Orlando neighborhoods: where to live and what each area is like

Last checked Oct. 9, 2026. Sources: the City of Orlando’s neighborhood boundaries and address points open data, Orange County Public Schools’ Find My School zones for 2026-27, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades, Zillow Research, the U.S. Census Bureau and OpenStreetMap.

Orlando is a city of about 319,758 people, according to the Census Bureau’s 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates, and its limits are an irregular shape: a compact core around downtown and Lake Eola, arms reaching west to MetroWest and Millenia, and a large southeast section around Orlando International Airport and Lake Nona. Interstate 4 runs through the core from southwest to northeast. The toll roads State Road 408, State Road 417 and State Road 528 carry east-west and airport traffic, and Lake Nona is closer to State Road 417 than to I-4.

The City of Orlando’s neighborhood map divides the city into 125 named areas, including the two airports. This guide covers 12 of them, chosen to span the city, using the city’s own boundaries.

What this means for you

• Zoned schools follow the street address, not the city line. Homes inside city limits are zoned for 13 different high schools in Orange County Public Schools’ 2026-27 zone layer, including Winter Park High, which is in the city of Winter Park.
• An Orlando mailing address is not proof of city limits. City homes are spread across 21 ZIP codes, and those ZIP codes also include homes in unincorporated Orange County.
• Home values here are by ZIP code, from the Zillow Home Value Index for August 2026: a modeled typical value, not a sale price.

The 12 areas at a glance

Zillow’s figure for the city of Orlando as a whole was $371,120 in August 2026, down 1.4% on the year. ZIP code values cover every home in the ZIP code, so areas that share one, such as Lake Eola Heights, Audubon Park and the Milk District in 32803, show the same figure. More in our home prices guide and schools guide.

Downtown and the lakes

Downtown is the city’s 357-acre Central Business District, with City Hall, the Church Street SunRail station, the free LYMMO buses and 32 LYNX routes. Its homes are mostly in apartment and condominium towers.

Thornton Park is a 76-acre neighborhood east of Lake Eola with 341 residential addresses, two-thirds of them single-family homes. The Main Street business district that carries its name is mapped mostly in the neighboring South Eola area.

Lake Eola Heights is the 243-acre historic district directly north of Lake Eola Park, with 888 residential addresses and the LYNX Central SunRail station about half a mile away.

Delaney Park is a 179-acre neighborhood south of downtown, 94% single-family homes, zoned for Blankner K-8 and Boone High, both graded A for 2026.

West and northwest of downtown

Parramore, Holden/Parramore on the city’s map, lies west of downtown across I-4. It has two National Register historic districts, the Kia Center and Inter&Co Stadium, and 58 LYNX stops.

College Park is a 2,064-acre neighborhood along Edgewater Drive with 5,523 residential addresses, two National Register districts and 11 city park sites. Its homes are split between the Princeton and Lake Silver elementary zones.

East and northeast

Baldwin Park runs up to the Winter Park line, with 2,004 residential addresses, the Cady Way Trail and zoned schools all graded A for 2026.

Audubon Park is a 350-acre neighborhood of bird-named streets with its own Main Street business district, the Audubon Park Garden District, and a K-8 school inside it.

The Milk District is a 212-acre neighborhood east of downtown with Orlando Festival Park and the Orlando Skate Park inside its boundary.

Southwest

MetroWest is a 2,520-acre neighborhood around Hiawassee and Kirkman roads, about half of its addresses condominiums, with Bill Frederick Park at Turkey Lake inside it.

Millenia is the 953-acre district around The Mall at Millenia, split between three high school zones, about 2 miles by road from I-4.

Southeast

Lake Nona is four city neighborhoods, about 9,400 acres with 8,040 residential addresses, south of Orlando International Airport. Every zoned school there was graded A for 2026.

Comparing Orlando with its neighbors

For city tax rates, schools, home values and services side by side with Belle Isle, Winter Park and Maitland, see Orlando vs Belle Isle vs Winter Park vs Maitland. For the full property tax picture, see our property taxes guide, and for roads and transit, our getting around guide. Our moving here guide covers setting up power and water, a Florida driver’s license and the homestead exemption.

Neighborhood associations

The City of Orlando lets neighborhood and homeowners associations inside city limits register with the city. It does not publish the list, so the area pages do not name associations.

How we built this

• Areas: the boundaries are the City of Orlando’s own neighborhood polygons, published on its open data site. We chose 12 that span the city and used the city’s names; three pages use a more common name for the same polygon (Downtown for the Central Business District, Parramore for Holden/Parramore, MetroWest for Metro West), and the Lake Nona page combines the city’s four Lake Nona neighborhoods. OpenStreetMap labels nine of the 12 as neighborhoods.
• Homes, ZIP codes and schools: we matched the city’s issued residential address points to each area and to Orange County Public Schools’ 2026-27 attendance zone layer on Oct. 9, 2026. An apartment building usually counts as one address.
• Grades: Florida Department of Education school grades for 2026.
• Home values: the Zillow Home Value Index by ZIP code for August 2026.
• Roads and stores: road distances measured on the OpenStreetMap network with the OSRM routing engine, and supermarkets and pharmacies from OpenStreetMap; bus stops from LYNX’s current schedule data.

Map: City of Orlando open data, drawn by Orlando Local Today. Store and road data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

How many neighborhoods are there in Orlando?

The City of Orlando’s neighborhood map divides the city into 125 named areas, including Orlando International Airport and Orlando Executive Airport. This guide covers 12 of them.

Does an Orlando mailing address mean the home is in the city of Orlando?

No. City homes are spread across 21 ZIP codes in the city’s address data, and those ZIP codes also take in homes outside city limits. The Orange County Property Appraiser’s parcel search shows which city, if any, a parcel is in.

What high school is my Orlando home zoned for?

It depends on the street address, not the city line. Homes in the city of Orlando are zoned for 13 different Orange County Public Schools high schools in the district’s 2026-27 zone layer. Check an address with OCPS’s Find My School tool.

Which Orlando neighborhood has the highest home values?

Of the areas in this guide, Baldwin Park’s ZIP code, 32814, had the highest Zillow Home Value Index figure in August 2026, $760,796. Zillow’s typical value for the city as a whole was $371,120.