Live in Woodmere Park
A 1950s annexation in northeast Greensboro where the deciding questions are the City's: the grocery the area went without from 1998, the landfill on White Street, and middle schools graded D below Page High's B.
Woodmere Park, on the City of Greensboro's estimated neighborhood map, is 239 acres east of Phillips Avenue and White Street around Bywood Road, and it held 1,460 residents in 629 housing units at the 2020 census; 828 of them live on land the City annexed in 1957. Northeast Greensboro had no grocery from 1998 until a member-owned co-op opened on Phillips Avenue in 2016, 0.8 km from the guide's point, and that store closed on 25 January 2019; OpenStreetMap now places a Walmart Supercenter 1.1 km away. The City's White Street Landfill, closed to household garbage since the mid-2000s and taking construction debris and yard waste, is 1.8 km northeast. No sale price is published for this line and the age of its houses was not read; Zillow's typical value for the whole 27405 ZIP was $218,594 in August 2026, a ZIP figure rather than this area's.
Annexed in the 1950s, with a grocery gap and a landfill in its recent past
An area the City of Greensboro's own neighborhood map draws: the polygon named Woodmere Park on a layer the City published for its traffic-calming program, marked unverified (VERIFIED NO), whose companion point layer the City describes as estimated and not to be considered accurate. Clipped to the city limits, it lies wholly inside them. On the City's street centerlines Phillips Avenue and White Street run along its west side, Bywood Road along part of its north and through it, and a short stretch of Larchmont Drive along its east; the rest of the line follows no named street on that file. It is not an association's territory or a plat. UNC Greensboro's Center for Housing and Community Studies used the name in 2016 for all of census tract 127.05, about 1,400 parcels, a wider area than this one.
This guide follows the area the City of Greensboro's own neighborhood map calls Woodmere Park: 239 acres in northeast Greensboro, east of Phillips Avenue and White Street, with Bywood Road running through it. The map is a layer made for the City's traffic-calming program, marked unverified, with outlines the City's own point layer calls estimated and not to be considered accurate. It is not an association's territory or a plat, and this guide claims nothing about where residents think Woodmere Park ends. Other publishers draw it wider: UNC Greensboro's housing researchers used the name in 2016 for all of census tract 127.05, about 1,400 parcels. At the 2020 census the City's line held 1,460 residents in 629 housing units, 2.32 to a unit.
Most of it came into the city in 1957. On the City's annexation layer, the land under 828 of those residents was annexed in 1957, 392 more in 1953 and 1955, and only 240 were inside the line by 1923. What was built when is not something this guide read: no parcel file or survey of the houses was opened, and none of the line is in a local or National Register historic district, so nothing here restricts what an owner does to a house beyond ordinary zoning.
The grocery question has a history. Northeast Greensboro had no grocery store from 1998, and the City spent a decade trying to lure one back, the News & Record reported. In the fall of 2016 residents opened the Renaissance Community Co-op at 2517 Phillips Avenue, 0.8 km from the guide's point, owned by about 1,300 members; it closed on 25 January 2019because sales did not cover its costs. OpenStreetMap still tags that address a supermarket, which is why no guide should trust a map for this. The next supermarket it lists is a Walmart Supercenter on Pyramids Village Boulevard, 1.1 km northwest; whether anything has reopened on Phillips Avenue was not read.
The landfill is the other history. The City's White Street Landfill, whose facility point is 1.8 km northeast of the guide's point, opened in the 1940s. The City Council voted in 2001 to close it to household garbage; WFDD dates the closure to 2005 and the Carolina Journal wrote that it had taken only construction debris and yard waste since 2007. A 2009 proposal to reopen it to household waste was tabled 6 to 3, and in 2024 WFDD reported a remaining life to about 2057 if nothing changes. Visit at a weekday rush and judge the truck traffic for yourself; no source read measures it.
The tax bill is set on 2022 values, for one more year. Guilford County and the City charge 158.80 cents per $100 for 2026-27, with no special district here. Senate Bill 889 held back the County's 2026 reappraisal, so a buyer's first bill follows the seller's 2022-based assessment, and the 2026 values go on the 2027 bill at rates not yet set. A house assessed at $150,000 owes $2,382. There is no homestead exemption for an ordinary buyer; the County's relief is for low-income older or disabled owners and disabled veterans. Stormwater and solid waste fees come on the water bill and were read only secondhand. No sale price is published for the line: Zillow's typical value for the whole 27405 ZIP was $218,594 in August 2026, flat on the year, against $263,264 for the city.
