Sunset Park, Rock Hill: homes, schools, parks and commute

Last checked Oct. 12, 2026. Sources: the City of Rock Hill’s neighborhoods map, Southside Rock Hill Historic Resource Survey (PDF) and parks directory, York County’s school attendance boundaries, South Carolina’s 2025 school report cards, OpenStreetMap and Zillow Research.

Sunset Park is a mid-century neighborhood on Rock Hill’s southwest side, built in stages from 1940 to the late 1960s around Friedheim Park. The City of Rock Hill maps it as the area of the Sunset Park Neighborhood Association, one of six neighborhood groups on its neighborhoods map.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Northwestern High, rated Average on the 2025 state report card. Check an address with the School Zone Locator.
• Home value: $287,994 in ZIP code 29730 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest I-77 exit: Exit 79, S.C. 122 (Dave Lyle Boulevard), about 4.7 miles by road.

Part of our Rock Hill neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

On the city’s map, Sunset Park covers about 177 acres between Friedheim Road and Heckle Boulevard, with Ogden Road running through it. Its edges follow Arnold, Virginia and Albert streets, and streets inside include Maple, Baker, Bowser, Orr, Williamson, Byars, Godfrey, Simpson, Harrison, Barnes and Epting streets. About half of it lies inside the city’s Old Town map. It is in ZIP code 29730 (Census Bureau ZIP code areas). Hagins-Fewell is to the northeast and the Crawford Road neighborhoods to the south.

History

The city’s 2023 Southside Rock Hill Historic Resource Survey (PDF) traces the neighborhood’s growth:

• April 1940: J. E. Marshall Jr. platted the first section, bounded by Friedheim Street, the Southern Railroad and Maple Street, with small lots on fairly straight streets.
• 1950-52: extended south of Maple Street to take in Orr, Baker and Williamson streets.
• 1954: Sunset Park Elementary School was built at Barnes Street and Ogden Road.
• 1962 and 1967: Arnold and Barnes streets, then Bowser, Epting and Albert streets and the houses on Ogden Road facing the school, on much larger lots.

The survey describes Sunset Park as a historically Black neighborhood laid out during segregation, and the only Black residential area in Rock Hill originally designed to include a park. Freedom Cemetery, at Barnes Street and Ogden Road, dates to no later than 1911, the survey says. Most houses are single-story Minimal Traditional and Ranch homes.

The city’s Resource and Education Development Initiative (REDI), which coordinates housing, infrastructure, public safety and community services in selected neighborhoods, is working in Sunset Park, according to the city’s neighborhood revitalization page.

Schools

We checked 30 points across Sunset Park against York County’s school attendance boundaries, the layer behind the district’s Find My Schools map.

Ratings and scores are from South Carolina’s 2025 report cards (data file). Sunset Park Center for Accelerated Studies is at 1036 Ogden Road, inside the neighborhood, and Saluda Trail STEAM Middle at 2300 Saluda Road, in the federal school directory. Check any address with the School Zone Locator. More in our schools guide.

Home values

The Zillow Home Value Index for ZIP code 29730 was $287,994 in August 2026, down 2.2% from $294,567 in August 2025. Zillow’s figure for the City of Rock Hill was $323,886. The index is a modeled typical value for homes in the middle third of the market, not a sale price, and 29730 covers much of central and south Rock Hill. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and recreation

From the city’s parks directory:

• Friedheim Park, 300 Friedheim Road, inside the neighborhood. The survey calls it the oldest park in the area, run by the city by 1950.
• Emmett Scott Recreation Center, 801 Crawford Road, 803-329-5661, and McGirt Auditorium, 825 Crawford Road, about 0.4 mile southeast.
• Carroll Park, 251 Simrill St., about half a mile south.
• Arcade Victoria Park, 300 Roddey St., about half a mile northeast.

More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

• I-77: Exit 79, S.C. 122 (Dave Lyle Boulevard), about 4.7 miles by road, and Exit 77, U.S. 21 and S.C. 5, about 5.1 miles. Exit numbers are from SCDOT’s interstate interchanges layer; road names are from the exit signs as mapped in OpenStreetMap.
• City Hall, 155 Johnston St.: about 1 mile by road.
• Charlotte Douglas International Airport: about 26 miles by road.
• Bus: no fixed-route bus since My Ride Rock Hill ended May 22, 2026. York County Access offers rides by appointment for $2.50 each way, 803-327-6694, extension 2.

Distances are measured on the OpenStreetMap road network from the middle of the neighborhood; they are distances, not drive times. More in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap:

• Supermarket: Food Lion, Prestwick Drive, about 1.2 miles northwest.
• Library: York County Library, Rock Hill branch, 138 E. Black St., about a mile northeast.

Frequently asked questions

When was Sunset Park in Rock Hill built?

The first section was platted in April 1940 around what is now Friedheim Park, and the neighborhood was extended in 1950-52, 1962 and 1967, according to the city’s 2023 Southside Rock Hill Historic Resource Survey.

What schools is Sunset Park zoned for?

Of the points we checked, 87% were zoned for Sunset Park Center for Accelerated Studies, which is inside the neighborhood, and 13% for York Road Elementary. Nearly all were zoned for Saluda Trail STEAM Middle, and all for Northwestern High.

What park is in Sunset Park, Rock Hill?

Friedheim Park, 300 Friedheim Road. The city’s Emmett Scott Recreation Center, 801 Crawford Road, is about 0.4 mile away.

What is the typical home value in Sunset Park?

Zillow does not publish a figure for the neighborhood. The Zillow Home Value Index for ZIP code 29730 was $287,994 in August 2026, down 2.2% from a year earlier.