Duval, Gainesville: homes, schools, parks and commute

Last checked Oct. 8, 2026. Sources: the City of Gainesville’s neighborhood layer, address points and parks layer; the city’s future land use analysis (PDF); Alachua County Public Schools’ 2026-27 zone maps; the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades; Zillow Research; the Regional Transit System’s fall 2026 schedule data; and OpenStreetMap.

Duval is a neighborhood in east Gainesville, between Waldo Road and Fred Cone Park, north of East University Avenue. It is one of the larger areas on the city’s neighborhood map and takes in the Duval Height and New Gainesville plats and the 26-acre Duval Park.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Eastside High for every address, a C school in Florida’s 2026 grades. Check yours on the district’s Find My School page.
• Home value: $180,141 in ZIP code 32641 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest I-75 exit: exit 382, Williston Road, about 6.7 miles by road.

Part of our Gainesville neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

The city’s neighborhood layer draws Duval as about 558 acres with East University Avenue on the south and Waldo Road on the west, reaching north to about Northeast 12th Avenue and east to near Fred Cone Park. Northeast Eighth Avenue crosses the middle. Duckpond and the Northeast Neighbors area are west of Waldo Road.

The city’s address data lists 1,463 addresses inside that line, 1,338 of them homes. About one in four homes carries an apartment or unit number; the rest are houses. Every address is in ZIP code 32641.

The city’s 2001 future land use analysis (PDF) says Duval was one of the first two neighborhoods, with Grove Street, chosen for the city’s neighborhood planning pilot program in the 1998-99 budget year.

Schools

How Duval’s homes fall in Alachua County Public Schools’ attendance zones for the 2026-27 school year, with each school’s 2026 grade from the Florida Department of Education:

The percentage after each grade is the share of possible points the school earned. Metcalfe is about four-tenths of a mile north of the neighborhood and Lincoln Middle about six-tenths of a mile south. Because the middle school zone is split, check an address on the district’s Find My School page. More in our schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP code 32641 was $180,141 in August 2026, down 0.4% from $180,908 in August 2025, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. It is the lowest of the nine Gainesville ZIP codes in Zillow’s file. The index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, single-family homes and condos together, not a sale price, and it covers the whole ZIP code, which runs well east of Duval. Zillow’s figure for the city as a whole was $295,760, down 1.2%. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

From the city’s parks layer:

• Duval Park, 520 NE 21st St., inside the neighborhood, about 26 acres with a boardwalk, paved and unpaved trails, a playground and a picnic shelter.
• C.F. Franklin Memorial Park, Northeast Fourth Avenue and 15th Street, inside the neighborhood, with a playground, shelter and basketball court.
• Clarence R. Kelly (Northeast) Community Center, 1700 NE Eighth Ave., inside the neighborhood, with a playground and a lighted basketball court.
• Northeast Complex and Citizens Field, 1400 NE Eighth Ave., just west, with soccer fields and a skate park, and the Dwight H. Hunter Pool, 1100 NE 14th St.
• Fred Cone Park, 2841 E. University Ave., about 152 acres just east, with ball fields and the Eastside Community Center.
• Morningside Nature Center, 3450 E. University Ave., about three-quarters of a mile east.

The Cone Park Library Branch is at 2801 E. University Ave., next to Fred Cone Park. More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

• I-75: exit 382, Williston Road, about 6.7 miles by road.
• City Hall: about 1.9 miles.
• Gainesville Regional Airport: about 3.9 miles, the closest of any area in this guide.
• These are distances on the OpenStreetMap road network, measured with the OSRM routing engine, not drive times.
• Bus: RTS routes 3, 7, 11 and 26 stop in or at the edge of the neighborhood, in the RTS fall 2026 schedule data. Route 26 runs to the airport.

More in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap:

• Walmart Supercenter, 1800 NE 12th Ave., inside the neighborhood at its north end
• Walgreens, 1120 E. University Ave., at the southwest corner

How we drew this area

This page uses the Duval outline in the City of Gainesville’s neighborhood layer, which the city says is not an official boundary. Address counts come from the city’s address points inside it, matched to the district’s 2026-27 zone maps on Oct. 8, 2026. Store and road locations are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

Where is the Duval neighborhood in Gainesville?

In east Gainesville. The city’s neighborhood map draws it north of East University Avenue and east of Waldo Road, reaching north to about Northeast 12th Avenue and east to near Fred Cone Park. All of it is in ZIP code 32641.

What schools serve Duval?

On the district’s 2026-27 zone maps every home is zoned for Metcalfe Elementary and Eastside High. For middle school, 77% of homes are zoned for Lincoln Middle and 23% for Bishop Middle.

What parks are in Duval?

Duval Park, 520 NE 21st St., about 26 acres with a boardwalk, trails and a playground, and C.F. Franklin Memorial Park at Northeast Fourth Avenue and 15th Street. Fred Cone Park, about 152 acres, is just east.

What is the typical home value in Duval’s ZIP code?

Zillow put the typical value in ZIP code 32641 at $180,141 in August 2026, down 0.4% on the year. The figure covers the whole ZIP code, not just Duval.