Big Blue Trace, Wellington: homes, schools, parks and commute

Last checked Oct. 10, 2026. Sources: the Village of Wellington’s GIS neighborhood, PUD and address layers and its parks and facilities directory, Palm Beach County’s school zone open data, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades, the Zillow Home Value Index (Zillow Research), Palm Tran and © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The neighborhoods around Big Blue Trace fill the northern part of the original Wellington Planned Unit Development, between Southern Boulevard and Wellington Trace. The village’s address layer lists about 3,200 residential addresses here, all in ZIP code 33414, and more than half of them are in one community, Sugar Pond Manor. The village has no single name for this group of neighborhoods; we named it for the road through its middle.

What this means for you

• High school: Wellington High, for every address in the area. It earned an A in Florida’s 2026 grades.
• Home value: $624,058 in ZIP code 33414 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest highway exit: Florida’s Turnpike exit 97 (Southern Boulevard), about 7.4 miles by road.

Part of our Wellington neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

The area lies south of Southern Boulevard, west of the north-south stretch of Forest Hill Boulevard and north of Wellington Trace, inside the boundary of the Wellington PUD on the village’s map. Big Blue Trace and Paddock Drive curve through it, and canals separate its blocks, as the aerial photo shows.

The village’s neighborhood layer names Sugar Pond Manor (about 1,850 residential addresses), Goldenrod, Paddock Park, Sheffield Woods, Periwinkle, Pinewood Grove, Pinewood Manor, Pinewood, Georgian Courts, Barrington Woods and part of Casa Nella Foresta. On the address layer, 75% of the residential addresses are single-family houses and 25% are multifamily homes.

Schools

From Palm Beach County’s open data copy of the School District of Palm Beach County’s attendance zones, matched to every residential address:

The elementary zone is split three ways, so check the exact address on the district’s Find My School map. Each school name links to its state report card. More in our schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP code 33414 was $624,058 in August 2026, up 1.6% from $614,451 in August 2025. Zillow’s figure for Wellington as a whole was $658,628, up 1.7%. The Zillow Home Value Index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, single-family houses and condos together, not a sale price. It covers all of ZIP code 33414, most of the village. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

From the village’s parks and facilities directory:

• Azure Park, 949 Azure Ave.
• Primrose Park, 1620 Primrose Lane.
• Goldenrod Park, 1042 Goldenrod Road.
• Greenview Shores Park, 2163 Greenview Shores Blvd., Wellington High’s sports complex, on the area’s southern edge.

Greenbriar Park, with the Wellington Dog Park, is at 2975 Greenbriar Blvd., west of the area. More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

• Florida’s Turnpike: exit 97 (Southern Boulevard), about 7.4 miles by road; exit 93 (Lake Worth Road), about 9.1 miles.
• I-95: exit 66 (Forest Hill Boulevard), about 12.9 miles.
• Village Hall (12300 Forest Hill Blvd.): about 3.1 miles.
• President Donald J. Trump International Airport (PBI): about 13.2 miles.
• These are distances measured on the OpenStreetMap road network with the OSRM routing engine from the middle of the area, not drive times.
• Bus: Palm Tran’s September 2026 schedule data shows Route 40 stops on Southern Boulevard at Big Blue Trace and on Forest Hill Boulevard at Wellington Trace. See Palm Tran’s route pages.

More in our getting around guide.

HOAs

The village’s neighborhood layer marks communities with only about 3% of the area’s residential addresses as having a homeowners association, and none as gated.

Groceries and everyday stores

OpenStreetMap lists a Publix at 13880 Wellington Trace, about 0.9 mile by road from the middle of the area; Schaefer Drugs at 12797 Forest Hill Blvd. and Prescriptions Plus at 12773 Forest Hill Blvd., next to the Wellington Mall shopping center at 12794 Forest Hill Blvd.; and a Walgreens at 12001 Southern Blvd.

How we drew this area

This page covers the residential addresses inside the Wellington PUD boundary on the village’s map that lie west of Forest Hill Boulevard and north of Wellington Trace, grouping whole neighborhoods from the village’s neighborhood layer. Home counts, home types and ZIP codes come from the village’s address layer on Oct. 10, 2026. Each address was matched to Palm Beach County’s open data copy of the district’s attendance zones. Store locations and road distances use © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

What neighborhoods are near Big Blue Trace in Wellington?

The Village of Wellington’s neighborhood layer names Sugar Pond Manor, the largest, with about 1,850 residential addresses, plus Goldenrod, Paddock Park, Sheffield Woods, Periwinkle, Pinewood, Pinewood Grove, Pinewood Manor, Georgian Courts and Barrington Woods.

What schools serve Sugar Pond Manor and Paddock Park?

Every home in the area is zoned for Wellington Landings Middle and Wellington High, both graded A in Florida’s 2026 school grades. The elementary zone is split among Wellington, Binks Forest and New Horizons elementary schools.

Is the Big Blue Trace area a good place to live?

Here are the facts. The area has about 3,200 homes, three in four of them single-family houses, with Azure, Primrose and Goldenrod parks. It is zoned for Wellington High, graded A for 2026, and the typical home value in ZIP code 33414 was $624,058 in August 2026, according to Zillow.

Do homes near Big Blue Trace have an HOA?

Few do, according to the Village of Wellington’s neighborhood layer: it marks communities with about 3% of the area’s residential addresses as having a homeowners association, and none as gated.