Mills and Downtown Carrollton have their own pages. Apartments in Carrollton

  12. Euless

    Euless is in northeast Tarrant County, and the southwestern part of DFW Airport lies inside its city limits.

    Median gross rent: $1,373 for a one-bedroom and $1,808 for two bedrooms.

    There is no passenger rail station in Euless, and the city is not a DART member. TEXRail and the Silver Line both stop at the airport’s Terminal B, and TEXRail continues to DFW Airport North and Grapevine/Main Street. On the Trinity Railway Express, the closest stops are Bell station, in neighboring Hurst, and CentrePort/DFW Airport, in Fort Worth.

    By car, the airport terminals are 26 min by car to the DFW Airport terminals, downtown Dallas 26 min by car to downtown Dallas and downtown Fort Worth 44 min by car to downtown Fort Worth. Apartments in Euless

  13. Grapevine

    Grapevine is in northeast Tarrant County, with small parts in Dallas and Denton counties, between DFW Airport and Grapevine Lake, the reservoir the Army Corps of Engineers impounded in 1952. More of DFW Airport lies in Grapevine than in any other city.

    Median gross rent: $1,695 for a one-bedroom and $1,975 for two bedrooms.

    TEXRail, running since January 10, 2019, stops at Grapevine/Main Street, in the historic downtown, and at DFW Airport North, which the Silver Line serves too. At its other end, the line reaches T&P Station in downtown Fort Worth.

    Downtown Dallas is 26 min by car to downtown Dallas by car; downtown Fort Worth is a direct TEXRail ride. Apartments in Grapevine

  14. Farmers Branch

    Farmers Branch is an inner-ring suburb in Dallas County, between I-35E on the west, the Dallas North Tollway on the east and I-635 on the south.

    Median gross rent: $1,759 for a one-bedroom and $2,149 for two bedrooms.

    Its Green Line station, near the northeast corner of I-635 and I-35E, opened on December 6, 2010. DART buses also run to downtown Dallas, including express service, and to Carrollton. Farmers Branch is one of DART’s member cities.

    Downtown Dallas is 26 min by car to downtown Dallas by car, or a direct Green Line ride. Mercer Crossing has its own page. Apartments in Farmers Branch

  15. Coppell

    Coppell takes up the northwest corner of Dallas County, with a small part in Denton County, next to the northeast corner of DFW Airport.

    Median gross rent: $1,588 for a one-bedroom and $2,010 for two bedrooms.

    Voters took Coppell out of DART in 1989, and the city has no fixed-route buses. The Silver Line passes through, but as Coppell is not a member, its station, Cypress Waters, sits in a piece of Dallas that borders the city. Part of the airport’s property lies inside Coppell.

    By car, the airport terminals are 27 min by car to the DFW Airport terminals and downtown Dallas 27 min by car to downtown Dallas. Cypress Waters has its own page. Apartments in Coppell

  16. The Colony

    The Colony, incorporated in January 1977, is in Denton County on the east shore of Lewisville Lake, with about 23 miles of shoreline inside the city.

    Median gross rent: $1,706 for a one-bedroom and $1,963 for two bedrooms. The survey sample is smaller here, so the margin of error is wider: plus or minus $153 on the two-bedroom figure.

    The Sam Rayburn Tollway, with SH 121 as its frontage road, and FM 423 carry most trips. No passenger rail station is in The Colony; the nearest A-train stations are in Lewisville.

    Downtown Dallas is 27 min by car to downtown Dallas by car. Apartments in The Colony

  17. Flower Mound

    Flower Mound calls itself a town. It sits in Denton and Tarrant counties between Grapevine Lake and Lewisville Lake; Cross Timbers Road (FM 1171) crosses it east to west, and Long Prairie Road (FM 2499) runs north to south toward SH 121 and I-635.

    Median gross rent: $1,846 for a one-bedroom and $2,190 for two bedrooms.

    Flower Mound and Coppell are the two cities whose 1989 votes to leave DART succeeded, and Flower Mound has no rail station. The A-train’s Highland Village/Lewisville Lake station is in Lewisville.

    By car, the airport terminals are 27 min by car to the DFW Airport terminals and downtown Dallas 27 min by car to downtown Dallas. Apartments in Flower Mound

Where the trains run

Nine of the 17 have a passenger rail station inside city limits: Fort Worth, Irving, Plano, Addison, Lewisville, Richardson, Carrollton, Grapevine and Farmers Branch. In Grand Prairie, Arlington, Frisco, McKinney, Euless, Coppell, The Colony and Flower Mound, no train stops in the city, and the commute is a drive or an on-demand ride.

Three agencies run the trains: DART, Trinity Metro and the Denton County Transportation Authority. DART and Trinity Metro own the Trinity Railway Express between the two downtowns half and half. Our guide to getting around DFW by train explains how the lines connect.

Choosing between them

Start from where you will work or study, then the budget. Two cities at the same rent can mean very different mornings, and a station inside the city line helps only if the train goes where you need to be. Tell us the address and we compare the drive and the train from each place on your list.

Once you have picked a place, the 3 hours of moving we include at participating communities cover a local move, inside Dallas-Fort Worth. Restrictions apply. See terms

Coming from farther away? Start with Moving to Dallas-Fort Worth, or compare the metro with Houston and Austin.

Sources

Rents are the Census figures named above. Transit and place facts come from these pages, all checked on October 2, 2026.

  1. U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, table B25031 (places in Texas)
  2. DART, rail system
  3. Wikipedia, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (member cities)
  4. Wikipedia, Silver Line (DART)
  5. Wikipedia, Orange Line (DART)
  6. Wikipedia, Trinity Railway Express
  7. Wikipedia, TEXRail
  8. Wikipedia, A-train (Denton County)
  9. Wikipedia, Fort Worth Central Station
  10. Wikipedia, Parker Road station
  11. Wikipedia, Addison station (DART)
  12. Wikipedia, Euless, Texas
  13. City of Arlington, Arlington On-Demand
  14. City of Frisco, Transit
  15. Wikipedia articles on each city: Fort Worth, Grand Prairie, Irving, Plano, Arlington, Frisco, McKinney, Addison, Lewisville, Richardson, Carrollton, Euless, Grapevine, Farmers Branch, Coppell, The Colony and Flower Mound

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