Forest Park-South Avondale holds 36.5-acre Avondale Park and the Avondale library. Zoned for Woodlawn High; ZIP 35222 was $393,070 in September 2026.

Last checked Oct. 17, 2026. Sources: the City of Birmingham’s 23 communities and 99 neighborhoods list and neighborhood boundary files, its comprehensive plan (PDF) and parks list; Birmingham City Schools’ Find My Zone; the Alabama State Department of Education’s state report card for 2025; Zillow Research; MAX Transit’s schedule data; and OpenStreetMap.

The city lists this neighborhood as Forest Park-South Avondale, one of three in the Red Mountain community, with Highland Park and Redmont Park. It covers about 790 acres east of Highland Park, from the Avondale blocks around Avondale Park up the slope of Red Mountain. The city’s comprehensive plan says Birmingham’s industrial leaders of the late 1800s lived in Forest Park and the South Highlands. Among places for “strategic action,” the plan lists Avondale as a “priority choice,” citing its commercial district, its park and library, its walkability and its neighborhood leadership.

What this means for you

  • Zoned high school: Woodlawn High, 5620 1st Ave. N. (2025 state report card: 61, a D).
  • Home value: $393,070 in ZIP 35222 in September 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
  • Nearest interstate exit: I-20/59 exit 129 (Airport Boulevard), about 4.2 miles by road.

Part of our Birmingham neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

On the city’s boundary map the neighborhood has the Southside and Highland Park neighborhoods to the west, Crestwood South to the east, North Avondale to the north and Redmont Park up the mountain to the south. Clairmont Avenue South runs through it. Almost all of it is in ZIP code 35222; a sliver on the west is in 35205. North Avondale and East Avondale are separate neighborhoods, in the East Birmingham and Woodlawn communities.

Schools

We checked 37 points spread across the neighborhood in the district’s Find My Zone tool, and every one returned the same three schools. Scores are each school’s overall score on the 2025 state report card (the 2024-25 school year).

Level School Address 2025 score (grade)
Elementary Avondale Elementary 4000 8th Court S. 83 (B)
Middle Putnam Middle 1757 Montclair Road 67 (D)
High Woodlawn High 5620 1st Ave. N. 61 (D)

Birmingham City Schools as a whole scored 77 (C). Avondale Elementary is inside the neighborhood. Check one address in Find My Zone. More in our schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP code 35222 was $393,070 in September 2026, up 2.6% from $383,254 in September 2025, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. The index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, not a sale price. 35222 also covers parts of Crestwood, so it is not a Forest Park figure alone. The citywide figure was $134,165, down 2.4%. More in our home prices and property taxes guides.

Parks and trails

From the city’s parks list, with the acreage it gives:

  • Avondale Park, 36.5 acres, inside the neighborhood. Its amphitheater and villa can be booked through the city’s reservations office, 205-254-2556. The comprehensive plan lists it among three major parks renovated with capital bond money, with Cooper Green and Crestwood.
  • Clairmont Park, also called Triangle Park, 0.8 acre, on Clairmont Avenue South.
  • Altamont Park, 9.63 acres, 4100 Altamont Road, just outside the neighborhood line.

More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

  • Interstates: I-20/59 exit 129 (Airport Boulevard), about 4.2 miles by road from the middle of the neighborhood. Exit names are from OpenStreetMap’s ramp signs.
  • City Hall: about 3.3 miles by road.
  • Airport: about 4.4 miles by road to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. Distances are measured on the OpenStreetMap road network with the OSRM routing engine; they are distances, not drive times.
  • Buses: MAX Transit Route 25 Centerpoint has 12 stops inside the neighborhood in the schedule data valid through Oct. 28.

More in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap:

  • Piggly Wiggly, 3314 Clairmont Ave. S.
  • CVS Pharmacy, 3303 Clairmont Ave. S.
  • Walgreens, 3020 Clairmont Ave. S., just west of the line.

The Avondale Regional Branch Library is at 509 40th St. S.

Neighborhood association

Forest Park-South Avondale elects its own neighborhood officers under the city’s Citizen Participation Program. The city’s Community Resource Services Division lists Whitney Mullen as the representative for the Redmont community, 205-254-2523, on its staff page.

How we drew this area

The area is the Forest Park neighborhood polygon in the city’s open data boundary file, which the city’s neighborhood list names Forest Park-South Avondale, checked Oct. 17, 2026. School zones are from 37 sample points in the district’s Find My Zone tool; ZIP codes are from Census ZIP code areas. Place and store locations are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

Is Avondale Park in Forest Park?

Yes. On the city’s neighborhood map, Avondale Park and the Avondale Regional Branch Library are inside the Forest Park-South Avondale neighborhood, part of the Red Mountain community.

What schools is Forest Park in Birmingham zoned for?

Avondale Elementary, Putnam Middle and Woodlawn High, at every point we checked in the district’s Find My Zone tool. They scored 83, 67 and 61 on the 2025 state report card.

What is the typical home value in ZIP 35222?

$393,070 in September 2026, up 2.6% in a year, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. The citywide figure was $134,165.

Is Forest Park a good place to live?

Here are the facts. Forest Park-South Avondale covers about 790 acres with Avondale Park, a regional library and MAX Route 25, and is zoned for Woodlawn High (61 on the 2025 state report card); the typical home value in ZIP 35222 was $393,070 in September 2026, according to Zillow.