Everything else equal, we can all agree that living in a cheaper place is better than living in a more expensive place.
I’d much rather pay $500/mo in rent than $1,000. And I’d rather pay $2 for coffee than $5.
And while every neighborhood in Garland might be more expensive than living in rural Texas, there are certain neighborhoods that are definitely cheaper.
What exactly are those Garland neighborhoods where your dollar goes a little further — you can get that one bedroom instead of the studio?
Instead of relying on public opinion and speculation, we wanted to get the facts straight and determine which neighborhoods in Garland are the cheapest using Saturday Night Science.
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Methodology: How we determined the cheapest Garland hoods in 2026
To rank the cheapest places to live in Garland, we had to determine what criteria define “cheap” and then apply Saturday Night Science.
Using Census and extrapolated BLS data, we arrived at the following set of criteria:
- Overall Cost Of Living
- Rent To Income Ratio
- Median Home Value To Income Ratio
We then ranked each neighborhood with scores from 1 to 56 in each category, where 1 was the cheapest.
Next, we averaged the rankings for each neighborhood to create a cheap neighborhood index.
And finally, we crowned the neighborhood with the lowest cheapest neighborhood index, the “Cheapest City Neighborhood In Garland.” We’re lookin’ at you, Dalcastle And Linda Heights.
We updated this article for 2026. Skip to the end to see the list of all the neighborhoods in the city, from cheapest to most expensive.
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Detailed list of the cheapest neighborhoods to live in Garland for 2026
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| Rank | Neighborhood | Cost Of Living Index |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dalcastle And Linda Heights | 97 |
| 2 | Towngate | 104 |
| 3 | Oaks | 100 |
| 4 | Freemonteers | 100 |
| 5 | Apollo Arapaho And Camelot | 100 |
| 6 | Meadowcreek Village | 101 |
| 7 | Bellaire Heights | 104 |
| 8 | Crystal Lake | 105 |
| 9 | Las Mariposas | 106 |
| 10 | Orchard Hills | 104 |
| 11 | Duck Creek Estates | 105 |
| 12 | Almeta-Bonita-Bella Vista | 95 |
| 13 | Country Brook | 115 |
| 14 | Springfield Estates | 117 |
| 15 | Park Groves | 107 |
| 16 | Valley Creek North | 120 |
| 17 | Chandler Heights | 101 |
| 18 | The Shores Of Wellington | 123 |
| 19 | Buckingham North | 118 |
| 19 | Hidden Forest | 105 |
| 19 | First Centerville | 105 |
| 22 | Forest Crest | 101 |
| 23 | Broadway Village | 99 |
| 24 | Fall Creek Estates | 115 |
| 25 | Holford | 109 |
| 26 | Monica Park Heights | 103 |
| 27 | Fernwood | 99 |
| 27 | Village Green | 107 |
| 29 | Holiday Park | 110 |
| 29 | Sutton Place | 110 |
| 31 | Creek Valley | 108 |
| 32 | Shores Of Eastern Hills | 129 |
| 33 | Trails | 104 |
| 34 | Meadowood | 122 |
| 34 | The Enclave | 122 |
| 36 | Duck Creek | 103 |
| 36 | Rainbow Estates | 108 |
| 38 | Monica Park | 100 |
| 39 | Springpark | 121 |
| 39 | New West | 102 |
| 41 | Glynnhill Highland Estates | 110 |
| 42 | Wood Glen | 113 |
| 43 | Charleston Commons | 117 |
| 44 | Coomer Creek | 118 |
| 45 | Brentwood Village | 109 |
| 45 | Brentwood Place | 109 |
| 47 | Mill Creek Crossing | 112 |
| 48 | Camelot | 114 |
| 48 | Oakridge | 119 |
| 50 | Park North | 109 |
| 51 | Place One | 109 |
| 51 | Creekside Village | 116 |
| 53 | Arbor Creek | 111 |
| 54 | Picket Place | 118 |
| 54 | Camelot Community | 118 |
| 56 | Waterford Estates | 112 |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024. All 56 Garland neighborhoods.
Summary
Summary: Lowest cost places to live in Garland
If you’re measuring the neighborhoods in Garland where prices are low, and it’s cheap to live, this is an accurate list.
The most affordable neighborhoods in Garland are Dalcastle And Linda Heights, Towngate, Oaks, Freemonteers, Apollo Arapaho And Camelot, Meadowcreek Village, Bellaire Heights, Crystal Lake, Las Mariposas, and Orchard Hills.
As mentioned earlier, the neighborhoods in Garland aren’t all cheap. Waterford Estates takes the title of the most expensive neighborhood to live in Garland.
We ranked the neighborhoods from cheapest to most expensive in the chart below. Not sold on Texas? Take the two-minute Find Your Place quiz and see which state actually fits you.
Questions and answers
Cheapest Neighborhoods In Garland FAQs
What is the cheapest neighborhood in Garland?
Dalcastle And Linda Heights is the cheapest neighborhood in Garland for 2026. It posts the best combination of overall cost of living, rent against income, and home prices against income. Towngate and Oaks are next.
What are the cheapest neighborhoods in Garland?
The cheapest neighborhoods in Garland are Dalcastle And Linda Heights, Towngate, Oaks, Freemonteers, Apollo Arapaho And Camelot, Meadowcreek Village, Bellaire Heights, Crystal Lake, Las Mariposas, and Orchard Hills. We ranked all 56 neighborhoods in the city.
How do you decide which neighborhoods are cheapest?
Three measures: an overall cost of living index, rent-to-income, and home-value-to-income, all from Census tract data. Scoring costs against local incomes keeps one luxury tower from skewing the math.
Is a cheap neighborhood a bad neighborhood?
Not necessarily — this ranking measures what things cost relative to income, nothing else. Check our safest neighborhoods in Garland ranking before you sign a lease, because cheap and safe are separate questions.
What is the most expensive neighborhood in Garland?
Waterford Estates lands at the expensive end of the 56 neighborhoods we scored. If your budget disagrees with it, the rest of the list runs cheaper.
