Alton, Palm Beach Gardens: homes, schools, parks and commute

Last checked Oct. 10, 2026. Sources: the City of Palm Beach Gardens’ GIS subdivision, neighborhood and address layers, Palm Beach County’s school zone open data, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades, the Zillow Home Value Index (Zillow Research), Palm Tran and © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Alton is one of the newer planned communities in Palm Beach Gardens, at the north end of the city near the Jupiter line. The city’s subdivision layer lists it as the Alton PCD (planned community development) at 682 acres, and its address layer lists about 2,000 residential addresses there, all in ZIP code 33418.

What this means for you

• High school: William T. Dwyer High, for every Alton address. It earned an A in Florida’s 2026 grades.
• Home value: $730,715 in ZIP code 33418 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest highway exit: I-95 exit 83 (Donald Ross Road), about 1.5 miles by road.

Part of our Palm Beach Gardens neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

Alton lies between Hood Road on the south and Donald Ross Road on the north, in the strip between Florida’s Turnpike and Central Boulevard. I-95 runs through it from northwest to southeast, as the aerial photo shows. The town of Jupiter begins across Donald Ross Road.

The city’s neighborhood layer splits Alton into 11 neighborhoods. On its address layer, about 49% of Alton’s residential addresses are single-family houses, 20% are townhouses, 17% are apartments and 11% are assisted living units. The city marks about 23% as inside a gated community, a lower share than the city’s older golf communities.

Schools

From Palm Beach County’s open data copy of the School District of Palm Beach County’s attendance zones, matched to every residential address:

Each name links to the school’s state report card. Dwyer High is at 13601 N. Military Trail, east of Alton. Zones for new communities can change, so check any address on the district’s Find My School map. More in our schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP code 33418 was $730,715 in August 2026, up 3.8% from $703,836 in August 2025. Zillow’s figure for Palm Beach Gardens as a whole was $695,799, up 3.2%. The Zillow Home Value Index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, single-family houses and condos together, not a sale price, and it covers the whole ZIP code, which also takes in PGA National, Mirasol and BallenIsles. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

The city’s park layer shows no city park inside Alton. The nearest large city park is the Gardens North County District Park, 5101 117th Court N., south of Hood Road: about 82 acres with eight soccer fields, pavilions, a jogging path, a bike path and a nature trail, plus a splash pad and playgrounds the city says are free and open daily. More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

• I-95: exit 83 (Donald Ross Road), about 1.5 miles by road; exit 79 (PGA Boulevard), about 4.1 miles.
• Florida’s Turnpike: exit 109 (PGA Boulevard), about 3.5 miles.
• City Hall (10500 N. Military Trail): about 3.6 miles.
• President Donald J. Trump International Airport (PBI): about 15 miles.
• These are distances measured on the OpenStreetMap road network with the OSRM routing engine from the middle of the community, not drive times.
• Bus: Palm Tran’s current schedule data shows one stop on Route 10 (Gardens Mall to Jupiter via Military Trail) within a quarter mile of Alton’s homes.

More in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

OpenStreetMap lists a Publix at 5410 Donald Ross Road, on Alton’s edge, about 0.7 miles by road from the middle of the community. Next nearest are the Publix at 5500 Military Trail, about 1.4 miles, and the CVS Pharmacy at Donald Ross Road and North Military Trail, about 1.5 miles.

How we drew this area

This page follows the Alton boundary in the City of Palm Beach Gardens’ subdivision layer. Home counts, home types, gates and ZIP codes come from the city’s address layer on Oct. 10, 2026, counting residential addresses, which include assisted living units. Each address was matched to Palm Beach County’s open data copy of the district’s attendance zones. Store locations and road distances use © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

What ZIP code is Alton in Palm Beach Gardens?

33418. Every Alton residential address on the City of Palm Beach Gardens’ address layer is in ZIP code 33418.

What schools is Alton zoned for?

Marsh Pointe Elementary, Watson B. Duncan Middle and William T. Dwyer High, in Palm Beach County’s copy of the district’s zones. They earned an A, a B and an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades.

Is Alton a good place to live?

Here are the facts. Alton is a 682-acre planned community of about 2,000 homes, half of them single-family houses, about 1.5 miles by road from I-95 exit 83 at Donald Ross Road. The typical home value in ZIP code 33418 was $730,715 in August 2026, according to Zillow.

Is there a grocery store in Alton?

OpenStreetMap lists a Publix at 5410 Donald Ross Road, about 0.7 miles by road from the middle of Alton.