Second Chance Apartments in Del Valle, ABIA and the Tesla Plant
Shift work at the airport and the Gigafactory means your income documentation carries real weight out here. These offices are used to reading files that don't fit the template.
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Denied Again and Again
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Del Valle Rental Market. Southeast Travis County
Austin Second Chance Team serves Del Valle renters in southeast Travis County, near ABIA and the Tesla Gigafactory and a licensed agent who knows which local communities review applications individually.
Del Valle sits in southeast Travis County, adjacent to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA) and the Tesla Gigafactory (Giga Texas). The area's profile changed when Tesla opened Giga Texas in 2022, creating demand for affordable housing from manufacturing, logistics, and tech workers who need southeast Austin access without central-city rent levels. Renters searching for an apartment locator near Del Valle typically commute to jobs along the SH 130 corridor, at ABIA, or at the gigafactory itself.
Circuit of the Americas (COTA) and McKinney Falls State Park anchor the recreational side of the area, while neighborhoods like Onion Creek, Shadow Glen, and the Bergstrom corridor offer a mix of garden style apartments, duplexes, and single family rentals. TX-71 and SH-130 provide fast access to both the airport corridor and the broader Austin metro, including nearby Pflugerville, Manor, and central Austin. Rental pricing here runs below central Austin as of 2026, and several communities accept renters with bad credit, broken leases, or prior evictions after individual review. The Austin Second Chance Team team pre-screens your file before you apply, so you only spend application fees at properties where approval is realistic.
If a past denial is holding you back, our second chance apartment locating service matches renters in Del Valle with bad credit, broken leases, or evictions only to properties that approve those situations, at no cost to you.
Del Valle Runs on Shift Work, and the Leasing Follows
Del Valle is the closest rental inventory to three of the biggest employers on this side of the metro. Austin-Bergstrom is minutes away. Tesla Giga Texas sits right at the SH-130 and SH-71 junction. Circuit of the Americas brings event work several times a year. A lot of the people we place here work shifts, and that changes what they need from a property.
It changes the screening too. Communities out here are used to income that arrives as variable hours instead of a flat salary, and used to reading a bank statement instead of a pay stub. That’s rare in this market, and it works in your favor if your income is real but doesn’t fit a standard form.
The commute is shorter than people assume
SH-71 puts you downtown in fifteen to twenty minutes outside peak. That beats plenty of addresses inside the city limits. The tradeoff is thin transit, so plan on driving. And if you work an overnight at the airport, that 5am drive is close to empty, which makes Del Valle look a lot better than anywhere north.
What to expect from the inventory
Most of what rents here is older garden style, single family rentals, and duplexes. Not new mid rise. Income first screening is the norm, and documented income at two and a half to three times rent will carry a file that a credit score alone would sink. This is one of the few corridors in the metro where a recent eviction doesn’t end the conversation.
Del Valle ISD covers the area, and parts of the corridor fall under Austin ISD depending on the address. Don’t go by the mailing address. Check the unit.
Last updated: June 20, 2026
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