Nicholtown, east of downtown along Laurens Road, has about 2,150 residential addresses in ZIP 29607, zoned for Wade Hampton High or J.L. Mann High.

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

Nicholtown is a residential neighborhood east of downtown, roughly between Laurens Road and East Washington Street, with Pleasantburg Drive on its eastern side. Most of it is streets of single-family houses, with apartment complexes near the main roads. The city maps it as one of its special emphasis neighborhoods, has a Nicholtown neighborhood plan, and lists a Nicholtown Neighborhood Association among its neighborhood associations.

What this means for you

  • Zoned high school: split between Wade Hampton High and J.L. Mann High, both rated Excellent. Check 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-385 exit 42 (U.S. 276, Stone Avenue), about 1.2 miles by road.

Part of our Greenville neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

This guide uses the city’s Nicholtown special emphasis neighborhood boundary: about 1.05 square miles with roughly 2,150 residential addresses in the city’s address file. About 1,280 are single-family houses and about 830 are apartment or condo units. All are in ZIP code 29607 and all inside city limits, so 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; 39 returned a full set of zones. Nicholtown is split among several zones at every level. Ratings are the overall ratings on the 2025 state report cards.

Level School Addresses 2025 rating
High Wade Hampton High, 100 Pine Knoll Drive 21 Excellent
High J.L. Mann High Academy, 160 Fairforest Way 17 Excellent
High Greenville Senior High Academy, 1 Vardry St. 1 Excellent
Middle Northwood Middle 14 Excellent
Middle Beck International Academy, 901 Woodruff Road 13 Good
Middle Hughes Academy, 122 DeOyley Ave. 9 Good
Middle Greenville Middle Academy, 339 Lowndes Ave. 3 Good
Elementary Mitchell Road Elementary, 4124 E. North St. Extension 11 Excellent
Elementary Brook Glenn Elementary 10 Good
Elementary Sara Collins Elementary, 1200 Parkins Mill Road 10 Excellent
Elementary East North Street Academy, 1720 E. North St. 5 Average
Elementary Lake Forest Elementary, 16 Berkshire Ave. 3 Excellent

The state’s scale runs Excellent, Good, Average, Below Average and Unsatisfactory. With this many zones, look up the exact address. 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 stretches far east of Nicholtown, past Haywood Road and Woodruff Road. The citywide figure was $328,460, up 1.62%. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

  • Nicholtown Community Center, 112 Rebecca St., with the park beside it. See the city’s community center page.
  • Sliding Rock Creek Park, 260 Cowan Court, inside the area, with the Sliding Rock Creek Trail and a mountain bike trail on the city’s trail map. See the city’s park page.
  • Skyland Park, 37 Skyland Drive, inside the area.
  • Cleveland Park, 150 Cleveland Park Drive, just to the southwest, with the Swamp Rabbit Trail running through it. See our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

  • Interstate: I-385 exit 42 (U.S. 276, Stone Avenue), about 1.2 miles by road, or exit 40 (S.C. 291, Pleasantburg Drive), about 2.2 miles, by the exit numbers in OpenStreetMap.
  • Downtown: about 2 miles by road to Main Street at Washington Street.
  • Airport: about 13 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: Routes 501 Pleasantburg and 510 Laurens stop inside the area, according to Greenlink’s published schedule data.

More in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap, on Pleasantburg Drive at the eastern edge: The Fresh Market, 27 S. Pleasantburg Drive, and Publix, 235 S. Pleasantburg Drive. Walgreens is at 2008 Laurens Road, about half a mile east.

How we drew this area

Nicholtown’s edges here are the City of Greenville’s special emphasis neighborhood of that name. Counts and ZIP codes come from the city’s address points; school counts from 40 addresses checked in Find Your School on Oct. 16, 2026. Store locations are © OpenStreetMap contributors. Picture: aerial imagery, because we found no freely licensed street photograph of Nicholtown.

Frequently asked questions

Is Nicholtown in Greenville a good place to live?

Here are the facts. Nicholtown is one of the city’s special emphasis neighborhoods, east of downtown, with about 2,150 residential addresses in ZIP 29607, a community center and Sliding Rock Creek Park. Its addresses are zoned for Wade Hampton High or J.L. Mann High, both rated Excellent on the 2025 state report cards. Zillow put the typical value in 29607 at $385,351 in September 2026.

What high school is Nicholtown zoned for?

It is split. Of 39 addresses we checked in Find Your School for 2026-27, 21 are zoned for Wade Hampton High, 17 for J.L. Mann High and one for Greenville Senior High Academy. Check an address before you enroll.

What ZIP code is Nicholtown in Greenville?

  1. Every residential address point inside the city’s Nicholtown boundary carries that ZIP code.

Where is the Nicholtown Community Center?

At 112 Rebecca St., run by the City of Greenville.