Roebuck, Birmingham: homes, schools, parks and commute

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), parks list and golf page; 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.

This page covers two neighborhoods in the city’s Roebuck-South East Lake community: Roebuck and Roebuck Springs, which the city’s list calls Roebuck Springs-South Roebuck. Together they cover about 3,200 acres in northeast Birmingham, around Parkway East (U.S. 11) and I-59. The city’s comprehensive plan describes Roebuck-Huffman as one of the city’s suburban-style areas, “developed mostly from the 1960s on,” built for driving, with many streets lacking sidewalks and shopping on the main roads. The plan also asks the city to remove barriers for people walking and cycling to the schools and the medical center in the Huffman-Roebuck area.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Huffman High, 950 Springville Road (2025 state report card: 71, a C).
• Home value: $152,778 in ZIP 35215 and $99,980 in ZIP 35206 in September 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest interstate exit: I-59 exit 132 (1st Avenue North, U.S. 11), about 1.8 miles by road.

Part of our Birmingham neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

On the city’s boundary map:

• Roebuck has Killough Springs to the north, Huffman to the east, Penfield Park to the west and Roebuck Springs to the south. About two-thirds of it is in ZIP code 35215, which Zillow files under Center Point, and the rest in 35206.
• Roebuck Springs has Huffman to the north, Liberty Highlands to the east and South East Lake to the south and west. It is almost all in 35206, with small edges in 35210 and 35235.

Schools

We checked 143 points across the two neighborhoods in the district’s Find My Zone tool. All of them are zoned for Huffman High, but the elementary and middle schools differ. Scores are each school’s overall score on the 2025 state report card (the 2024-25 school year).

Martha Gaskins Elementary is inside Roebuck and Christian School is inside Roebuck Springs. Christian School teaches through eighth grade, but Find My Zone lists it as the zoned school for kindergarten to fifth grade here. Birmingham City Schools as a whole scored 77 (C). Check one address in Find My Zone. More in our schools guide.

Home values

From the Zillow Home Value Index, a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, not a sale price:

35215 also covers Center Point, outside the city, and 35206 covers East Lake and other east-side neighborhoods, so neither is a Roebuck figure alone. Check the taxing city on the county parcel record. More in our home prices and property taxes guides.

Parks and trails

• Roebuck Park (listed as Roebuck Park/Hawkins), 113.29 acres, according to the city’s parks list. OpenStreetMap maps it as Don Hawkins Park inside Roebuck.
• Roebuck Hawkins Golf Course, 8920 Roebuck Blvd., a city course, 205-836-7318, according to the city’s golf page. The comprehensive plan lists the Don Hawkins Recreation Center at the same address, and the city’s recreation centers list includes the Hawkins center.
• Grayson Park, 4.03 acres, just outside the neighborhood line. The city’s pools list includes a Grayson pool; pools are closed for the season.

More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

• Interstates: I-59 exit 132 (1st Avenue North, U.S. 11), about 1.8 miles by road from the middle of the area, exit 133 (4th Avenue South) and exit 134 (Roebuck Parkway). Exit names are from OpenStreetMap’s ramp signs.
• City Hall: about 9.1 miles by road.
• Airport: about 6.4 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 15 stops inside the area in the schedule data valid through Oct. 28.

More in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap:

• Walmart Supercenter, 9248 Parkway East, inside Roebuck.
• ALDI, 520 Gene Reed Road, inside Roebuck.
• CVS Pharmacy and Walgreens, just outside the line in Huffman.

The comprehensive plan lists the YMCA’s Northeast facility in Roebuck.

Neighborhood association

Roebuck and Roebuck Springs each elect neighborhood officers under the city’s Citizen Participation Program. The city’s Community Resource Services Division lists Ayanna Williams as the representative for the Roebuck-Southeast Lake community on its staff page.

How we drew this area

The area is the Roebuck and Roebuck Springs neighborhood polygons in the city’s open data boundary file, checked Oct. 17, 2026. School zones are from 143 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

What high school is Roebuck in Birmingham zoned for?

Huffman High, 950 Springville Road, at every point we checked in both Roebuck and Roebuck Springs. It scored 71 on the 2025 state report card.

What elementary school is Roebuck Springs zoned for?

Christian School, 725 Mountain Drive, which scored 94 on the 2025 state report card. Roebuck itself is zoned for Martha Gaskins Elementary, which scored 76.

What ZIP code is Roebuck in?

Roebuck is mostly 35215 with part in 35206; Roebuck Springs is almost all 35206. In September 2026 the Zillow Home Value Index was $152,778 for 35215 and $99,980 for 35206.

Is Roebuck a good place to live?

Here are the facts. Roebuck and Roebuck Springs cover about 3,200 acres with the 113-acre Roebuck Park and a city golf course, zoned for Huffman High (71 on the 2025 state report card); the typical home value in ZIP 35215 was $152,778 in September 2026, according to Zillow.