El Cid, West Palm Beach: homes, schools, parks and commute

Last checked Oct. 10, 2026. Sources: the City of West Palm Beach’s neighborhood association map, historic districts map, parks map and parcel layer, the National Park Service’s National Register, Palm Beach County’s school zone open data, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades, the Zillow Home Value Index (Zillow Research), Palm Tran and © OpenStreetMap contributors.

El Cid is a waterfront historic neighborhood between Dixie Highway and Flagler Drive on the Lake Worth Lagoon, on both sides of Belvedere Road. Its streets carry Spanish names: Valencia, Almeria, Granada, Cordova, Barcelona and Belmonte roads and Medina Way. On the city’s neighborhood map it is the area of the Historic El Cid Neighborhood Association: about 99 acres and about 265 home parcels, split between ZIP codes 33401 and 33405. The National Park Service added the El Cid Historic District to the National Register of Historic Places on Aug. 31, 1995, and the city lists it as a local historic district.

What this means for you

• High school: Forest Hill Community High, for every home parcel. It earned an A in Florida’s 2026 grades.
• Home value: $447,355 in ZIP code 33401 and $636,629 in ZIP code 33405 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest I-95 exit: exit 69 (Belvedere Road), about 1.3 miles by road; exit 68 (Southern Boulevard) is about 2.2 miles.

Part of our West Palm Beach neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

El Cid lies east of Dixie Highway, with Flamingo Park across the highway to the west and the Prospect Park and Southland Park historic neighborhoods to the south on the city’s map. Its eastern edge is Flagler Drive and the lagoon. Flamingo Park has its own page.

From the city’s parcel layer:

Half of the single-family houses were built in 1940 or earlier, according to the parcel records, which date them from 1910 to 2024. About 66% of the home parcels (175) carry a homestead exemption, the Property Appraiser’s mark of a full-time owner’s residence. Exterior work in a local historic district goes through the city’s historic preservation review; see our permits and zoning guide.

Schools

From Palm Beach County’s open data copy of the School District of Palm Beach County’s attendance zones, matched to every home parcel:

Each school name links to its state report card. The zoned elementary school is across the lagoon on the island of Palm Beach. Zones can change, so check the exact address on the district’s Find My School map. More in our schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP code 33401 was $447,355 in August 2026, up 4% from $430,217 in August 2025, and in ZIP code 33405 it was $636,629, up 8.5% from $586,621. Zillow’s figure for West Palm Beach as a whole was $404,294, up 1.4%. The Zillow Home Value Index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, single-family houses and condos together, not a sale price. Both ZIP codes are much larger than El Cid. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

From the city’s parks map:

• Monceaux Park, a waterfront park on the neighborhood’s edge.
• The city’s waterfront open space along Flagler Drive, on its eastern edge.
• Westminster Park, Flamingo Park (the park), Prospect Park and the waterfront George Petty Park, each within about a quarter mile.

More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

• I-95: exit 69 (Belvedere Road), about 1.3 miles by road; exit 68 (Southern Boulevard), about 2.2 miles; exit 70 (Okeechobee Boulevard), about 2.9 miles.
• City Hall, 401 Clematis St.: about 1.8 miles.
• Airport (1000 James L. Turnage Blvd.): about 2.8 miles.
• These are distances measured on the OpenStreetMap road network with the OSRM routing engine from the middle of the neighborhood to where each exit meets its cross street, not drive times. Exit numbers are from OpenStreetMap.
• Bus: Palm Tran’s September 2026 schedule data shows Route 1 (U.S. 1) stopping on Dixie Highway at Barcelona Road, Almeria Road, Belvedere Road, Flamingo Drive and Upland Road. See Palm Tran’s route pages.

More in our getting around guide.

HOAs

The city’s neighborhood map lists the Historic El Cid Neighborhood Association here. The city’s notes on that map say neighborhood associations are self-administered and not mandated by the city.

Groceries and everyday stores

OpenStreetMap lists a Publix at 500 Belvedere Road, about 0.15 mile west of the neighborhood’s edge.

How we drew this area

This page follows the Historic El Cid Neighborhood Association boundary on the City of West Palm Beach’s neighborhood association map, which takes in all of the city’s El Cid historic district. Home counts come from the city’s parcel layer on Oct. 10, 2026, and ZIP codes from the city’s address layer. Each home parcel was matched to Palm Beach County’s open data copy of the district’s attendance zones. Store locations and road distances use © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

What schools is El Cid in West Palm Beach zoned for?

Every home parcel is zoned for Palm Beach Public School, Conniston Middle and Forest Hill Community High, in Palm Beach County’s copy of the district’s zones. Palm Beach Public and Forest Hill earned an A in Florida’s 2026 grades.

What ZIP code is El Cid in?

Both 33401 and 33405. About seven in 10 addresses are in 33401 and the rest, toward the south, in 33405, in the city’s address layer.

When was El Cid listed as a historic district?

The El Cid Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Aug. 31, 1995. The city also lists El Cid as a local historic district.

Is El Cid a good place to live?

Here are the facts. El Cid has about 265 home parcels, 215 of them single-family houses, on the Lake Worth Lagoon along Flagler Drive, with a Publix on Belvedere Road nearby. The typical home value was $447,355 in ZIP code 33401 and $636,629 in 33405 in August 2026, according to Zillow.