Eastside, Pensacola: homes, schools, parks and commute

Last checked Oct. 11, 2026. Sources: the City of Pensacola’s 2025 Eastside Redevelopment Plan and CRA district map, Escambia County’s address and bus stop layers, Escambia County Public Schools’ Find Your School lookup, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades, Zillow Research, ECAT and OpenStreetMap.

The Eastside is the neighborhood north of Cervantes Street and east of Hayne Street, next to East Hill. It is the smallest of the three tax increment financing districts of the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency, at 257 acres, about 1.8% of the city, according to the CRA’s district page. The city’s Eastside Redevelopment Plan, adopted June 12, 2025, says the Eastside neighborhood covers almost all of the district.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Pensacola High, graded C for 2026. Check an address with the district’s Find Your School lookup.
• Home value: $296,076 in ZIP code 32503 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest I-110 exit: Exit 2, U.S. 90 (Cervantes Street), about half a mile by road.

Part of our Pensacola neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

The plan bounds the Eastside district by Baars Street on the north, Cervantes Street on the south and Hayne Street on the west. On the east, the line follows Sixth Avenue to Mallory Street, then Eighth Avenue to Lee Street, then Ninth Avenue. The district was created in 2004, when the Eastside Neighborhood Plan was adopted as part of the city’s Urban Infill and Redevelopment Area Plan. The Eastside Neighborhood Association, founded in 1999, began work on that plan, the city says.

The plan also records the neighborhood’s history with the interstate: part of it, known as the “Lost Community,” existed until the late 1970s, when construction of I-110 uprooted long-established businesses, homes and churches.

Escambia County’s address map places about 860 addresses in the district, all in the city. About three in four are in ZIP code 32503 and the rest in 32501. About one in nine carries a unit number. The streets with the most addresses are Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Davis Highway, Hayne Street and Sixth, Seventh and Eighth avenues.

Schools

We checked 10 addresses across the district in the district’s Find Your School lookup for 2026-27. Nine returned schools:

Eight of the nine were zoned for Global Learning Academy and one for Semmes; all nine were zoned for Workman and Pensacola High. Grades are the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 results. Check each address yourself. More is in our schools guide.

Home values

Zillow does not publish an Eastside value. The Zillow Home Value Index for its two ZIP codes:

The index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, not a sale price. ZIP 32503 stretches north and east to Cordova Park and East Pensacola Heights, so it is a broad guide to the Eastside only. More is on our home prices page.

Parks and trails

OpenStreetMap places Hollice T. Williams Park, 1601 N. Hayne St., inside the district, on its western side. The city’s Community Redevelopment Agency lists the Hollice T. Williams Park Equitable Development Framework Plan among the documents guiding its work. Long Hollow Park is just outside to the west. More is in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

Measured on the road network from the middle of the district:

• I-110 Exit 2, U.S. 90 (Cervantes Street): about 0.5 mile.
• I-110 Exit 3, Maxwell and Jordan streets: about 0.8 mile.
• City Hall, 222 W. Main St.: about 1.9 miles.
• Pensacola International Airport, 2430 Airport Blvd.: about 4 miles.

These are distances, not drive times, measured with the OSRM routing engine on OpenStreetMap roads. Escambia County’s bus stop map places 21 stops in the district, mostly on Davis Highway and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, served by ECAT Route 45 (Davis Highway), Route 31 (Cordova Mall and 12th Avenue) and Route 32 (Ninth Avenue and downtown), according to ECAT’s route list. More is in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap, on Cervantes Street at the district’s southern edge:

• Walgreens, 870 E. Cervantes St., inside the district.
• Publix, 1100 E. Cervantes St., about a quarter mile east.

Related: history and landmarks, East Hill and moving to Pensacola.

Frequently asked questions

Where is the Eastside in Pensacola?

North of Cervantes Street, between Hayne Street on the west and Sixth to Ninth avenues on the east, up to Baars Street, according to the city’s Eastside Redevelopment Plan. It covers 257 acres, about 1.8% of the city.

What schools is Pensacola’s Eastside zoned for?

Eight of the nine addresses we checked in the district’s Find Your School lookup were zoned for Global Learning Academy (graded C for 2026); one was zoned for Semmes Elementary. All nine were zoned for Workman Middle (B) and Pensacola High (C).

What is the typical home value in the Eastside?

Zillow does not publish an Eastside figure. Most of its addresses are in ZIP code 32503, where the Zillow Home Value Index was $296,076 in August 2026, up 2.2% in a year.

What park is in the Eastside?

Hollice T. Williams Park, 1601 N. Hayne St., is inside the district. The city’s Community Redevelopment Agency lists an equitable development framework plan for the park among its guiding documents.