Southernside, northwest of downtown around Unity Park, has about 810 residential addresses in ZIP 29601, zoned for Stone Academy and League Academy.

Last checked Oct. 16, 2026. Sources: the City of Greenville’s Southernside neighborhood plan page, Unity Park plan page and GIS layers (special emphasis neighborhoods, National Register sites, 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.

Southernside is the neighborhood northwest of downtown along West Washington Street, around Unity Park and the Reedy River, with Greenville’s Amtrak station inside it. It is a mix of older single-family houses, townhouses and apartment buildings. The city maps it as one of its special emphasis neighborhoods and has published a Southernside neighborhood plan and a Unity Park neighborhood plan.

What this means for you

  • Zoned high school: split between Greenville Senior High Academy and Berea High. Check yours with Find Your School.
  • Home value: $571,299 in ZIP 29601 in September 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
  • Nearest interstate exit: I-385 exit 42 (U.S. 276, Stone Avenue), about 1.9 miles by road.

Part of our Greenville neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

This guide uses the city’s Southernside special emphasis neighborhood boundary: about 0.7 square miles with roughly 810 residential addresses in the city’s address file. About 360 are single-family houses, about 280 are apartment or condo units and about 170 are townhouses. About 93% are in ZIP code 29601, with a few in 29611 and 29609. All are inside city limits, so the city provides police, fire and trash service.

The city’s boundary takes in part of the Hampton-Pinckney Historic District on its eastern side, which has its own page, and overlaps the city’s Stratham Place neighborhood engagement area.

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 zones. Ratings are the overall ratings on the 2025 state report cards.

Level School Share of addresses 2025 rating
High Greenville Senior High Academy, 1 Vardry St. 51% Excellent
High Berea High, 201 Burdine Drive 49% Average
Middle League Academy, 125 Twin Lake Drive 90% Good
Middle Lakeview Middle, 3801 Old Buncombe Road 10% Average
Elementary Stone Academy, 115 Randall St. 90% Excellent
Elementary A.J. Whittenberg Elementary, 420 Westfield St. 10% Good

The state’s scale runs Excellent, Good, Average, Below Average and Unsatisfactory. Because the high school zone splits inside the neighborhood, look up the exact address. More in our schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP 29601 was $571,299 in September 2026, up 0.76% from $567,010 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 29601 also covers downtown, where condo values pull the figure up. The citywide figure was $328,460, up 1.62%. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

  • Unity Park, 320 S. Hudson St., inside the area: 60 acres with four playgrounds, a splash pad, two large lawns, a historic baseball field and a welcome center, according to the city’s Unity Park page.
  • Pinckney-Fludd Park, 400 Pinckney St., inside the area. See the city’s park page.
  • Swamp Rabbit Trail: the trail runs through the area along the Reedy River and through Unity Park, on the city’s trail map. See our walking and biking trails guide.
  • West Washington Park and Newtown Park are also inside the boundary on the city’s parks map, and Linky Stone Park is just outside it.

Getting around

  • Interstate: I-385 exit 42 (U.S. 276, Stone Avenue), about 1.9 miles by road, by the exit numbers in OpenStreetMap.
  • Downtown: about 0.9 miles by road to Main Street at Washington Street.
  • Airport: about 15 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: Route 503 Poinsett stops inside the area, and Routes 502 White Horse, 505 Rutherford and 506 Woodside stop just outside it, according to Greenlink’s published schedule data.
  • Amtrak: Greenville’s passenger station is on West Washington Street, inside the area.

More in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

OpenStreetMap shows no supermarket inside the area. The nearest stores in it are downtown: CVS Pharmacy, 35 S. Main St., and Publix, 400 E. McBee Ave.

How we drew this area

Southernside’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 shares from 39 addresses checked in Find Your School on Oct. 16, 2026. Store and station locations are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

Is Southernside in Greenville a good place to live?

Here are the facts. Southernside is one of the city’s special emphasis neighborhoods, northwest of downtown, with about 810 residential addresses, Unity Park and the Swamp Rabbit Trail. Most addresses we checked are zoned for Stone Academy and League Academy, rated Excellent and Good on the 2025 state report cards, and the high school zone is split. Zillow put the typical value in ZIP 29601 at $571,299 in September 2026.

What high school is Southernside zoned for?

It is split almost evenly: 20 of the 39 addresses we checked in Find Your School for 2026-27 are zoned for Greenville Senior High Academy and 19 for Berea High. Check an address before you enroll.

What ZIP code is Southernside in Greenville?

Almost all of it, 93% of residential addresses, is in 29601. A few addresses on the western edge are in 29611.

Is Unity Park in Southernside?

Yes. Unity Park, 320 S. Hudson St., lies inside the city’s Southernside boundary.