Southwood is a neighborhood in southwest Orlando, in the 32809 zip code, built mostly in the 1960s. Homes are block and stucco, predominantly single story. Most homes fall between about 1,000 and 1,600 square feet under air, and the median lot is roughly a fifth of an acre.
Most of Southwood carries no mandatory HOA.
What the homes are
Built Mostly built in the 1960s, with homes from 1952 to 2006.
Construction Block and stucco. Shingle roofs on 83% of homes.
Size Most homes fall between about 1,000 and 1,600 square feet under air.
Bedrooms Three bedrooms is the most common plan, then four.
Lot The median lot is roughly a fifth of an acre.
HOA Most of the neighborhood carries no mandatory HOA. Confirm on a specific parcel before relying on it.
Where Southwood is
Southwood, centered at 28.468612, -81.432903. Drag to explore.Street level, inside the neighborhood. Drag to look around.
Drive times below are measured on the road network from the center of Southwood, not straight-line distance, in free-flowing traffic. Treat them as the floor rather than the school-run average.
Driving to
Time
Miles
Downtown Orlando
16 min
9.1
Walt Disney World
20 min
14.8
Orlando International Airport
21 min
14.1
Universal Orlando
12 min
2.9
Public schools nearby
Sadler Elementary School 2 min, 0.7 mi
Shingle Creek Elementary School 5 min, 1.0 mi
Tangelo Park Elementary School 11 min, 4.7 mi
Millennia Elementary School 7 min, 2.3 mi
Private schools nearby
Simon Youth Academy 6 min, 1.8 mi
IEC Christian Academy 6 min, 1.7 mi
Orlando Torah Academy 9 min, 4.1 mi
Parks and recreation
Shingle Creek Trail 4 min, 1.3 mi
Tangelo Community Park 11 min, 2.8 mi
Shingle Creek Regional Trail 8 min, 3.6 mi
Lake Ellenor Park 9 min, 3.1 mi
Groceries and errands
Bravo Supermarkets 3 min, 0.7 mi
Millenia Meat and Vegetable groceries 5 min, 1.5 mi
Nearest is not the same as zoned. The schools above are the closest ones to Southwood by distance. School attendance zones are set by the district, change from year to year, and can differ street to street inside one neighborhood. Confirm the assignment for a specific address with Orange County Public Schools before it matters to a decision.
Places and drive times from Google, checked 8 November 2026. Businesses open and close; if something here has changed, tell me and I will correct it.
This page tracks what homes in Southwood actually sold for over the last twelve months, how long they took, and what moved the price. It is built from 10 verified closed sales in the Stellar MLS feed, not from public estimates. Every figure is a net-of-concessions number, which is explained at the bottom. Updated November 2026.
What homes sold for in Southwood
$279,026Median sale price
$224Median per square foot
56 daysMedian days to contract
10Homes sold in 12 months
Sale prices ran from $193,050 to $344,000, which is a wide spread and the reason a single neighborhood median is a starting point rather than an answer.
By size
Home size
Sales
Median price
Median $/sq ft
Median days
Under 2,000 sq ft
10
$279,026
$224
56 days
A price per foot taken from the whole neighborhood should never be applied straight to one house.
Price cuts and time to contract
Median days to go under contract. Shorter is better.
Never reduced 4 sales, closed at 99.1% of asking10 days
Reduced at least once 6 sales, closed at 96.8% of the reduced price67 days
Sellers who held their number went under contract in a median 10 days. Sellers who had to reduce took 67 days and still closed at 96.8% of their already reduced price, after a typical cut of $12,500.
Seller concessions
80%Of sales included a seller credit
$9,524Typical credit when there was one
8 of 10Sales carrying a credit
A seller credit covers part of the buyer's closing costs and comes off the seller's proceeds, so the headline sale price overstates what the seller kept. Budget for it if you are selling, and ask for it if you are buying.
How buyers paid
FHA 5 sales50%
Conventional 4 sales40%
Cash 1 sale10%
Cash was 10% of purchases. A high cash share means a seller has buyers who do not depend on an appraisal, and a buyer using a loan is competing against offers that can close faster.
Questions about a specific home in Southwood, or want to know what yours would sell for? Call or text Brenden Rendo at 407-616-9019 or send a message.
About this data. Source is the Stellar MLS feed for Southwood in Oak Ridge, Orange County, covering closed sales from 13 November 2025 through 8 November 2026, refreshed monthly and current as of November 2026. Prices are net of seller concessions, so they reflect what the seller actually received rather than the headline number. Data believed accurate but not guaranteed; listings and closings change daily.