- Drive to the grocery you would use: the Phillips Avenue co-op closed in 2019 though maps still show it
- Drive White Street on a weekday and decide about the landfill traffic yourself
- Work the tax at 158.80 cents per $100 on the seller's 2022-based assessment, and expect the 2027 bill to move
- Ask the age of the roof and systems; no parcel data was read for this guide
- Look the address up on FEMA's flood map: 4.25% of the line is flood hazard area along its creeks
How Woodmere Park got here
- 1923The southern edge of the line is inside the city by this year: the land under 240 of its 2020 residents, on the City's annexation layer.
- 1940sThe City's White Street Landfill opens in northeast Greensboro, the Carolina Journal reported in 2009. Its facility point is 1.8 km northeast of the guide's point.
- 1953An annexation brings in the land under 360 of the line's 2020 residents, and another in 1955 the land under 32.
- 1957The city's large 1957 annexation takes in most of the line: the land under 828 of its 2020 residents.
- 1998Northeast Greensboro is left without a grocery store. The City spends a decade trying to lure one back, the News & Record reported.
- 2001The City Council votes to close the White Street Landfill to household garbage.
- 2005Residents win the landfill's closure to household waste, as WFDD dates it; the Carolina Journal wrote in 2009 that it had taken only construction debris and yard waste since 2007. The two dates are not reconciled here.
- 2009A council member proposes reopening the landfill to household garbage; the council votes 6 to 3 to table the question.
- 2016UNC Greensboro's Center for Housing and Community Studies surveys about 1,400 parcels in census tract 127.05, which it calls Woodmere Park, for Community Housing Solutions' Paint the Town repairs. In the fall the Renaissance Community Co-op opens at 2517 Phillips Avenue.
- 2019The co-op, owned by about 1,300 members, closes on 25 January because sales did not cover its costs.
- 2024The City runs tours of the landfill for residents; WFDD reports its remaining life at about 2057 if nothing changes.
- 2026New FEMA flood map panels take effect on 10 June, and Senate Bill 889, signed on 19 June, keeps the 2026-27 tax bill on the 2022 revaluation's values.
No park inside the line, and four within a couple of kilometers
No named park is inside the City's line. Just east, Kings Forest is a City-owned park on Larchmont Drive. South, Peeler Community Park on Sykes Avenue has the City's recreation center and an outdoor pool. North, the City's Greensboro Sportsplex is on 16th Street, and Nealtown Park is farther east on Nealtown Road. What each holds, beyond what the City's facility list names, was not read.
What the map does not show: the line's creeks. 4.25% of its area is in the special flood hazard area, most of that floodway, yet no 2020 block had its residents in it; the guide's point is in zone X on FEMA panels that took effect on 10 June 2026.
Elsewhere in Greensboro, not Woodmere Park
23 places, with real drive times
Road-adjusted distance and drive time from the centre of the community to each destination, nearest first. Filter by category.
Showing 1–12 of 23 places, nearest first.
Method: distances and drive times are computed from the population-weighted center of the line's 2020 census blocks, near Bywood Road, using straight-line distance multiplied by a road factor and a tiered speed model: honest ranges, not routed times.
Every gym within reach
The Peeler Recreation Center and its outdoor pool are about a kilometer south. The City's Smith Active Adult Center on Fairview Street, for adults over 50, has one of its two indoor pools. The nearest YMCA, Hayes-Taylor on East Florida Street, is across the city to the south. Seasons, hours and rates were not read.
- Peeler Recreation Center, 1300 Sykes Avenue: a center and an outdoor pool
- Smith Active Adult Center, 2401 Fairview Street: an indoor pool
- Hayes-Taylor Memorial YMCA, 2630 East Florida Street: indoor pool and track
| Facility | What it is | Drive |
|---|---|---|
| Peeler Recreation Center open | The City's recreation center at 1300 Sykes Avenue in Peeler Community Park, with an outdoor pool beside it. The City's layer says to call for hours, and the pool's season was not read. | 4–5 min |
| Smith Active Adult Center open | The City's center at 2401 Fairview Street, filed under its programs for adults over 50, with one of the City's two indoor pools. | 6–9 min |
| Craft Recreation Center open | The City's recreation center at 3911 Yanceyville Street, north of the line. The City's layer says to call for hours. | 9–13 min |
| Hayes-Taylor Memorial YMCA open | 2630 East Florida Street, south across the city: an indoor pool, a gymnasium, an indoor track, a cycling studio, free weights and cardio equipment. Membership rates were not read. | 10–15 min |
The free option is GTA's CrossMax Purple: Route 1 runs every 15 minutes all week from Phillips Avenue, 0.95 km south, the only all-day route that frequent.
