Hollywood, Homewood: homes, schools, parks and commute

Last checked Oct. 17, 2026. Sources: the City of Homewood’s history page, the Homewood Historic Preservation Commission’s neighborhoods tour, the National Park Service, the city’s comprehensive plan update, the city’s address and school zone map layers, the state’s report card, Zillow Research, MAX Transit and OpenStreetMap.

Hollywood was its own town, the city of Hollywood, Alabama, until Homewood annexed it in 1929, the city’s history page says. It is the east side of Homewood today: curving streets of houses along Hollywood Boulevard and Bonita Drive, from U.S. 31 east to U.S. 280, where Hollywood Boulevard crosses into Mountain Brook.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Homewood High; elementary is Shades Cahaba for every address point here.
• Home value: $536,460 in ZIP 35209 in September 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Main highway: U.S. 280 at Hollywood Boulevard. Interstate 65 is across town.

Part of our Homewood neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

The Historic Preservation Commission’s driving tour makes Hollywood Ward 5 and starts it “along Hollywood Boulevard and Bonita Drive.” Its stops include the Spanish Revival and English Tudor homes of the Hollywood Historic District, in the National Park Service’s National Register records, and the site of the Hollywood Country Club. The draft growth and conservation map in the city’s July 22, 2026, comprehensive plan workshop (PDF) puts Hollywood among the “Areas to Protect.”

On this page the area is the city’s Ward 5 in its five-ward map layer, without the Brookwood Village district at its south end. The streets with the most address points are Poinciana Drive, Windsor Drive, Devon Drive, Sandner Court, Lancaster Road, Yorkshire Drive, Independence Drive, Bonita Drive and Hollywood Boulevard. Every address is in ZIP code 35209 and inside city limits.

Schools

All 1,076 address points are zoned for Shades Cahaba Elementary in the city’s school zone layer, checked Oct. 17. Grades are from the state’s 2024-25 report card.

Shades Cahaba Elementary is inside the area. Check one address with the district’s school locator map and confirm with residency and enrollment at 205-870-2011. More in our schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP 35209 was $536,460 in September 2026, up 6.70% from $502,785 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. It covers the whole ZIP code, which takes in most of Homewood, so it does not separate Hollywood from the rest of the city. The citywide Homewood figure was $568,543, up 6.59%. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

The city’s green spaces layer shows no city park inside Hollywood. The nearest are:

• Overton Park, 1920 Mayfair Drive, to the west, with a pavilion.
• Central Park, 1632 Oxmoor Road: the Central Pool, a large playground and walking paths.
• Shades Creek Greenway, to the south.

More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

• U.S. 280: Hollywood Boulevard crosses the highway on a two-lane bridge built in 1960 that carries nearly 20,000 cars a day, the city says. New sidewalks along Hollywood Boulevard from Malaga Avenue up to the bridge have been under construction since Aug. 3, with lane closures, much of the work at night. A second phase will widen the bridge, add a traffic light at the exit ramp and a protected walkway; it is expected to go out for bid in 2027.
• Buses: MAX Route 280 runs along U.S. 280, and Route 31 along U.S. 31 on the west side.
• City Hall: about 1.1 miles from the middle of the area by road.
• Airport: about 8.2 miles to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. Both are road distances measured on the OpenStreetMap network with the OSRM routing engine, not drive times.
• MAX On-Demand: rides anywhere in the city limits for $1.50 a trip, in the MAX Connect app.

More in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap, on the area’s west edge along U.S. 31:

• Piggly Wiggly, 3000 Montgomery Highway, closed since Dec. 31, 2025, for a rebuild; the city said it was expected to reopen by the end of 2026
• CVS Pharmacy, 3030 Independence Drive
• The Compounding Shoppe, a pharmacy, 3349 Independence Drive

How we drew this area

Hollywood is named by the city’s history page, the Historic Preservation Commission’s tour, the draft comprehensive plan map and OpenStreetMap. Its edges here follow Ward 5 of the city’s five-ward map layer, the tour’s Hollywood ward, without the Brookwood Village streets south of about Shades Creek Parkway. School shares are from every city address point inside those edges, checked Oct. 17, 2026. Store locations are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

When did Hollywood become part of Homewood?

The city of Hollywood, Alabama, was annexed into Homewood in 1929, three years after Homewood incorporated, according to the city’s history page.

What school is Hollywood in Homewood zoned for?

Shades Cahaba Elementary, at 3001 Independence Drive, for every city address point in Hollywood as we drew it, then Homewood Middle and Homewood High.

Is Hollywood in Homewood a good place to live?

Here are the facts. Hollywood is the east side of Homewood along Hollywood Boulevard, with the Hollywood Historic District’s Spanish Revival and English Tudor homes, zoned for Shades Cahaba Elementary and Homewood High, which earned an A (94) on the state’s 2024-25 report card. Zillow put the typical home value in ZIP 35209 at $536,460 in September 2026.

What is the Hollywood Boulevard bridge project?

New sidewalks along Hollywood Boulevard from Malaga Avenue to the U.S. 280 bridge, under construction since Aug. 3, 2026, then a wider bridge with a protected walkway, expected to go out for bid in 2027, the city says.