What Willow Park apartments cost right now, by unit size and community
Rents split into three real tiers in Willow Park: garden apartments from roughly $1,266 to $2,000, the 55-plus community from $1,295 to $1,988, and build-to-rent townhomes from $2,222 to $2,392.
| Unit size | Average rent | Average size |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bed | $1,346 | 786 sq ft |
| 2 beds | $1,732 | 1,096 sq ft |
| 3 beds | $2,147 | 1,420 sq ft |
| All rentals | $1,717 | 1,084 sq ft |
The $801 gap between a one-bedroom and a three-bedroom reflects the larger, garage-equipped three-bedroom floor plans common at newer Parker County communities, not the compact three-bedroom layouts typical of older Fort Worth stock.
Two conventional garden-apartment communities sit off I-20: Gates at Meadow Place lists one-bedrooms from $1,412, two-bedrooms from $1,544, and three-bedrooms from $2,005, while Olympus Willow Park runs lower, from $1,266 for a one-bedroom to $1,769 for a three-bedroom. Canvas at Willow Park and Willow Crossing Townhomes are a different product: detached or semi-detached build-to-rent homes with attached garages, priced from $2,222 for a two-bedroom to $2,392 for a three-bedroom.
Why four “average rent” figures disagree by $783
The four-figure spread traces to differences in what each source counts as a Willow Park rental, not to how the underlying market behaves.
| Source | Figure | Date | What it actually measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apartments.com | $1,377 | Live listings, June 2026 | Average asking rent across active listings on Apartments.com’s own inventory feed |
| RentCafe / Yardi Matrix | $1,717 | Updated June 2, 2026 | Panel data built for apartment buildings with 50 or more units, across 181 U.S. markets |
| Census ACS, via a local neighborhood guide | $1,806 | ACS 5-year estimate | Median gross rent across all renter-occupied units in ZIP 76087, including detached houses |
| BestNeighborhood.org | $2,160 | Undated | Undisclosed model |
None of the four figures is fabricated; each is an accurate answer to a differently scoped question, and only the RentCafe and Census entries name that scope explicitly.
RentCafe’s Willow Park trends page states that its pipeline draws from Yardi Matrix data covering apartment buildings with 50 or more units. A separate RentCafe listing page for the same city states that none of Willow Park’s apartment buildings actually reach that size: 36% sit in complexes under 50 units, and 64% of listed rentals are single-family homes. The $1,717 figure is therefore a national panel model applied to a market that has no buildings of the scale the model was built for, a mismatch neither RentCafe page acknowledges.
Which published rent figure should investors and agents actually rely on?For apartment-specific decisions, the RentCafe/Yardi Matrix bedroom breakdown ($1,346 to $2,147) is the only figure with a stated, checkable methodology. Treat the Census-based $1,806 as a broader housing-stock benchmark that includes houses, and the other two as directional only.
Why rent fell 7% over the past year, and what’s driving it
Willow Park’s average apartment rent dropped 7.04% between June 2025 and June 2026, from $1,847 to $1,717, coinciding with new rental supply entering a very small market.
Willow Park has roughly 2,006 total households, and only 332 of them, 17%, are renter-occupied, per the same Census-sourced RentCafe breakdown. Canvas at Willow Park, a 110-unit build-to-rent community at 300 Meadow Place Drive, is a 34-building, one- to two-story development completed in 2024. Measured against a renter-occupied base of roughly 332 households, that single delivery equals close to a third of the entire existing rental stock, a supply increase large enough to move a citywide average in a market this size. No public source has published lease-up or occupancy data for Canvas at Willow Park itself, so this stands as the most plausible driver identified in available data, not a verified cause.
Why did average rent drop this year in Willow Park?The 7.04% year-over-year decline coincides with Canvas at Willow Park’s 2024 delivery of 110 build-to-rent units, a large addition relative to a renter-occupied base of roughly 332 households. No operator or data provider has published information confirming this as the cause.
