Hampton Cove, east of Monte Sano, is mostly ZIP 35763 and zoned for Huntsville High. Zillow put 35763 at $444,412 in September 2026.

Last checked Oct. 17, 2026. Sources: the City of Huntsville’s address and school zone data, parks layer, news releases and Orbit schedule data; the Alabama State Department of Education’s state report card for 2025; Zillow Research; and OpenStreetMap.

Hampton Cove is the part of Huntsville east of Monte Sano, where the federal school directory lists schools in “Hampton Cove” and “Big Cove.” U.S. 431 and Cecil Ashburn Drive cross the mountain to it. Its homes are mostly in subdivisions, with large parks, a wildlife sanctuary and the Flint River nearby.

What this means for you

  • Zoned high school: Huntsville High, for every Hampton Cove address inside city limits (2025 state report card: 90, an A).
  • Home value: $444,412 in ZIP 35763 in September 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
  • Nearest interstate exit: none close. I-565 exit 20 is about 11 miles by road.

Part of our Huntsville neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

On this page Hampton Cove is the Huntsville part of the Hampton Cove Elementary and Goldsmith-Schiffman Elementary zones. On Oct. 17, 2026, the city’s data held 11,378 address points in them, all inside Huntsville city limits: 84% in ZIP code 35763, 14% in 35748 and 2% in 35741. The city provides police, fire and garbage service to those addresses.

City limits matter here. Of the 12,373 address points in ZIP 35763 in the city’s data, 9,558 are inside Huntsville; about 1,600 are in the town of Owens Cross Roads and most of the rest are in unincorporated Madison County. Check the city on a parcel with the Madison County property search before you count on Huntsville services or Huntsville City Schools.

Schools

Scores are each school’s overall 2025 score on the state report card (the 2024-25 school year). Shares are of the area’s addresses in the city’s data.

Level School Share of addresses 2025 score (grade)
High Huntsville High 100% 90 (A)
Middle Hampton Cove Middle, 261 Old 431 Highway 100% 98 (A)
Elementary Goldsmith-Schiffman Elementary, 1210 Taylor Road 51% 96 (A)
Elementary Hampton Cove Elementary, 261 Old 431 Highway 49% 100 (A)

Huntsville High is on Billie Watkins Street on the other side of the mountain. Check one address with the city’s School Zone Locator, which also names the district for homes outside city limits, often Madison County Schools. More in our schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP 35763 was $444,412 in September 2026, up 2.0% from $435,543 in September 2025, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. That is the highest of any ZIP code in this guide. Zillow files 35763 under Owens Cross Roads, and the ZIP code includes homes outside Huntsville. The index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, not a sale price. Zillow does not publish a figure for 35748. The citywide Huntsville figure was $286,952, up 1.4%. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

From the city’s parks layer and news releases:

  • Goldsmith-Schiffman Wildlife Sanctuary, 1015 Taylor Road SE, about 384 acres, with walking paths.
  • Cove Park, 834 Old 431 Highway SE, about 103 acres, with a playground.
  • Hampton Cove Dog Park, 265 Wade Road SE, the city’s fourth dog park, which opened in June 2016 and backs up to the greenway at the Hays Nature Preserve.
  • Mark Russell Recreation Center, 429 Taylor Road SE.
  • Big Cove Creek Greenway. In October 2024 the city said it would seek a federal grant for “Connecting the Cove,” 2,100 feet of sidewalk on Caldwell Lane and a half-mile greenway extension from Cranfield Road to Caldwell Lane, according to its release.

More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

  • Over the mountain: U.S. 431 (Governors Drive on the city side) and Cecil Ashburn Drive are the main roads west to the rest of the city.
  • Interstate: I-565 exit 20 (Oakwood Avenue and Andrew Jackson Way), about 10.8 miles by road, using the exit numbers mapped in OpenStreetMap.
  • Downtown: about 9.5 miles by road to City Hall, 305 Fountain Circle.
  • Airport: about 22 miles to Huntsville International Airport. Distances are measured from the middle of the area on the OpenStreetMap road network with the OSRM routing engine; they are distances, not drive times.
  • Orbit buses: no route stops in Hampton Cove, according to the city’s schedule data.

More in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap: Publix, 6707 U.S. 431; Walmart Supercenter, 330 Sutton Road SE; and Walgreens, 274 Sutton Road.

How we drew this area

The area is the Huntsville addresses in the Hampton Cove and Goldsmith-Schiffman elementary zones in the city’s school zone data, checked Oct. 17, 2026. Store locations are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

What schools is Hampton Cove zoned for?

Hampton Cove Middle and Huntsville High for every Hampton Cove address inside Huntsville city limits, and Goldsmith-Schiffman Elementary or Hampton Cove Elementary, about half each. All four scored an A on the 2025 state report card.

Is Hampton Cove in Huntsville city limits?

Most of it is. The city’s address data lists 11,378 Huntsville addresses in the Hampton Cove and Goldsmith-Schiffman elementary zones, but ZIP code 35763 also covers the town of Owens Cross Roads and unincorporated land, so check the parcel.

What is the typical home value in Hampton Cove?

Zillow put the typical value in ZIP 35763 at $444,412 in September 2026, up 2% in a year. Zillow files 35763 under Owens Cross Roads, and the ZIP code reaches beyond Hampton Cove.

Is Hampton Cove a good place to live?

Here are the facts. The Huntsville part of Hampton Cove has about 11,380 address points, Cove Park, the Goldsmith-Schiffman Wildlife Sanctuary and the Big Cove Creek Greenway, is zoned for Huntsville High (90 on the 2025 state report card) and is about 9.5 miles by road from City Hall.