Old Northwood, 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.

Old Northwood is a neighborhood of older single-family houses on the north side of the city, on the numbered streets from 26th Street to 35th Street around Poinsettia Avenue and Spruce Avenue. On the city’s neighborhood map it is the area of the Old Northwood Historic Neighborhood association: about 80 acres and about 334 home parcels, all in ZIP code 33407. It is one of the city’s local historic districts, and the National Park Service added the Old Northwood Historic District to the National Register of Historic Places on April 14, 1994.

What this means for you

• High school: Palm Beach Lakes Community High, for every home parcel. It earned a C in Florida’s 2026 grades.
• Home value: $356,104 in ZIP code 33407 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest I-95 exit: exit 74 (45th Street), about 3.3 miles by road; exit 71 (Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard) is about 3.7 miles.

Part of our West Palm Beach neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

Old Northwood lies just east of Broadway (U.S. 1), with Pleasant City to the south, Northboro Park to the north and Northwood Shores between it and the waterfront on the city’s map. Northwood Hills, with its own page, is farther west, beyond the Florida East Coast Railway tracks.

From the city’s parcel layer:

Half of the single-family houses were built in 1935 or earlier, according to the parcel records, which date them from 1920 to 2019. About 59% of the home parcels (198) carry a homestead exemption, the Property Appraiser’s mark of a full-time owner’s residence. Changes to the outside of a house in a local historic district go 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 elementary zone splits the neighborhood, 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 33407 was $356,104 in August 2026, up 2.7% from $346,612 in August 2025. 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. It covers all of ZIP code 33407, a much larger area than Old Northwood. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

The city’s parks map shows no park inside Old Northwood. The nearest, measured from the neighborhood’s edge:

• Joel T. Daves Park, about 0.1 mile.
• Blum Park, 2301 Spruce Ave., about 0.15 mile: playground, pavilion, restrooms and a multipurpose field, according to the city’s parks listing.
• Currie Park, 2400 N. Flagler Drive on the waterfront, about 0.15 mile. The city listed it as closed for construction apart from its tennis courts; check before you go.

More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

• I-95: exit 74 (45th Street), about 3.3 miles by road; exit 71 (Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard), about 3.7 miles.
• City Hall, 401 Clematis St.: about 2 miles.
• Airport (1000 James L. Turnage Blvd.): about 5.8 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 Broadway from 26th Street to 36th Street. See Palm Tran’s route pages.

More in our getting around guide.

HOAs

The city’s neighborhood map lists the Old Northwood Historic 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 Walgreens near Broadway and 45th Street, about half a mile north of the neighborhood’s edge, and a CVS Pharmacy at 1301 N. Dixie Hwy., about 0.8 mile south. The nearest supermarkets it lists are the Publix at 135 Bradley Place in Palm Beach, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line, and the Publix at 275 S. Rosemary Ave. downtown, about 1.7 miles.

How we drew this area

This page follows the Old Northwood Historic Neighborhood boundary on the City of West Palm Beach’s neighborhood association map, which closely matches the city’s Old Northwood 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 Old Northwood in West Palm Beach zoned for?

Northmore Elementary or Pleasant City Elementary, then Roosevelt Middle and Palm Beach Lakes Community High, in Palm Beach County’s copy of the district’s zones.

When was Old Northwood listed as a historic district?

The Old Northwood Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 14, 1994. The city also lists it as a local historic district.

Is Old Northwood a good place to live?

Here are the facts. Old Northwood has about 334 home parcels, 314 of them single-family houses, half built by 1935, with Palm Tran Route 1 on Broadway. The typical home value in ZIP code 33407 was $356,104 in August 2026, according to Zillow.

What ZIP code is Old Northwood in?

33407, for every address in the city’s address layer.