Gower Estates, southeast of downtown, has about 350 single-family houses in ZIP 29607, all zoned for Sara Collins Elementary, Beck and J.L. Mann High.

Last checked Oct. 16, 2026. Sources: the City of Greenville’s neighborhood association list and GIS layers (address points, parks); Greenville County Schools’ Find Your School; the state’s 2025 school report cards; Zillow Research; Greenlink’s published GTFS schedule; and OpenStreetMap.

Gower Estates is a neighborhood of single-family houses southeast of downtown, near Laurens Road and Pleasantburg Drive. Every residential address in the area we mapped is a single-family house. The city lists a Gower Estates Neighborhood Association among its neighborhood associations.

What this means for you

  • Zoned high school: J.L. Mann High Academy, with Sara Collins Elementary and Beck International Academy, for every address we checked. Confirm yours with Find Your School.
  • Home value: $385,351 in ZIP 29607 in September 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
  • Nearest interstate exit: I-85 exit 48 (U.S. 276, Laurens Road), about 1.9 miles by road.

Part of our Greenville neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

The city does not draw a boundary for Gower Estates, so this guide uses the Gower Estates place point in OpenStreetMap and the area within about 0.35 miles of it inside city limits. That is about 0.4 square miles with roughly 350 residential addresses in the city’s address file, all single-family houses, all in ZIP code 29607 and all inside city limits. The city provides police, fire and trash service.

Schools

We looked up 40 residential addresses spread across the area in Greenville County Schools’ Find Your School tool for the 2026-27 school year. All 40 returned the same three schools. Ratings are the overall ratings on the 2025 state report cards.

Level School Share of addresses 2025 rating
High J.L. Mann High Academy, 160 Fairforest Way 100% Excellent
Middle Beck International Academy, 901 Woodruff Road 100% Good
Elementary Sara Collins Elementary, 1200 Parkins Mill Road 100% Excellent

The state’s scale runs Excellent, Good, Average, Below Average and Unsatisfactory. More in our schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP 29607 was $385,351 in September 2026, up 1.29% from $380,452 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, and 29607 covers a large area east of downtown, from Nicholtown out past Woodruff Road. The citywide figure was $328,460, up 1.62%. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

  • Gower Park, 24 Evelyn Ave., about a quarter mile from the area, from the city’s parks list.

The city’s parks map shows no other park inside the area. More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

  • Interstate: I-85 exit 48 (U.S. 276, Laurens Road), about 1.9 miles by road; I-85 exit 46 (Augusta Road, Mauldin Road), about 2.6 miles; or I-385 exit 39 (Haywood Road), about 2.8 miles, by the exit numbers in OpenStreetMap.
  • Downtown: about 4.3 miles by road to Main Street at Washington Street.
  • Airport: about 12 miles by road to GSP International Airport. These are distances on the OpenStreetMap road network, measured with the OSRM routing engine, not drive times.
  • Greenlink: no route stops inside the area, according to Greenlink’s published schedule data. The nearest routes run on Laurens Road and Pleasantburg Drive.

More in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap, each about half a mile away: Publix, 235 S. Pleasantburg Drive; Walgreens, 2008 Laurens Road; and Fowler’s Pharmacy, 1908 Laurens Road.

How we drew this area

Gower Estates has no official boundary. We used the OpenStreetMap place point and a radius of about 0.35 miles, inside city limits. Counts and ZIP codes come from the city’s address points; school shares from 40 addresses checked in Find Your School on Oct. 16, 2026. Store and place locations are © OpenStreetMap contributors. Picture: aerial imagery, because we found no freely licensed street photograph of Gower Estates.

Frequently asked questions

Is Gower Estates in Greenville a good place to live?

Here are the facts. Gower Estates is an area of about 350 single-family houses southeast of downtown, inside city limits. Every address we checked is zoned for Sara Collins Elementary, Beck International Academy and J.L. Mann High Academy, rated Excellent, Good and Excellent on the 2025 state report cards. Zillow put the typical value in ZIP 29607 at $385,351 in September 2026.

What schools is Gower Estates zoned for?

Sara Collins Elementary, Beck International Academy and J.L. Mann High Academy, for all 40 addresses we checked in Find Your School for 2026-27.

What ZIP code is Gower Estates in?

  1. Every residential address point in the area we mapped carries that ZIP code.

Is Gower Estates inside Greenville city limits?

The area we mapped is. The city provides police, fire and trash service, and the city lists a Gower Estates Neighborhood Association.