Winston-Salem largest residential neighborhood: a 3,529-home historic district of Craftsman bungalows, Colonial Revivals, and midcentury cottages, tucked between Novant Forsyth Medical Center and Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, less than 2 miles southwest of downtown.
Data interpolated from Homes.com community profile (median $331K, up 2 percent year over year, 33 days on market, 201 sales in the last 12 months), Redfin Ardmore housing market, Realtor.com market data, and Forsyth County MLS comps for 2026. Median year built is 1948 with stock running from 1900 Queen Annes through 1960s midcentury homes.
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center sits on the southwestern edge of Ardmore. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and Brenner Children Hospital sit on the northeastern edge. The Wake Forest School of Medicine is right there too. Hawthorne Road is the spine connecting them all. For medical professionals, the walkable commute is unmatched anywhere else in Winston-Salem.
The 41-acre Miller Park inside Ardmore brings tennis courts, a community pool, playgrounds, athletic fields, and a paved walking loop. The Tanglewood Festival of Lights warm-up parade ends near the park in December. Miller Park is the kind of neighborhood amenity that anchors weekend life for Ardmore families and is one of the most-used green spaces in central Winston-Salem.
One of the most loved Ardmore traditions: residents rent out their yards each year for local artists to display and sell paintings, drawings, and other visual works. The art walk is a real-deal neighborhood event, not a marketing gimmick, and it tells you exactly what kind of community Ardmore actually is.
Cloverdale Plaza on the south side of Ardmore and the Thruway Shopping Center just southwest both put grocery, dining, and everyday retail within a 5-minute drive of any Ardmore address. Walkability to local cafes, bakeries, and bars on Cloverdale and Stratford Road is part of why young Ardmore residents end up car-light.
Less than 2 miles northeast of Ardmore, an easy 5-minute drive. Downtown Winston-Salem offers the Innovation Quarter, Old Salem, the Stevens Center, Bailey Park, and a strong restaurant scene along Fourth Street. Ardmore residents get city access without paying downtown high-rise prices.
Ardmore is one of the most walkable neighborhoods in Winston-Salem. Sidewalks, mature oaks and maples, low-traffic side streets, and dense local businesses give it what real estate language calls a city feel. The walkability is consistently named the top reason longtime residents stay.
Ardmore is the heart of Winston-Salem in a way few other neighborhoods can claim. Roughly 3,529 to 4,300 homes (depending on where you draw the boundary), making it the largest residential neighborhood in the city. Less than 2 miles southwest of downtown. Sandwiched between the two major hospitals. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Walkable. Architecturally diverse. And tight-knit in a way that shows up in every kitchen-table conversation buyers have here.
The bones go back to the early 1900s. Ardmore grew out of the early 20th-century economic boom in Winston and Salem (the two cities merged in 1913 and Ardmore was born shortly after) when affluent households often employed live-in housekeepers, chefs, gardeners, and drivers. Many of the larger homes were built with live-in apartments. The household workers themselves often lived in smaller homes nearby. That history is why Ardmore today carries such a wide architectural range, from Queen Anne mansions and Colonial Revivals to small bungalows and cottage-style homes, sometimes on the same block.
Most of the neighborhood built out between 1940 and 1969, with the median year built sitting at 1948. The result is a streetscape where you walk past a 1920s Craftsman bungalow, then a 1948 brick ranch, then a 1962 midcentury split-level, then a fully renovated 1924 cottage. No two blocks are quite the same.
Who lives in Ardmore is part of the energy. Medical professionals walking to one of the two hospitals. Young families drawn by Miller Park and the historic character. Wake Forest faculty and students. Longtime residents who bought their bungalow 30 years ago and never seriously thought about leaving. Artists and creatives who come for the art walk and stay for the neighborhood feel. The Ardmore Neighborhood Association is active, the community parks see real use year-round, and the median household income of about $70,235 sits just below the national average but reflects the genuine economic mix the neighborhood maintains.
What to expect from showings here: come ready. The inventory is reasonable (45 homes for sale at a recent snapshot, 2.7 months of supply, 201 sales in 12 months) but the well-priced renovated bungalows go fast. Many homes need historic-district consideration on exterior renovations, which is both why the neighborhood looks so good and why a buyer needs an agent who knows which homes carry preservation guidelines. The buyers who win in Ardmore walk in with a pre-approval, a clear sense of what they will and will not change about a 1920s home, and a renovation budget that accounts for matching original materials. The buyers who lose try to treat it like new construction shopping.
