Northwood, north of NW 39th Avenue and east of NW 34th Street, is about 400 single-family homes in ZIP code 32605, zoned for Gainesville High.

Last checked Oct. 8, 2026. Sources: the City of Gainesville’s neighborhood layer, address points and parks layer; 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.

Northwood is a neighborhood of single-family homes in northwest Gainesville, in the corner of Northwest 34th Street and Northwest 39th Avenue. Both the city’s neighborhood map and OpenStreetMap name it, and its streets are the Northwood and Northwood South subdivisions in the city’s address data.

What this means for you

  • Zoned high school: Gainesville High for every address, a B school in Florida’s 2026 grades. Check yours on the district’s Find My School page.
  • Home value: $302,487 in ZIP code 32605 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
  • Nearest I-75 exit: exit 390, Northwest 39th Avenue, about 4.6 miles by road.

Part of our Gainesville neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

The city’s neighborhood layer draws Northwood as about 174 acres with Northwest 39th Avenue on the south and Northwest 34th Street on the west, where 34th Street curves northeast. It reaches north to about Northwest 49th Avenue and east to around Northwest 28th Terrace, with a narrower strip along 34th Street at the south end.

The city’s address data lists 439 addresses inside that line, 407 of them homes, and none of the homes carries an apartment or unit number. The largest subdivisions are Northwood Unit 8, with 102 homes, and Northwood Unit 11, with 88. Every address is in ZIP code 32605.

Schools

How Northwood’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:

Level School Share of homes 2026 grade
Elementary C.W. Norton Elementary, 2200 NW 45th Ave. (report card) 100% B (60%)
Middle Westwood Middle, 1262 NW 31st Drive (report card) 100% C (50%)
High Gainesville High, 1900 NW 13th St. (report card) 100% B (64%)

The percentage after each grade is the share of possible points the school earned. Norton is a little over half a mile east of the neighborhood. The district drew new zones for 2026-27, so check an address on its Find My School page. More in our schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP code 32605 was $302,487 in August 2026, down 0.9% from $305,361 in August 2025, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. 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 from Northwest 13th Street west past I-75. 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:

  • Springtree Park, 2700 NW 39th Ave., about a quarter of a mile east, an 11.7-acre nature park with trails and a playground.
  • Northside Park, 5701 NW 34th St., about 0.9 mile north, about 47 acres with lighted tennis courts, racquetball, a playground and picnic shelters, next to the city’s Senior Recreation Center.
  • Possum Creek Park, 4009 NW 53rd Ave., about a mile north, about 76 acres with soccer fields, paved and unpaved trails, a dog park, a skate park and a playground.

More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

  • I-75: exit 390, Northwest 39th Avenue, about 4.6 miles by road.
  • City Hall: about 6.4 miles.
  • Gainesville Regional Airport: about 7.2 miles.
  • These are distances on the OpenStreetMap road network, measured with the OSRM routing engine, not drive times.
  • Bus: RTS routes 8 and 55 stop in or at the edge of the neighborhood, in the RTS fall 2026 schedule data.

More in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

OpenStreetMap has no supermarket or pharmacy inside the neighborhood. The nearest are:

  • Walmart Supercenter, 5700 NW 23rd St., about three-quarters of a mile northeast
  • CVS Pharmacy, 4145 NW 53rd Ave., about a mile northwest
  • Publix, 5200 NW 43rd St., about 1.2 miles northwest

The Millhopper Library Branch, 3145 NW 43rd St., is about a mile southwest. These are straight-line distances.

How we drew this area

This page uses the Northwood 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 Northwood in Gainesville?

In northwest Gainesville. The city’s neighborhood map draws it north of Northwest 39th Avenue and east of Northwest 34th Street, reaching north to about Northwest 49th Avenue. All of it is in ZIP code 32605.

What schools serve Northwood?

Every home is zoned for Norton Elementary, Westwood Middle and Gainesville High on the district’s 2026-27 zone maps. In Florida’s 2026 grades Norton and Gainesville High earned a B and Westwood a C.

Are there apartments in Northwood?

None of the 407 homes inside the city’s Northwood outline carries an apartment or unit number in the city’s address data. The neighborhood is made up of the Northwood and Northwood South subdivisions.

What is the nearest park to Northwood?

Springtree Park, 2700 NW 39th Ave., about a quarter of a mile east, an 11.7-acre nature park with trails and a playground. Possum Creek Park and Northside Park are about a mile north.