Rosser Reserve, Port St. Lucie
Rosser Reserve · City of Port St. Lucie · Florida

Live in Rosser Reserve

About 10,200 people on 2,072 acres of the platted grid between Interstate 95 and Port St. Lucie Boulevard, split by Rosser Boulevard into two high school assignments, with a 100-acre lake park closed for a rebuild, no school or bus stop inside the line and no resident in a FEMA flood zone.

Rosser Reserve is the neighborhood on the City of Port St. Lucie's Neighborhood Services map that covers 2,072 acres of the grid General Development Corporation began after it bought about 40,000 acres along the North Fork in 1958: the blocks on either side of Rosser Boulevard between Interstate 95 and Port St. Lucie Boulevard, west and south of Gatlin Pines and north of Paar Drive. The 2020 census counted 10,196 residents there, up about 14% from 8,911 on the same ground in 2010, the most of any guide in the south of the city; owners lived in 84% of the 3,247 occupied homes, and a quarter of the residents were children. The line is the City's map, not a subdivision or an association, and the name is the one residents chose in the City's 2018 vote for the area it had called Openview Park; whether residents use it day to day was not checked. Zillow's typical value for ZIP code 34953, which holds every resident, was $397,936 in August 2026, but that ZIP held 77,023 people in 2020 and is not a Rosser Reserve price.

10,196
Residents of the 164 census blocks inside the City's Rosser Reserve neighborhood, against 8,911 on about the same ground in 2010, a 14% rise, U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census
84%
Share of the 3,247 occupied homes lived in by their owners; 522 were rented and 408 owners had no mortgage, U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census
$397,936
Typical home value in ZIP code 34953, which holds every resident, in August 2026, down 0.4% on the year; the ZIP held 77,023 people in 2020 and is not a Rosser Reserve price, Zillow Research, 2026
3,008
Residents west of Rosser Boulevard, in Legacy High School's assignment area; the other 7,188, east of it, are in Treasure Coast High School's, St. Lucie Public Schools' locator and High Schools by Zip Code sheet, 2026
3.1 km
Straight line from the reference point to the nearest bus stop, Gatlin Boulevard at Savona Boulevard, on Area Regional Transit's fare-free route 5, which runs every 60 minutes; no stop is inside the line, St. Lucie County, 2026
0
Residents in FEMA's 1% or 0.2% annual chance flood zones: the whole area is Zone X on the effective map of 2012, though the City lists the land just across Interstate 95 as a repetitive flood loss area, FEMA and City of Port St. Lucie, read 2026
Photograph: Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens · Serge Yatunin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
01: The Community

The south end's largest neighborhood, divided down the middle by one boulevard

The City of Port St. Lucie's Rosser Reserve neighborhood: feature 23 on the NS_NEIGHBORHOODS layer behind the Neighborhood Services NICE program, planning area 4Sa, about 2,072 acres, clipped to the City's current limits as St. Lucie County's Municipal Boundaries layer draws them, which cut nothing off. It is an L: a tall western block between Interstate 95 and Rosser Boulevard, and an eastern block from Rosser to Port St. Lucie Boulevard across the southern half. Traced against the City's road classification layer, the line takes in Interstate 95 itself on the west, with Tradition beyond; the north edge, from the interstate to Rosser Boulevard, follows no arterial road, with Newport Isles beyond it; Rosser Boulevard then runs south as the line with Gatlin Pines, until the line turns east along Gatlin Pines' southern edge, which follows no street for its first stretch, then Savona Boulevard and SW Alcantarra Boulevard, to Port St. Lucie Boulevard; Port St. Lucie Boulevard is the short east edge, with Tulip Park across; and Paar Drive is the south edge, with Woodland Trails across it and Becker Road about 1.2 km further south. Rosser and Savona boulevards cross the southern half from north to south. On the City Sections layer about half of it is General Development's section 19, a sixth section 7 and a twelfth section 21, and a fifth is unplatted, most of that the lake and the land along the interstate. O.L. Peacock Sr. Park and its lake are inside the western block; no district school is inside. All of it is in City Council District 3, ZIP code 34953 and St. Lucie Public Schools' Red zone, and no resident was in a community development district or a community redevelopment area in 2020.

