Five Points
Five Points is a group of established central Raleigh neighborhoods centered near the intersection of Glenwood Avenue, Fairview Road and Whitaker Mill Road, with substantial early-20th-century housing stock.
Five Points
Five Points is a group of established central Raleigh neighborhoods centered near the intersection of Glenwood Avenue, Fairview Road and Whitaker Mill Road, with substantial early-20th-century housing stock.
Housing types and pattern
Detached homes are the dominant ownership pattern in many Five Points sections, with architecture and lot sizes varying among Hayes Barton, Vanguard Park, Roanoke Park and nearby areas.
Regional connections
Glenwood Avenue connects the area toward downtown Raleigh and Midtown, while Whitaker Mill Road and neighborhood streets connect east-west across central Raleigh.
Moving around the area
Older street grids, sidewalks and neighborhood commercial nodes create pedestrian-oriented pockets, although conditions vary by street and intersection.
Raleigh market snapshot
These figures are city-level data from the Market Intelligence Center and should not be read as neighborhood-specific statistics.
May 2026 · Updated September 3, 2026
How to interpret it
This reference depends on the external source's geography, metric, sample and period. It is not an appraisal or a prediction of a specific property's value.
For a specific property, compare truly comparable recent sales, condition, size, lot, HOA, improvements and micro-location.
Sources used
- City of Raleigh — Five Points Streetscape
- City of Raleigh — Hayes Barton Historic District
- Realtor.com — Five Points market
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