Bibb City and North Highlands, Columbus: homes, schools

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the city’s 2038 Comprehensive Plan, 2023 update (PDF), the city’s planning area, points of interest and address point map layers, the Muscogee County School District’s infoFinder zone lookup, the state’s 2025 School Grades data, Zillow Research, METRA and OpenStreetMap.

This is the old mill country along the Chattahoochee north of Uptown: Bibb City, the Beallwood neighborhood by Columbus Technical College, North Highlands and the riverfront blocks the city calls City Village. The city’s comprehensive plan groups them as one planning area, “Bibb City/Beallwood/North Columbus” (Planning Area F).

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Jordan Vocational High, for every address we checked. Confirm yours with the district’s infoFinder lookup.
• Home value: $220,602 in ZIP 31904 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest interstate exit: I-185 Exit 7, Manchester Expressway, about 1.8 miles by road.

Part of our Columbus neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

The planning area covers about 2,900 acres in a strip along the river, from just north of Uptown past Manchester Expressway, with River Road, Hamilton Road and 2nd Avenue as its main north-south streets. OpenStreetMap places Bibb City, Beallwoods, North Highlands, City Village, Cascade Hills and Kingston inside it.

The comprehensive plan describes three character areas here:

• Bibb City, “a former company town of the Bibb Manufacturing Company” established in 1909. The mill closed in 1998, the town lost its charter and was annexed by the consolidated government in 2000, and it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. The original mill burned in 2008; the remaining building, the RiverMill Event Center, “anchored the old mill site.”
• Columbus Tech and Beallwood, one of the mill districts built north of the original city around 1900. Columbus Technical College now occupies the mill site, and Beallwood is where the mill’s rental houses stood, “some of which still stand.”
• City Village, about 30 blocks on the river from north of Uptown to the south end of Bibb City, most of it owned by the city “and reassembled for future development.”

The city’s address data has 6,580 address points here, 5,670 of them residential. About 97% are in ZIP code 31904 and 3% in 31901.

Homes and HOAs

The plan says Bibb City “has evolved as a niche neighborhood with renewed investment,” with new houses and rehabilitation increasing, and that “an active homeowner’s association has formed.” It recommends designating Bibb City a conservation neighborhood.

For Beallwood, the plan says commercial zoning dating to 1953 let businesses creep into the neighborhood, and that since the 1980s the city has worked with residents to restore it as a residential area. It calls for preventing commercial encroachment, working with community housing development organizations on new housing, and reusing old warehouses and the old elementary school. For City Village it calls for mixed-income housing throughout.

Schools

How a random sample of 160 residential address points here came back in the district’s infoFinder lookup on Oct. 6, 2026. Some addresses returned two schools at the same level, so shares add to more than 100%. Scores are 2025 College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) figures from the state’s School Grades report.

Britt David is a magnet academy; where the lookup lists it alongside another elementary school, ask the district which applies: 706-748-2000. Four schools are inside the area: Arnold Middle, River Road, Allen and Fox elementary schools. The state average was 78.0 and the district scored 69.3. More in our Columbus schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP 31904 was $220,602 in August 2026, up 3.96% from $212,198 in August 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. ZIP 31904 also takes in much of Northwest Columbus, so it is a broad guide to values here. The citywide figure was $175,951, up 2.92%. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

From the city’s points of interest data and its parks pages:

• Chattahoochee RiverWalk: runs along the river through the area, with access at 23rd Street, Bibb Mill and Hemlock Park, on its way north to Lake Oliver.
• Hemlock Park and North Highland Dam Park, 3333 1st Ave.
• 23rd Street Park, 10 23rd St.
• 29th Street Park, 501 29th St.
• Plez Johnson Park, 4001 2nd Ave.
• Anderson Village Park, 3920 Middle Ave.
• Bibb City soccer field, 403 42nd St.
• Sherwood Park, 4700 16th Ave.
• Charlie Hill Park, 4924 11th Ave.
• Alexander Park and Pop Austin Recreation Center, 1331 Alexander St.

More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

• Interstate: I-185 Exit 7, Manchester Expressway, about 1.8 miles by road; Exit 8, Airport Thruway, about 1.9 miles.
• Government Center, 100 10th St.: about 3.5 miles.
• Columbus Airport: about 2.4 miles. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport: about 98.4 miles.
• Distances are measured on the OpenStreetMap road network with the OSRM routing engine from 1021 43rd St., an address near the middle of the area. They are distances, not drive times.
• Bus: in the city’s METRA stop data, most stops here are on Route 5, North Highland/Columbus State/Peachtree Mall, with more on Route 9 and Route 10.

More in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap:

• Walmart Neighborhood Market, 1042 Manchester Expressway
• Piggly Wiggly, 4916 River Road
• Publix and The Fresh Market, on Bradley Park Drive just north of the area

How we drew this area

This area is the comprehensive plan’s Bibb City/Beallwood/North Columbus planning area, taken from the Columbus Consolidated Government’s planning area map layer. Address counts and ZIP codes come from the city’s address point layer. School shares come from 160 randomly chosen residential address points checked against the district’s infoFinder lookup on Oct. 6, 2026. Store locations are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

Is Bibb City part of Columbus, Georgia?

Yes. Bibb City was a separate town built around the Bibb Manufacturing Company mill. The mill closed in 1998, and in 2000 Bibb City gave up its charter and became part of the Columbus Consolidated Government, according to the city’s comprehensive plan.

Is Bibb City a good place to live?

Here are the facts. It is a former mill village on the Chattahoochee River, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010, with the RiverWalk and an active homeowners association. Every sampled address in the wider area is zoned for Jordan Vocational High, which scored 63.0 on Georgia’s 2025 CCRPI, and Zillow put the typical value in ZIP 31904 at $220,602 in August 2026.

What ZIP code is Bibb City in?

31904. About 97% of residential addresses in Bibb City, Beallwood and North Highlands are in ZIP code 31904; the rest are in 31901.

What schools serve Bibb City and North Highlands?

Jordan Vocational High for every address we checked. Middle school is Arnold Middle or Double Churches Middle, and elementary is mostly River Road, Fox or Allen Elementary, depending on the street.