Three different rental products carry the same “apartment” label
Willow Park’s rental stock splits into three genuinely different products: standard garden apartments, an age-restricted 55-plus community, and build-to-rent detached townhomes, each with a different price floor and a different tenant fit.
| Type | Example community | Unit mix | Who it fits | Key restriction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden apartment | Gates at Meadow Place, Olympus Willow Park | 1 to 3 bed, $1,266 to $2,005 | Standard apartment amenities near I-20 | None beyond standard screening |
| Age-restricted (55+) | Preserve at Willow Park | 1 to 2 bed, $1,295 to $1,988 | Residents 55 and older | Occupancy restricted to age 55+ |
| Build-to-rent townhome | Canvas at Willow Park, Willow Crossing Townhomes | 2 to 4 bed, $2,222 to $2,392 | Detached-feel home, attached garage, no HOA maintenance | Higher price floor than garden apartments |
Choosing among these three products means choosing a structure type as much as a price point: shared-wall apartment living against a detached, garaged home with its own yard, priced roughly $1,000 apart at the entry tier.
Preserve at Willow Park, at 149 Mary Lou Drive in ZIP 76087, restricts occupancy to residents 55 and older across its 152 units; its one-bedrooms start at $1,295 and two-bedrooms run to $1,988. A renter under 55 who shortlists it from an aggregator search page, where it often appears alongside all-ages communities with no visual flag, will not qualify to lease there.
Can anyone rent at Preserve at Willow Park?No. Preserve at Willow Park is a 55-plus active-adult community; occupancy is restricted to residents 55 and older, regardless of what an aggregator listing page implies.
Location, schools, and the ZIP code that does not say “Willow Park”
Willow Park sits about 22 miles west of Fort Worth off Interstate 20. Its rental stock splits across two ZIP codes and two school districts: Parker County tax documentation lists both an Aledo ISD rate and a Weatherford ISD rate for the City of Willow Park, and the U.S. Postal Service treats “Willow Park” as an alternate city name for two Aledo, TX ZIP codes. Confirming the exact ZIP and school-district assignment for a specific unit before signing protects against a mismatch between the advertised community and the assigned school.
Is Willow Park the same as Aledo, TX for rental purposes?Not always. The U.S. Postal Service lists Willow Park as an alternate city name for two Aledo ZIP codes. Several Willow Park rental listings carry an Aledo mailing address and sit inside Aledo ISD’s attendance zone, so the mailing city on a listing does not by itself confirm the tax jurisdiction or school assignment.
Getting to and from Willow Park
Willow Park sits directly off Interstate 20, with roughly 100,000 vehicles passing through on I-20 each day. There is no passenger rail or fixed-route transit serving the city; Apartments.com lists a transit score of 0 for Willow Park addresses, and most residents drive alone to work.
Texas lease rules that apply here: deposits, notice, and increases
Texas sets no cap on a security deposit amount and no required notice period for a rent increase on a lease still in its fixed term; landlords must return a deposit within 30 days of a tenant surrendering the unit and providing a forwarding address, and bad-faith withholding carries a statutory $100 penalty plus three times the amount wrongfully withheld.
Texas Property Code §92.103 requires a landlord to refund a deposit within 30 days after a tenant surrenders the unit, though §92.107 makes that deadline start only once the tenant supplies a written forwarding address. Bad-faith retention triggers §92.109 liability: a $100 statutory penalty, three times the portion wrongfully withheld, and the tenant’s attorney’s fees.
For a fixed-term lease, rent cannot change until the term ends. For a month-to-month tenancy, which is how most rent increases outside a lease renewal take effect, Texas law requires one month’s written notice to change the terms of the tenancy under Property Code §91.001, even though no statute sets a specific rent-increase notice period or caps the increase amount. Landlords commonly give 30 days’ notice as standard practice, a figure that lines up with the statutory month-to-month notice requirement even though the two are separate rules.
How much notice does a Texas landlord have to give before a rent increase?Texas sets no statutory notice period for a rent increase itself. Because most increases happen through a month-to-month tenancy change, landlords generally must give one month’s written notice under Property Code §91.001, and 30 days’ notice is standard practice even where a lease is silent on the point.
What the market structure means for investors and agents
Willow Park is an overwhelmingly owner-occupied market, 83% owner to 17% renter, where apartment inventory sits entirely in complexes under 50 units, so a single new community can move the citywide rent average more than it would in a larger rental market.
With median household income around $114,306 in the surrounding ZIP and a market this owner-heavy, rental demand here tracks relocation and transition housing more than long-term rental demand in larger DFW submarkets. The Canvas at Willow Park delivery shows how thin the existing base is: 110 units against roughly 332 existing renter-occupied households is a supply increase most larger DFW submarkets would need several times that unit count to replicate proportionally.
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