Millington has both apartments and houses, and the right answer depends less on a slogan than on your commute, your budget, and how much of the property you want to maintain yourself.

What an apartment at the Oaks actually is

Millington Oaks offers 172 one- and two-bedroom apartments at 4945 Navy Road. One-bedrooms are 750 square feet, starting from $875. Two-bedrooms are 850 square feet, starting from $975. You get a fully equipped kitchen, storage, an on-site dog park and playground, and laundry facilities on the property. Rent and maintenance requests go through an online portal. Someone else handles exterior maintenance and common areas.

You do not get a private yard (beyond whatever outdoor space a particular unit may have), you share walls and parking, and you will use the community laundry unless you make other arrangements. Those tradeoffs are the point of an apartment, not a surprise.

When a house may fit better

A house in Millington can make sense if you need three or more bedrooms, want a fenced yard, or prefer not to share a building. It also usually means you are responsible for more of the maintenance, and the location may be farther from Navy Road shopping or the base. Purchase prices and rental houses vary widely; compare a specific house to a specific apartment rather than “houses” in the abstract.

Questions that usually settle it

  • Do you need more than two bedrooms?
  • Is a yard worth the extra upkeep?
  • How important is being on Navy Road, close to shopping and NSA Mid-South?
  • Do you want maintenance requests to go to an on-site team and a portal, or to handle them yourself?
  • Is the published starting rent, plus the $50 application fee and $250 deposit, a better fit than a house payment or a house rental in the same month?

If the apartment side of that list sounds like your situation, look at the floor plans and book a tour. Walking a 750-square-foot one-bedroom and an 850-square-foot two-bedroom is more useful than another hour of online comparison. Call (901) 878-0733 if you want help deciding which layout to see first.