North Hill is a city preservation district of about 170 acres north of downtown, all in ZIP 32501, zoned for Pensacola High.

Last checked Oct. 11, 2026. Sources: the City of Pensacola’s 2025 Urban Core Redevelopment Plan and zoning 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.

North Hill is the residential district just north of downtown Pensacola and one of the city’s historic preservation districts. The city’s Urban Core Redevelopment Plan, adopted in May 2025, lists North Hill among the established neighborhood associations in the Urban Core redevelopment 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: $265,232 in ZIP code 32501 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 city’s redevelopment plan bounds the North Hill Preservation District by Blount Street on the north, Palafox Street on the east, Wright Street on the south and DeVilliers Street on the west. The city drew the district’s boundaries in 1973-74, and it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The plan lists its architectural styles as Queen Anne, Classical Revival, Tudor Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, Modern and Bungalow, from two main building periods, 1870 to 1910 and 1910 to 1930.

On the city’s zoning map, the district’s preservation zones (PR-1AAA, PR-2 and PC-1) cover about 170 acres. Cervantes Street (U.S. 90) crosses the district from east to west. Its streets include Spring, Baylen, Barcelona and Reus streets running north and south, and Strong, DeSoto, Lloyd, Brainerd and Gadsden streets running east and west.

Escambia County’s address map places about 570 addresses in those zones, all in the city and all in ZIP code 32501. About one in nine carries a unit number, which marks apartments, condos and offices; the rest are mostly houses. Work on the outside of a building in the district goes to the city’s Architectural Review Board; our building permits and zoning guide has the contacts.

Schools

We checked 10 addresses spread across the district in the district’s Find Your School lookup for 2026-27:

Level School Address 2026 grade
Elementary Global Learning Academy 80 N. P St. C
Middle J.H. Workman Middle 6299 Lanier Drive B
High Pensacola High 500 W. Maxwell St. C

Nine of the 10 addresses were zoned for Global Learning Academy; one on the east side of the district was zoned for O.J. Semmes Elementary, 1250 E. Texar Drive, graded C. Grades are the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 results; Global Learning Academy rose from a D in 2025 and Workman from a C, while Pensacola High fell from a B. Check each address yourself, since zones can change. More is in our schools guide.

Home values

Zillow does not publish a North Hill value, so ZIP code 32501 is the closest guide. The Zillow Home Value Index put the typical home at:

Area August 2026 August 2025 Change
ZIP 32501 $265,232 $264,096 +0.4%
Pensacola (city) $266,727 $263,477 +1.2%

The index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, not a sale price. ZIP 32501 also covers the Westside, Belmont-DeVilliers and much of East Hill, so it is a broad guide to North Hill only. More is on our home prices page.

Parks and trails

OpenStreetMap places five small parks and squares inside the district:

  • Lee Square
  • Fort George
  • Miranda Square
  • Georgia Square
  • Alabama Square

Henry T. Wyer Park, 320 W. Belmont St., and Long Hollow Park sit just outside the district’s edges. Bike Pensacola’s North Hill-Belmont DeVilliers bike loop runs through the district; see our walking and biking trails guide and 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 1, U.S. 98: about 1.2 miles.
  • City Hall, 222 W. Main St.: about 1.1 miles.
  • Pensacola International Airport, 2430 Airport Blvd.: about 5.1 miles.

These are distances, not drive times, measured with the OSRM routing engine on OpenStreetMap roads. Escambia County’s bus stop map places 11 stops in the district, served by ECAT Route 2 (Brownsville and Myrtle Grove), Route 31 (Cordova Mall and 12th Avenue) and Route 48 (Baptist Hospital and MC Blanchard), according to ECAT’s route list. More is in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap, the nearest:

  • Ever’man Cooperative Grocery & Cafe, 315 W. Garden St., about half a mile south.
  • Walgreens, 870 E. Cervantes St., about half a mile east.
  • Publix, 1100 E. Cervantes St., to the east.

Related: Palafox Street and downtown, history and landmarks and moving to Pensacola.

Frequently asked questions

Where is North Hill in Pensacola?

Just north of downtown. The city’s redevelopment plan bounds the North Hill Preservation District by Blount Street on the north, Palafox Street on the east, Wright Street on the south and DeVilliers Street on the west.

What schools is North Hill Pensacola zoned for?

Most addresses are zoned for Global Learning Academy (graded C for 2026), Workman Middle (B) and Pensacola High (C), according to the district’s Find Your School lookup. One sampled address on the east side was zoned for Semmes Elementary.

What is the typical home value in North Hill?

Zillow does not publish a North Hill figure. In ZIP code 32501, which covers the whole district, the Zillow Home Value Index was $265,232 in August 2026, up 0.4% in a year.

Is North Hill a historic district?

Yes. The city drew the preservation district’s boundaries in 1973-74, and the district was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, according to the city’s Urban Core redevelopment plan.