The line is the City's map, not a subdivision, and residents chose the name. Rosser Reserve is one of the 36 neighborhoods Port St. Lucie draws for its Neighborhood Services program: about 2,072 acres of the grid General Development Corporation began after buying land along the North Fork in 1958. It is an L: a western block between Interstate 95 and Rosser Boulevard, an eastern block from Rosser to Port St. Lucie Boulevard, and Paar Drive along the south. The City called it Openview Park until 17 February 2018, when it announced the names residents had picked in 1,547 votes; whether residents use the new one day to day was not checked. The 2020 census counted 10,196 residents, up about 14% from 2010, more than any other guide in the south of the city.

Rosser Boulevard decides the high school. St. Lucie Public Schools assigns high schools by address, and its sheet for ZIP code 34953 sends the blocks south of Gatlin Boulevard and west of Rosser to Legacy High, which opened for 2025-26 across the interstate and was graded B in its first year, and the blocks east of Rosser to Treasure Coast High on Darwin Boulevard, graded B for 2025 and incomplete for 2026: 3,008 residents and 7,188 on the district's map. A quarter of the residents were children in 2020 and owners lived in 84% of the homes, yet no district school is inside the line; below grade 9, the nearest, Windmill Point Elementary, is one choice among nine, not a zoned school.

The big open space is a lake, closed for a rebuild. O.L. Peacock Sr. Park, in the western block, was established in 2008. Its size depends on who measures: the City's page says 100 acres with a 75-acre lake, its parks layer 110 acres, the state wildlife agency a 102-acre lake. The City closed it on 12 November 2025 for a playground, a paved trail and pavilions, part paid by a $200,000 state grant, and expected to finish by mid-2026; whether it has reopened was not confirmed for this guide.

No resident is in a FEMA flood zone, but ask about drainage. The effective map of 2012 puts the whole area in Zone X, and the County puts no one in a hurricane evacuation zone or the nuclear plant's planning area. The City does name the land just west of Interstate 95 from about Becker Road to Tradition as a repetitive flood loss area: across the highway from the western block, not inside the line. Irma left 10.36 inches at a Port St. Lucie gauge in 2017. The swale and culvert out front are the owner's to keep clear, and a homeowners policy does not cover flood.

No price index follows the City's line. Every resident is in ZIP code 34953, where Zillow's typical value was $397,936 in August 2026, down 0.4% on the year, but the ZIP held 77,023 people. Every address pays the same seventeen levies, 22.3097 mills for 2025. A homesteaded buyer at the ZIP's figure owes about $7,920 a year on the base exemption amounts, a landlord about $8,878, and the City's solid waste and stormwater assessments add about $656, which no exemption reduces. No resident lived in a community development district in 2020. Save Our Homes resets on a sale, so the seller's bill understates yours. A lot still on a well and septic tank costs $18,821 to connect to City water and sewer. The arithmetic is on the Port St. Lucie page.

This is a place to drive. The nearest bus stop, on ART's free hourly route 5, is 3.1 km north at Gatlin and Savona, though ART On Demand covers every resident.

Worth knowing before you commit
Check which side of Rosser the house is on
It sets the high school, and the western side holds the lake park

  • Run the exact address in the district's SchoolSite Locator: Legacy west of Rosser Boulevard, Treasure Coast east of it
  • Call the City's parks department to see whether O.L. Peacock Sr. Park has reopened
  • Estimate the tax at your purchase price: the seller's Save Our Homes cap ends with the sale
  • Ask the City's utility whether the lot is on City water and sewer, and look at the swale and culvert out front