These are properties in and near Ardmore. The MLS filters by city and ZIP (27103 covers most of Ardmore), so some listings may sit just outside the Ardmore historic district boundary. For specific street-level questions about preservation guidelines or hospital proximity, text Teresa Overcash at 336-262-3111.
Ardmore is in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools district. The most common base assignments are stable and feed into one of the most established high school traditions in the Triad. Always verify the exact address with the WS/FCS school locator before writing an offer because zone lines can shift at the neighborhood margins.
Pre-K through 5 traditional school with strong STEM programs including a robotics club and an annual science fair. Recognized as one of the higher-rated elementary schools in central Winston-Salem and a frequent reason families choose Ardmore over comparable historic neighborhoods nearby.
Pre-K through 5 traditional school serving the western edge of Ardmore. Confirm which elementary your specific address feeds into using the WS/FCS school locator because the dividing line runs through the neighborhood.
6 through 8 magnet middle school with a STEAM focus (science, technology, engineering, arts, math). The arts emphasis is meaningful: Wiley feeds into Reynolds, which is itself a magnet for the arts, so families that commit to the magnet track get a continuous arts-and-academics pipeline through middle and high school.
9 through 12 traditional high school that opened in 1923 and is one of the historic anchors of Winston-Salem. Two of the buildings on campus are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Reynolds operates as a magnet for the arts with advanced arts coursework, strong internships, and a deep AP catalog. Page-level academics, strong athletics, and a long alumni network make Reynolds one of the most desirable public high schools in the Triad.
The 2026 median sale price in Ardmore runs around $331,000, up roughly 2 percent year over year. The working range is $150,000 for a small ranch needing renovation to $600,000-plus for a renovated four-bedroom Colonial Revival. Average price per square foot runs around $225.
Ardmore sits in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools. The most common base assignments are Brunson Elementary, Wiley Magnet Middle (STEAM focus), and R.J. Reynolds High School. Bolton Elementary serves some Ardmore addresses on the western edge. Always verify the exact address with the WS/FCS school locator before writing an offer.
Ardmore is the largest residential neighborhood in Winston-Salem with approximately 3,529 to 4,300 homes depending on how the boundary is drawn. The Ardmore Historic District alone includes more than 2,000 homes and is one of the largest historic districts in North Carolina, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Average days on market in Ardmore runs about 33 days, well below the national average of 58 days. Roughly 201 homes have sold in the neighborhood in the last 12 months. Months of supply runs about 2.7, which is a balanced-leaning seller market.
Ardmore is best known for early-20th-century Craftsman bungalows, but the historic district also includes Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, traditional cottages, and a meaningful stock of postwar midcentury homes built between 1940 and 1969. The median year built across the neighborhood is 1948.
Ardmore sits between Winston-Salem two major hospitals: Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center on the southwestern edge and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center plus Brenner Children Hospital on the northeastern edge. Hawthorne Road is the main spine through the neighborhood and connects both. The walkable commute to either hospital is a primary draw for medical professionals.
Buyers who want walkable historic character within 2 miles of downtown Winston-Salem, who appreciate Craftsman and bungalow architecture, who work at one of the two hospitals or want a short commute to either, and who like an active neighborhood association with art walks, Miller Park, and a genuine community fabric. Ardmore is also a smart entry point for first-time buyers because the price range starts in the $150,000s.
Teresa Overcash has 30 years of NC selling and over 10,000 closings behind her. She watches the Ardmore pipeline closely and can text you new listings the morning they go live, often before the broad public sees them. Call or text Teresa Overcash at 336-262-3111 or email teresatedder@gmail.com.
About the author: Teresa Overcash is an NCREC Licensed Instructor, Broker/Owner of Realty ONE Group Results, and has taken part in over 10,000 NC closings across the Triad, Wilkes, and High Country regions. Wikidata Q139374103. She holds CRS, ABR, ALHS, and CLHMS designations and has walked Ardmore, Buena Vista, West End, and the rest of historic Winston-Salem with hundreds of buyers since 1996.