Community Overview
1,800 to 4,200 sq ft
0.15 to 0.40 acres
Norton Elementary, Ereckson Middle, Allen High School
$120 – $200/month
Environmentally conscious buyers, families seeking walkable schools and parks without the premium of Twin Creeks.
Conservation design means fewer new construction projects, the community feels stable and established. The Park at Montgomery Farm (100+ acres) is the centerpiece amenity.
Montgomery Farm is a 500-acre master-planned community on the Plano-Allen border that the Dallas Morning News once called 'an environmentally conscious, nature-first anti-suburb.' The neighborhood was planned by a team of artists and engineers and won the 2004 Texas Public Works Association Public Project of the Year award.
Roughly a third of the original acreage was permanently preserved as open space, creating a network of greenways, restored prairie, and shaded creek corridors that thread through every section. Trails connect residents to schools, shops, and recreation without requiring car trips for every errand. Homes adhere to strict energy efficiency standards and no-pollutant policies, and most feature traditional brick and veneer stone exteriors built across the 1990s through early 2010s.
The Park at Montgomery Farm is a 100+ acre amenity zone with trails, playgrounds, splash features, and natural gathering spaces. Watters Creek at Montgomery Farm — the lifestyle retail district at Bethany and US 75 — gives residents walking-distance access to dining, boutique shopping, weekend live music, and a year-round farmers' market. The combination is rare in North Texas suburbs: nature reserve and walkable village inside the same master plan.
Norton Elementary and Ereckson Middle feed into Allen High School. The conservation design also means fewer new construction projects, so the community feels stable and established rather than under constant build-out. Resale homes turn over quickly when priced correctly, and well-maintained homes on greenbelt or trail-adjacent lots regularly command premiums over interior comparables.
Prices are more accessible than Twin Creeks, making Montgomery Farm popular with families prioritizing school quality, walkability, and community design over luxury finishes. For buyers relocating from urban areas, this is often the Allen neighborhood that feels most familiar.
Call 512-817-2174 or email rob@lonewolfrealtygroup.com for expert guidance on buying or selling in Montgomery Farm.