How Rosser Reserve got here

  • 1958General Development Corporation buys about 40,000 acres along the North Fork of the St. Lucie River and begins the grid of lots and canals this neighborhood is part of.
  • 1961Port St. Lucie becomes a city on 27 April, by an act of the Florida Legislature.
  • 2006Treasure Coast High School opens at 1000 SW Darwin Boulevard, about 3 km north-east of the reference point; it is the high school assigned east of Rosser Boulevard.
  • 2008The City establishes O.L. Peacock Sr. Park at 1950 SW Dreyfuss Boulevard, around the lake in the western block.
  • 2010The census counts about 8,911 residents and 3,330 homes on the ground of today's neighborhood.
  • 2017Hurricane Irma's rain, from 9 to 12 September, measures 10.36 inches at a Port St. Lucie gauge and 21.66 inches near Fort Pierce, the most anywhere in the state.
  • 2018On 17 February the City announces the neighborhood names residents chose in 1,547 votes; the area it had called Openview Park becomes Rosser Reserve. A largemouth bass of 15 pounds 11 ounces is documented from the lake at O.L. Peacock Sr. Park, and the City establishes Woodland Trails Park across Paar Drive.
  • 2020The census counts 10,196 residents and 3,365 homes inside the line; owners live in 2,725 of the 3,247 occupied homes.
  • 2021The City opens the Jobs Express Terminal, a park-and-ride with 162 free spaces on Gatlin Boulevard east of Interstate 95, on 9 September.
  • 2022The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the City announce work on 3 August to improve fishing access and habitat on the park's lake, which the Commission puts at 102 acres.
  • 2025Legacy High School, the school assigned west of Rosser Boulevard, opens for the 2025-26 year, and the City's parks layer gives 2025 for Stars and Stripes Park across Interstate 95. On 12 November O.L. Peacock Sr. Park closes for a rebuild, part paid by a $200,000 state recreation grant.
  • 2026The state grades Legacy High B in its first year and gives Treasure Coast High an incomplete. The City expected the park's new playground, paved trail and pavilions by mid-2026.
Port St. Lucie Boulevard
Westbound traffic on Port St. Lucie Boulevard, which forms Rosser Reserve's eastern edge; where on the boulevard the photograph was taken is not recorded
formulanone from Huntsville, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
02: O.L. Peacock Sr. Park and Woodland Trails Park

A lake park inside the line, rebuilt, and a playground across Paar Drive

O.L. Peacock Sr. Park, at 1950 SW Dreyfuss Boulevard, is a lake with a shoreline for walking, leashed dogs and fishing, open 8 a.m. to sunset, and boats on electric motors only; in 2018 it gave up a largemouth bass of more than 15 pounds. Woodland Trails Park, 13.6 acres just south of Paar Drive, has a playground and a pavilion. The photographs here are of parks elsewhere in the city, not either one.

Clover Park from the air Clover Park, the New York Mets' spring training ballpark, from the air at sunset.JonathanPuello · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons

What the map does not show: the lake park is in the western block, so for most of the 7,188 residents east of Rosser Boulevard it is a drive of a few minutes, not a walk.

Elsewhere in Port St. Lucie, not Rosser Reserve

Port St. Lucie City Hall City Hall on Port St. Lucie Boulevard, in March 2021.Birbie28 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Lake Tradition at twilight Lake Tradition at twilight, in January 2026.Serge Yatunin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Stars and Stripes Park at night
Stars and Stripes Park, a City park west of Interstate 95, about 3 km west of Rosser Reserve's center
Serge Yatunin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
03: Everything Around You

22 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.

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Bus
ART Route 5
Area Regional Transit's Port St. Lucie and Gatlin Boulevard route, fare-free and every 60 minutes, weekdays 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. and on Saturdays. No stop is inside the line: the nearest, SW Gatlin Blvd and SW Savona Blvd, is 3.1 km north of the reference point in a straight line. The reference point is in ART On Demand's Zone 1, a fare-free door-to-door service inside the zone.
7–10 min~4.1 km
Park-and-ride
Jobs Express Terminal
The City's park-and-ride at 2198 SW Gatlin Boulevard, east of the Interstate 95 interchange, opened in 2021 with 162 free spaces: route 5 and ART On Demand stop here, and Palm Tran's Port Saint Lucie Express leaves four times a weekday for West Palm Beach, $3 each way.
8–11 min~5.0 km
Airport
Treasure Coast International Airport
St. Lucie County's airport in Fort Pierce, and the weather station whose normals this guide's months use.
30–44 min~38.0 km
Airport
Palm Beach International Airport
Palm Beach County's airport in West Palm Beach, about 68 km south in a straight line, the nearest with a full schedule of airline flights; OpenStreetMap now names it President Donald J. Trump International Airport.
52–79 min~90.0 km
Park
O.L. Peacock Sr. Park
The City's lake park at 1950 SW Dreyfuss Boulevard, inside the western block, established 2008: 100 acres with a 75-acre lake in the City's words, 110 acres on its parks layer, a 102-acre lake in the state wildlife agency's. Shoreline fishing, walking and electric-motor boats only. Closed since 12 November 2025 for a new shaded playground, paved trail, pavilions and parking, which the City expected by mid-2026; check that it has reopened.
5–8 min~3.0 km
Park
Woodland Trails Park
A 13.6-acre City park at 1485 SW Calmar Avenue, south across Paar Drive, established 2018 on the City's parks layer: a playground, a pavilion, open lawn and restrooms.
6–9 min~3.5 km
Park
Whispering Pines Park
The City's 37-acre sports park at 800 SW Darwin Boulevard, established 1992: 24 lit pickleball courts, six tennis courts, the Skate City rink, the Minsky Gym, lit ball and football fields and a playground, open 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
6–9 min~3.5 km
Park
Stars and Stripes Park
A 26.5-acre City park with a trail and open lawn west across Interstate 95, established 2025 on the City's parks layer.
6–10 min~4.0 km
Ballpark
Clover Park
The New York Mets' spring training ballpark at 31 Piazza Drive in St. Lucie West: 15 home games from 19 February to 20 March 2027.
15–22 min~13.5 km
Grocery
Publix at Darwin Square
Publix store 1284 at 3253 SW Port St. Lucie Boulevard, in Whispering Pines across the boulevard, the nearest supermarket on Publix's own locator: 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., with a pharmacy.
6–9 min~2.9 km
Grocery
Publix at Riverland Town Center
Publix store 2092 at 12407 SW Community Boulevard, west across Interstate 95 in the newer Riverland area: 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
9–13 min~5.3 km
Hospital
Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital
The nearest hospital, at 10000 SW Innovation Way in Tradition, across Interstate 95, with emergency services 24 hours a day.
8–12 min~5.5 km