One set of zones, graded D until high school
Guilford County Schools assigns by the attendance zone of the home, and on its 2026-27 locator layers every 2020 resident of the line is zoned the same way: Ceasar Cone Elementary on North Church Street, graded D by the state for 2024-25 and 2023-24; Mendenhall Middle on Willoughby Boulevard, 4.5 km west, graded D both years; and Page High on Alma Pinnix Drive, graded B for 2024-25 after C. The 2025-26 grades exist, but no school-level file was found.
| School | Board | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Ceasar Cone Elementary School | Guilford County Schools | The point is zoned for Cone Elementary on the district's 2026-27 locator layer, and so are all 1,460 residents of 2020. It is at 2501 North Church Street, 2.96 km west in a straight line. NC DPI graded it D for 2024-25 (score 54, growth exceeded) and D for 2023-24. |
| Mendenhall Middle School | Guilford County Schools | The point and every resident are zoned for Mendenhall Middle at 205 Willoughby Boulevard, 4.54 km west in a straight line. Graded D for 2024-25 (growth not met) and D for 2023-24. |
| Page High School | Guilford County Schools | The point and every resident are zoned for Walter Hines Page High at 201 Alma Pinnix Drive, 3.23 km west in a straight line. Graded B for 2024-25 (score 72, growth exceeded) after C for 2023-24. |
| Falkener Elementary School | Guilford County Schools | The only magnet elementary within 3 km of the point, an International Baccalaureate program 2.59 km southeast, graded F for 2024-25. Its boundary changed for 2026-27. Choice seats are applied for in the fall; most are filled by lottery and IB needs acceptance. |
Run the exact address through the district's School Assignment Locator before you commit. The only magnet elementary within 3 km is Falkener, an International Baccalaureate program graded F for 2024-25. Choice seats are applied for in the fall and mostly filled by lottery.
Month by month, what living here looks like
Not a highlights reel: the actual annual rhythm, including the dates residents have to remember.
- Highs near 9.6 °C and lows of -1.1 °C at Piedmont Triad International, with 19.5 nights at or below freezing in an average January
- The snowiest month on the 1991 to 2020 normal, at 7.4 cm
- The County's relief programs for low-income older, disabled and veteran owners take applications until 1 June
- Highs near 11.8 °C and lows near 0.4 °C, with 5.1 cm of snow on the normal and 15.1 nights at or below freezing
- The age of the houses here was not read, so ask a seller for a winter's power bills and the roof's date
- Highs near 16.3 °C and lows near 4.1 °C, with 94 mm of rain and 2.3 cm of snow still on the normal
- Spring rain runs off into the creeks along the line, where 3.35% of its area is mapped floodway; no 2020 block's residents were in the flood hazard area
- Highs near 21.7 °C and 96 mm of rain in an average April
- The Curb Market on Yanceyville Street adds its Tuesday evening market, 4 to 7 p.m., through October
- Highs near 25.6 °C and lows near 13.9 °C; the first day at 32 °C comes about once in an average May
- Applications for the County's property tax relief programs are due by 1 June
- Highs near 29.6 °C, 6.6 days at or above 32 °C and 104 mm of rain
- New FEMA flood map panels took effect on 10 June 2026; at the guide's point the zone is X, minimal hazard
- The County and the City adopt the coming year's tax rates in June: 78.95 and 79.85 cents for 2026-27
- Highs near 31.4 °C and lows near 20.7 °C, with 13.7 days at or above 32 °C
- Peeler Community Park's outdoor pool is the nearest City pool; its season was not read
- Highs near 30.3 °C and 111 mm of rain, mostly in summer storms
- The County expected the 2026 bills to go out by 15 August, later than usual because of Senate Bill 889; paying by 31 August earned a 1% discount
- The bill is on the 2022 revaluation's values; the 2026 values arrive with the 2027 bill
- Highs near 26.9 °C and 117 mm of rain, the wettest month on the normal
- The early payment discount ended on 31 August; a bill paid now is at the full amount
- Highs near 21.7 °C and lows near 9.7 °C, the driest month at 79 mm
- N.C. A&T's homecoming runs from 25 October to 1 November 2026, with the game against Elon at Truist Stadium, 2.9 km southwest, on 31 October at 1 p.m.
- Highs near 15.9 °C and lows near 3.8 °C, with 7.7 nights at or below freezing
- The White Street Landfill, 1.8 km northeast, takes construction debris and yard waste only; WFDD reported in 2024 that at that rate it lasts to about 2057
- Highs near 11.1 °C and lows near 0.6 °C, with 3.0 cm of snow on the normal and 16.6 nights at or below freezing
- The Festival of Lights opens the season downtown on a Friday in early December; the 2026 date was not posted on the pages read
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