Woodcroft, Durham: homes, schools, parks and commute

Last checked Oct. 12, 2026. Sources: the City of Durham’s Durham Comprehensive Plan and GIS data, Durham Public Schools’ 2026-27 attendance zones, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s 2025-26 accountability data, NCDOT’s highway exit data, GoTriangle schedule data, OpenStreetMap and Zillow Research.

Woodcroft is the planned area along East and West Woodcroft Parkway in south Durham, between Hope Valley Road and Fayetteville Road and north of N.C. 54. OpenStreetMap names Woodcroft as a place, along with the Woodcroft Shopping Center and four Homeplace sections inside it. The city’s Place Type Map marks much of it as Planned Suburban Neighborhood, which the city’s comprehensive plan defines as “areas made up of homes created as larger, planned subdivisions.” Almost all of it is in ZIP code 27713.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: mostly C.E. Jordan High, 57.9% of state tests at grade level in 2025-26; the east side is zoned for Hillside High. Check an address with the city’s school locator.
• Home value: $415,724 in ZIP code 27713 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest freeway exit: Interstate 40 Exit 274, N.C. 751 and Jordan Lake, about 2.8 miles by road.

Part of our Durham neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

Neither the city nor the county publishes a boundary for Woodcroft, so for this page we used the area within about 0.8 mile of the point OpenStreetMap marks as Woodcroft, near the middle of West Woodcroft Parkway. That is about 2 square miles, all inside the city limits; 94% is in ZIP code 27713 and the rest, on the northwest side, in 27707. Besides Planned Suburban Neighborhood, the Place Type Map marks large Recreation and Open Space areas along the creeks and some Apartment and Townhouse Neighborhood land. Woodcroft is not a historic district.

Schools

Woodcroft is in Durham Public Schools. We checked 448 points in the area against the 2026-27 attendance zones:

• High school: C.E. Jordan High about 87%, Hillside High 13% (the east side).
• Middle school: Githens Middle about 87%, Lowe’s Grove Middle 13%.
• Elementary school: Southwest Elementary about 81%, Pearsontown Elementary 13%, Murray-Massenburg Elementary 6%.

“At grade level” is the share of state tests at grade level or above in 2025-26, from the state’s accountability data; the district figure was 53.2%. Jordan High’s campus on Garrett Road is just west of the area. Check your own address in the school locator or call the Office of Student Assignment at 919-560-2059. More in our schools guide.

Home values

Zillow publishes no figure for Woodcroft alone. The Zillow Home Value Index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, not a sale price.

ZIP code 27713 covers much of south Durham, so its figure is not Woodcroft’s alone. Trends are on our home prices page.

Parks and trails

From the city’s park data and Durham Parks and Recreation:

• Piney Wood Park, 400 E. Woodcroft Parkway, 39.5 acres with a dog park and a playground.
• Garrett Road Park, 6815 Garrett Road, 7.4 acres with a trail, a playground and pickleball, about half a mile west.
• Solite Park, 4704 Fayetteville Road, 11.4 acres, about a mile northeast.
• The Third Fork Creek Greenway and the American Tobacco Trail both pass through the area, according to OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap also maps the private Woodcroft Swim and Tennis Club. More in our parks and trails guide and walking and biking trails guide.

Getting around

• Interstate 40: Exit 274 (N.C. 751, Jordan Lake) is about 2.8 miles by road from the middle of Woodcroft, Exit 278 (N.C. 55, to N.C. 54, Apex) about 3.8 miles and Exit 276 (Fayetteville Road) about 4.4 miles. Exit names are NCDOT’s.
• City Hall (101 City Hall Plaza): about 7.1 miles by road.
• Raleigh-Durham International Airport: about 11.9 miles by road.
• Buses: GoTriangle Route 805 stops on Fayetteville Road at Crooked Creek Parkway and Dunhill Drive, and Route 800 at N.C. 54 and Fayetteville Road, according to GoTriangle’s published schedule data. See GoTriangle.

Distances were measured with the OSRM routing engine on OpenStreetMap roads from the point OpenStreetMap marks as Woodcroft. They are distances, not drive times. More in our getting around guide.

HOAs

The comprehensive plan says Planned Suburban Neighborhoods have green space “usually managed by a homeowner’s association (HOA).” We found no city or county registry that names the associations in Woodcroft, so this page does not describe them.

Groceries and everyday stores

OpenStreetMap lists these within about a mile:

• Supermarkets: Harris Teeter, 202 E. N.C. 54; Sprouts Farmers Market, 105 W. N.C. 54; Food Lion, 4711 Hope Valley Road.
• Pharmacy: Walgreens, 6405 Fayetteville Road.
• Shopping: Sutton Station and Southpoint Crossings, within about 0.7 mile, Woodcroft Shopping Center, and The Streets at Southpoint mall, about 1.3 miles away.

How we built this page

Woodcroft has no official boundary in city or county data, so the area is a circle of about 0.8 mile around the OpenStreetMap point. School zones come from the district’s 2026-27 attendance zones, checked at 448 points; a home near a zone line can differ.

Frequently asked questions

What schools is Woodcroft in Durham zoned for?

In Durham Public Schools’ 2026-27 zones, about 87% of the Woodcroft area is zoned for C.E. Jordan High and Githens Middle, and about 81% for Southwest Elementary. The east side is zoned for Hillside High, Lowe’s Grove Middle and Pearsontown Elementary.

What ZIP code is Woodcroft?

Almost all of Woodcroft is in ZIP code 27713, where Zillow’s Home Value Index was $415,724 in August 2026, down 3.7% from August 2025.

How far is Woodcroft from RDU airport?

About 11.9 miles by road from the middle of Woodcroft to Raleigh-Durham International Airport, and about 7.1 miles to City Hall downtown, measured on OpenStreetMap roads.

Is there a greenway in Woodcroft?

Yes. The Third Fork Creek Greenway and the American Tobacco Trail both pass through the Woodcroft area, according to OpenStreetMap.