Showing 1–12 of 22 places, nearest first.

Method: straight lines from the population-weighted center of Rosser Reserve's 2020 census blocks, in the eastern block, times a road factor, with a tiered speed model: honest ranges, not routed times.

04: Gyms & Fitness

Every gym within reach

Nothing is inside the line. The Minsky Gymnasium and the Racket and Paddle Center share Whispering Pines Park across Port St. Lucie Boulevard; the County's Ravenswood Community Poolis far to the north.

The thing to check
Courts nearby, a pool far away
The City's courts and gym share one park a few minutes east

  • Minsky Gymnasium: about 3.5 km, open daily 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
  • Racket and Paddle Center: about 3.6 km, 24 lit pickleball courts
  • Ravenswood Community Pool: about 13 km, season not published where it could be read
Gyms and fitness facilities within reach
FacilityWhat it isDriveDistance
Robert E. Minsky Gymnasium
open
The nearest City gymnasium, 8,000 square feet inside Whispering Pines Park at 750 SW Darwin Boulevard: two volleyball courts or one basketball court, open daily 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. for programs and rentals.6–9 min~3.5 km
Whispering Pines Park Racket and Paddle Center
open
The City's court complex beside the gym: 24 pickleball courts and six tennis courts, all lit, open 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., with beginner tennis classes from $60 a month.6–9 min~3.5 km
Ravenswood Community Pool
open
St. Lucie County's pool at 400 SW Ravenswood Lane, the only public pool the County's parks layer lists in the city. Its season and hours were not read: the County's pages refused requests.14–21 min~13.0 km
Woodland Trails Park
open
The free option while the lake park is closed: a City park with a playground, a pavilion and open lawn, south across Paar Drive.6–9 min~3.5 km

The free option is Woodland Trails Park across Paar Drive, and the lake trail at O.L. Peacock Sr. Park once it reopens.

05: Schools

Two assigned high schools, divided by Rosser Boulevard, and choice below them

Every address is in St. Lucie Public Schools. High schools are assigned by address: Legacy High west of Rosser Boulevard, Treasure Coast High east of it. Kindergarten to grade 8 is choice within the Red zone.

