Midtown and Madison Boulevard: homes, schools, parks and commute

Last checked Oct. 17, 2026. Sources: the City of Madison’s Madison on Track 2045 Comprehensive Plan (PDF, amended June 9, 2025) and its Midtown Madison page; Madison City Schools’ 2026-27 School Zone Locator; the Alabama State Department of Education’s state report card for 2025; Zillow Research; and OpenStreetMap.

Midtown Madison is the name the city’s planners use for the Madison Boulevard corridor between historic downtown and I-565. The comprehensive plan adopted Feb. 20, 2025, calls it “the heart of Madison,” and it calls the boulevard one of the city’s two main roads in and through town. The boulevard is lined with shopping centers and big stores, with established neighborhoods behind them; the Madison City Schools Central Office and Journey Middle School sit just off it on Celtic Drive.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: mostly James Clemens High, 11306 County Line Road (2025 state report card: 88); a few streets at the east end go to Bob Jones High (86).
• Home value: $376,539 in ZIP 35758 in September 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest interstate exit: I-565 exit 9 (Madison Boulevard and Wall Triana Highway), about half a mile by road.

Part of our Madison neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

The plan’s Midtown Madison Key Development Area centers on the stretch between Sullivan Street and Hughes Road, and on Madison Boulevard west of Celtic Drive; it also folds in the East Madison Boulevard area north of I-565 toward Zierdt Road. For this guide, Midtown is the land along Madison Boulevard north of I-565, from Wall Triana Highway east to Zierdt Road, up to the south edge of downtown. It is in Madison County and in ZIP code 35758.

The plan describes the boulevard as decades of strip commercial building, with wide lanes, high speeds, buildings set back behind large parking lots and few signalized crossings for people on foot or bike. It names two pieces of Midtown, between Sullivan and Hughes and along the boulevard west of Celtic Drive, among Madison’s eight Key Opportunity Areas for redevelopment, and sketches mixed-use buildings on the boulevard with homes behind them stepping down toward Journey Middle School. It also calls for extending Garner Avenue with a new signal at Lime Quarry Road, so a multiuse path can link the Singing River Trail in Town Madison to downtown. These are plan proposals, not approved projects.

Schools

Scores are each school’s overall score on the 2025 state report card (the 2024-25 school year).

Midtown is split. In Madison City Schools’ 2026-27 zone layer, the blocks between Sullivan Street and Hughes Road go to Madison Elementary and Journey Middle; the west end near Wall Triana Highway goes to Russell Branch Elementary, the district’s newest school, and to Liberty or Journey Middle. Other study areas are zoned for Mill Creek (97), Heritage (99) or Rainbow (97) elementary. Almost all of Midtown is zoned for James Clemens High; two small study areas at the east end go to Bob Jones High. Check one address with the School Zone Locator or call the Central Office, 256-464-8370. More in our schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP code 35758 was $376,539 in September 2026, up 1.4% from $371,281 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 35758 covers most of Madison, so it is not a Midtown figure alone. The City of Madison figure was $376,486, up 0.9%. More in our home prices and property taxes guides.

Parks and trails

The comprehensive plan’s park inventory lists no city park inside the Madison Boulevard corridor itself. The nearest are a short drive either side:

• Home Place Park, 100 Shorter St., downtown: 2.25 acres with an outdoor amphitheater, according to the city’s park page.
• Madison Sportsplex, 190 Graphics Drive, across I-565 in Town Madison: 12 outdoor and three indoor pickleball courts, a gym and ball fields, according to the city.

The plan notes that Sullivan Street has a multiuse path, but it ends before Madison Boulevard. More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

• Interstate: I-565 exit 9 (Madison Boulevard and Wall Triana Highway), about half a mile by road from the boulevard at Celtic Drive; exit 10 (Town Madison Boulevard) is about 1.9 miles.
• City Hall: about 2 miles by road to 100 Hughes Road.
• Airport: about 3.5 miles by road to Huntsville International Airport.

Distances are measured on the OpenStreetMap road network with the OSRM routing engine; they are distances, not drive times. Madison has no fixed-route city bus; see our getting around guide for the city’s MARS rides.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap, all on Madison Boulevard:

• Walmart Supercenter, 8650 Madison Blvd.
• Aldi, 8455 Madison Blvd.
• Publix and Walgreens, 8000 Madison Blvd., at the east end.

How we drew this area

The area follows the Midtown Madison Key Development Area and Key Opportunity Areas 2 and 6 in the city’s comprehensive plan, bounded on the ground by I-565, Wall Triana Highway, Zierdt Road and downtown, checked Oct. 17, 2026. School zones come from Madison City Schools’ 2026-27 zone layer. Place and store locations are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

Where is Midtown Madison?

The city’s comprehensive plan uses Midtown Madison for the Madison Boulevard corridor north of I-565, centered between Sullivan Street and Hughes Road and running west past Celtic Drive. The plan calls it the heart of Madison.

What high school is Midtown Madison zoned for?

Most of it is zoned for James Clemens High (88 on the 2025 state report card) in Madison City Schools’ 2026-27 locator. A few study areas at the east end are zoned for Bob Jones High (86).

What ZIP code is Midtown Madison?

35758. Zillow put the typical home value in 35758 at $376,539 in September 2026, up 1.4% in a year.

Is Midtown Madison a good place to live?

Here are the facts. Midtown is the Madison Boulevard corridor, about half a mile from I-565 exit 9, mostly zoned for James Clemens High (88 on the 2025 state report card); the typical home value in ZIP 35758 was $376,539 in September 2026, according to Zillow.