Suburban Heights, Gainesville: homes, schools, parks and commute

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.

Suburban Heights is a neighborhood of single-family homes in west Gainesville, just south of Northwest 23rd Avenue and west of Northwest 43rd Street. Both the city’s neighborhood map and OpenStreetMap name it. It is the only area in this guide zoned for Buchholz High, which takes in about 4% of the homes inside city limits.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: F.W. Buchholz High for every address, an A 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 387, Newberry Road, about 2.3 miles by road.

Part of our Gainesville neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

The city’s neighborhood layer draws Suburban Heights as about 336 acres bounded by Northwest 23rd Avenue on the north, Northwest 43rd Street on the east and Northwest 55th Street on the west, reaching south to about Northwest 12th Place.

The city’s address data lists 540 addresses inside that line, 510 of them homes, and none of the homes carries an apartment or unit number. The subdivisions are numbered units of Suburban Heights, the largest being Unit 8 with 76 homes, plus Pine Estates. By address, 91% of the neighborhood is in ZIP code 32605 and 9% in 32606.

Schools

How the neighborhood’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. Buchholz is about a quarter of a mile northwest of the neighborhood; Littlewood is about a mile east and Westwood about 1.2 miles east. In the city’s address data, only about 4% of the homes inside city limits are in the Buchholz zone. 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. For 32606, which holds the neighborhood’s west edge, it was $340,852, down 1.3%. 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 each whole ZIP code. 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:

• Cofrin Nature Park, 4810 NW Eighth Ave., about 30 acres with a nature trail, a playground, picnic shelters and a tennis court, about 0.15 mile south of the neighborhood.

The Millhopper Library Branch, 3145 NW 43rd St., is about half a mile north. More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

• I-75: exit 387, Newberry Road, about 2.3 miles by road, or exit 390, Northwest 39th Avenue, about 4.9 miles.
• City Hall: about 6 miles.
• Gainesville Regional Airport: about 9.5 miles.
• These are distances on the OpenStreetMap road network, measured with the OSRM routing engine, not drive times.
• Bus: RTS routes 10, 43 and 76 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

From OpenStreetMap:

• CVS Pharmacy, on NW 23rd Avenue at the northeast corner
• Publix, 4115 NW 16th Blvd., about 0.1 mile east across 43rd Street
• The Fresh Market, on NW 41st Street, about 0.1 mile northeast

How we drew this area

This page uses the Suburban Heights 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 Suburban Heights in Gainesville?

In west Gainesville. The city’s neighborhood map draws it south of Northwest 23rd Avenue, between Northwest 43rd Street and Northwest 55th Street, reaching south to about Northwest 12th Place. Most of it is in ZIP code 32605.

What high school is Suburban Heights zoned for?

F.W. Buchholz High, 5510 NW 27th Ave., for every home on the district’s 2026-27 zone maps. Buchholz earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades and is about a quarter of a mile northwest of the neighborhood.

What other schools serve Suburban Heights?

Littlewood Elementary and Westwood Middle, for every home. In Florida’s 2026 grades Littlewood earned a B and Westwood a C.

How close is Suburban Heights to I-75?

Exit 387, Newberry Road, is about 2.3 miles by road, the shortest drive to the interstate of any area in our Gainesville neighborhoods guide.