Schools serving the community
SchoolBoardNote
Treasure Coast High SchoolSt. Lucie Public Schools1000 SW Darwin Boulevard, grades 9 to 12, opened in 2006. High schools are assigned by address: the district's sheet sends ZIP 34953 south of Gatlin Boulevard and east of Rosser Boulevard here, and its SchoolSite Locator gives this school at the reference point and for 7,188 of the 10,196 residents. The state's 2026 grade is I, incomplete; it was graded B for 2025 and 2024. Run the exact address in the locator.
Legacy High SchoolSt. Lucie Public SchoolsThe district's newest high school, west of Interstate 95 in ZIP 34987, listed on the locator as opening for 2025-26 with a capacity of 2,000. The same sheet sends ZIP 34953 south of Gatlin and west of Rosser Boulevard here, which on the locator's areas is 3,008 residents, the western block with O.L. Peacock Sr. Park. Graded B by the state for 2026, its first year.
Windmill Point Elementary SchoolSt. Lucie Public Schools700 SW Darwin Boulevard, prekindergarten to grade 5, the nearest district elementary to the reference point. Kindergarten to grade 8 is choice: no address is zoned to it. It is one of the nine schools the district lists for the Red zone and ZIP 34953. Graded B for 2026, 2025 and 2024.
Oak Hammock K-8 SchoolSt. Lucie Public Schools1251 SW California Boulevard, north of the C-24 canal, the nearest district school with grades 6 to 8 and another Red zone choice. Graded C for 2026, B for 2025 and C for 2024. No district school is inside the line, and the district does not promise a bus to a school outside the ZIP's transportation area.

Run your own address in the district's SchoolSite Locator, and rank K-8 schools in open enrollment, 1 to 31 March in 2026. The grades are the state's file as CBS12 republished it, because the state's own site refused requests.

06: A Year Here

Month by month, what living here looks like

Not a highlights reel: the actual annual rhythm, including the dates residents have to remember.

01
January
The coolest month
  • Highs near 23 °C and lows near 11 °C at Treasure Coast International Airport, 29 km north, on the 1991 to 2020 normals, with about one night a year at or below freezing
  • St. Lucie Public Schools' high school enrollment and early K-8 enrollment both ran 1 to 31 January in 2026
02
February
Mets at Clover Park
  • The New York Mets open spring training at Clover Park, about 10 km north, on 19 February 2027, the first of 15 home dates
  • The driest month on the normals, about 55 mm of rain
  • If you bought last year, the homestead exemption is due with the property appraiser by 1 March, with proof of residency dated before 1 January
03
March
Filing day and open enrollment
  • 1 March is the deadline for the homestead exemption
  • K-8 open enrollment ran 1 to 31 March in 2026: rank the Red zone's schools then
  • The Mets' last home game at Clover Park is 20 March 2027; highs near 26 °C
04
April
Still dry
  • Highs near 28 °C and lows near 16 °C, with about 77 mm of rain
  • Fishing weather on the lake at O.L. Peacock Sr. Park, from the shore or an electric-motor boat, once the rebuild is done
05
May
Before the rains
  • Highs near 30 °C, with about five days reaching 32 °C
  • About 100 mm of rain as the wet season begins: check that the swale and driveway culvert in front of the house are clear, which is the owner's job
06
June
Hurricane season opens
  • The Atlantic hurricane season runs from 1 June to 30 November
  • About 170 mm of rain, most of it in afternoon thunderstorms, and about 13 days reaching 32 °C
07
July
The hottest days
  • Highs near 32 °C and lows near 23 °C, with about 18 days reaching 32 °C
  • About 149 mm of rain, most of it in afternoon thunderstorms
08
August
TRIM notices
  • The property appraiser mails the TRIM notice of proposed taxes in mid-August, and a petition to the Value Adjustment Board is due 25 days after the mailing (8 September in 2026)
  • The wettest month on the normals, about 176 mm, with about 19 days reaching 32 °C
09
September
Peak of the season
  • The hurricane season peaks around 10 September; Irma's rain fell from 9 to 12 September 2017, 10.36 inches at a Port St. Lucie gauge
  • About 159 mm of rain
10
October
The rains taper
  • Highs near 29 °C and about 133 mm of rain as the wet season ends
  • Hurricane season has two months to run
11
November
Tax bills and the ballot
  • Amendment 3 on the November 2026 ballot would raise the non-school homestead exemption from 1 January 2027 if 60% of voters approve
  • Hurricane season ends on 30 November; highs near 26 °C and about 77 mm of rain
12
December
The dry season
  • Highs near 24 °C and lows near 13 °C, with about 59 mm of rain, the start of the dry season
  • Hurricane season ended on 30 November; a freezing night comes about once a winter on the normals
07: Photo Library

Every photograph in this guide's library is above

This library holds 6 photographs and the page has already printed all of them, each once. The credits are in the footer.

About these photographs. Openly licensed images from the site's shared Port St. Lucie library, found on Wikimedia Commons and served from there with full attribution. None of them is presented as a photograph of Rosser Reserve.