Kildaire Farms, Cary: homes, schools, parks and commute

Last checked Oct. 12, 2026. Sources: the Town of Cary’s Imagine Cary Community Plan and residential boundaries data, the Wake County Public School System’s 2026-27 attendance areas and base school lookup, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s 2025-26 accountability data, GoCary schedule data, OpenStreetMap and Zillow Research.

Kildaire Farms is the master-planned area along Kildaire Farm Road in central Cary, south of downtown. The town’s Imagine Cary Community Plan names it first among the “large master-planned neighborhoods, such as Kildaire Farms, Lochmere, and Cary Park” that mixed housing types, which the plan calls “the traditional pattern in Cary.” OpenStreetMap names Kildaire Farms as a place, with its point at High Meadow Drive off Kildaire Farm Road. The area is in ZIP code 27511.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Cary High, 64.1% of state tests at grade level in 2025-26, according to the state’s accountability data. Check an address with the district’s base school lookup.
• Home value: $496,081 in ZIP code 27511 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest freeway exit: U.S. 1/U.S. 64 Exit 99 at Cary Parkway, about 1.9 miles by road.

Part of our Cary neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

Neither the plan nor the map draws a boundary for Kildaire Farms, so for this page we took the 53 neighborhoods in the Town of Cary’s residential boundaries data whose centers lie within about 0.9 mile of the OpenStreetMap place point. They include the Parks of Kildaire, Sterling at Kildaire Farms, the Woods of Kildaire, Farmington Woods and Briarcliff, along with townhome and apartment communities. Kildaire Farm Road is the spine, with shopping centers along it. MacGregor Downs lies just to the southwest. All 53 are in ZIP code 27511 and in Wake County.

Schools

Kildaire Farms is in the Wake County Public School System. We checked the middle of each of the 53 neighborhoods against the district’s 2026-27 attendance areas. All 53 were zoned for Cary High. Elementary and middle schools split:

• 40 were zoned for Briarcliff Elementary and East Cary Middle.
• Five were zoned for Farmington Woods Elementary and East Cary Middle.
• Three were zoned for Turner Creek Elementary and Salem Middle.
• Three were zoned for Olive Chapel Elementary in Apex and Lufkin Road Middle.
• Two were zoned for Cary Elementary and East Cary Middle.

The area is split, so check your own address in the district’s base school lookup. Scores are the share of state tests at grade level or above in 2025-26 and the state’s growth rating, from the accountability data.

The district average was 68.2%. More in our schools guide.

Home values

Zillow publishes no figure for Kildaire Farms alone. The Zillow Home Value Index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, not a sale price, and ZIP code 27511 also covers downtown and east Cary.

Trends are on our home prices page.

Parks and trails

• Rose Street Park, 110 Rose St., is less than a mile north.
• Kildaire Park, a small park mapped on OpenStreetMap, is about half a mile from the place point.
• Kay Struffolino Park, 601 Kildaire Farm Road, and Annie Jones Park, 1414 Tarbert Drive, are each a little over a mile away.
• The Hinshaw, Higgins and Pirates Cove greenways run through the area, according to OpenStreetMap.

More in our parks and trails guide and walking and biking trails guide.

Getting around

• U.S. 1/U.S. 64: Exit 99 at Cary Parkway is about 1.9 miles by road from the Kildaire Farms place point.
• Downtown Cary (316 N. Academy St.): about 2.4 miles by road.
• Raleigh-Durham International Airport: about 10.1 miles by road.
• Buses: GoCary Route 5 (Kildaire Farm) stops on Kildaire Farm Road at High Meadow Drive, about a quarter mile from the place point, and runs to downtown. Route 6 (Buck Jones) stops on Walnut Street at Cary Towne Boulevard, about 1.4 miles away, according to GoCary’s published schedule data. See GoCary.

Distances were measured with the OSRM routing engine on OpenStreetMap roads. They are distances, not drive times. More in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

OpenStreetMap lists these within about three-quarters of a mile:

• Supermarkets: ALDI, 1315 Kildaire Farm Road; Trader Joe’s, 1393 Kildaire Farm Road; Food Lion, 980 Kildaire Farm Road.
• Pharmacies: Walgreens, 1219 Kildaire Farm Road; Cary Pharmacy, 114 Kilmayne Drive.
• Shopping centers: Shoppes of Kildaire, Kildaire Plaza, Salt Box Village and Mayfair Plaza.

How we built this page

Kildaire Farms is named in the town’s Imagine Cary Community Plan and as a place on OpenStreetMap; the neighborhood list comes from the town’s residential boundaries data within about 0.9 mile of that point. School zones come from the district’s attendance-area map for 2026-27, checked at the middle of each neighborhood; a home near a zone line can differ. We found no town or county registry of homeowners associations for Kildaire Farms, so this page does not describe them.

Frequently asked questions

What high school is Kildaire Farms zoned for?

All 53 neighborhoods we checked within about 0.9 mile of the Kildaire Farms place point were zoned for Cary High in the Wake County Public School System’s 2026-27 attendance areas. Most were zoned for Briarcliff Elementary and East Cary Middle.

What ZIP code is Kildaire Farms in?

All 53 neighborhoods we checked in the Kildaire Farms area are in ZIP code 27511.

What is the typical home value in Kildaire Farms?

Zillow publishes no figure for Kildaire Farms alone. Its Home Value Index for ZIP code 27511 was $496,081 in August 2026, down 1.4% from August 2025.

Is Kildaire Farms a planned community?

Yes. The town’s Imagine Cary Community Plan names Kildaire Farms, with Lochmere and Cary Park, as one of Cary’s large master-planned neighborhoods with a mix of housing types.