Rio Vista, Fort Lauderdale: homes, schools, parks and commute

Last checked Oct. 8, 2026. Sources: the City of Fort Lauderdale’s neighborhood associations layer, parcel points and facility points, Broward County’s 2025-26 school boundaries, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades, Zillow Research, Broward County Transit and OpenStreetMap.

Rio Vista is the neighborhood across the New River from downtown and Las Olas, east of Federal Highway. It is mostly houses: in the city’s parcel data, 885 of its 1,103 parcels are single-family homes, with a median year built of 1968, and 65 are condominium units. OpenStreetMap places Rio Vista Isles inside it.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Fort Lauderdale High for every parcel, an A school in Florida’s 2026 grades. Check an address with the district’s Find My School tool.
• Home value: $728,715 in ZIP 33316 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest I-95 exit: exit 26, Davie Boulevard, about 2.9 miles by road.

Part of our Fort Lauderdale neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

This page follows the area the city maps for the Rio Vista Civic Association, about 401 acres. The association is on the city’s 2026 list of officially recognized neighborhood associations. The New River forms the north and northeast edge and the Stranahan River the east. Federal Highway (U.S. 1) runs along the west side, and the south edge follows Southeast 12th Street and nearby streets.

ZIP codes: 33316 for 64% of parcels, 33301 for 35%, mostly the northern blocks closer to the river.

Schools

How the area’s parcels fall in Broward County’s 2025-26 school boundary layers, with each school’s 2026 grade from the Florida Department of Education and the share of possible points it earned.

Harbordale Elementary earned an A in 2025 as well. The middle and high schools are north of the New River, across downtown. Zones can change from year to year; confirm an address with the district’s Find My School tool. More in our schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP 33316 was $728,715 in August 2026, up 0.6% from $724,123 in August 2025, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. In 33301 it was $863,144, up 1.2%. The index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, single-family homes and condos together, not a sale price, and each figure covers a whole ZIP code, not just Rio Vista. The citywide figure was $511,473, down 1.3% on the year. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

From the city’s facility data, inside the area or close to its edge:

• Virginia S. Young Park, 1000 SE Ninth Ave.
• Hector Park, 1001 SE 11th St.
• Francis L. Abreu Place, 899 N. Rio Vista Blvd.
• Stranahan Landing Park, 499 S. Federal Highway, on the river at the northwest corner.
• Colee Hammock Park, 1500 Brickell Drive, just across the river to the north.
• Smoker Park, 501 S. New River Drive, and Laura Ward Plaza, 321 SE Sixth Ave., just west of Federal Highway.

The Riverwalk starts across the river in downtown. More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

• Interstate: I-95 exit 26, Davie Boulevard, about 2.9 miles by road from the middle of the area; exit 27, Broward Boulevard, about 2.9 miles.
• City Hall: about 1.6 miles.
• Airport: about 7.1 miles to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
• These are distances measured on the OpenStreetMap road network with the OSRM routing engine, not drive times.
• Bus: Broward County Transit’s bus stop data lists only route 11, which runs on Las Olas Boulevard at the area’s north end. Times are in the RideBCT app or on BCT’s website.

More in our getting around guide.

Neighborhood association

The Rio Vista Civic Association is on the city’s 2026 recognized list. The list shows four meetings this year at Rio Vista Community Church, the next at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16. The city describes neighborhood associations as groups “formed by residents and property owners” to advocate for or organize activities in their area. They are separate from a homeowners association; ask for a property’s governing documents before you buy.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap, within half a mile:

• Walgreens, South Federal Highway
• Publix, Southeast Third Avenue and South Andrews Avenue
• Winn-Dixie, Cordova Road
• Whole Foods Market, Southeast 17th Street

How we drew this area

This page uses the polygon for the Rio Vista Civic Association in the City of Fort Lauderdale’s neighborhood associations layer. Parcel counts, ZIP codes and school shares come from every parcel the city’s parcel data assigns to the association, matched to Broward County’s 2025-26 school boundary layers on Oct. 8, 2026. Store and park locations and road distances use © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

What schools is Rio Vista in Fort Lauderdale zoned for?

In Broward County’s 2025-26 school boundary data, the whole area is zoned for Harbordale Elementary, Sunrise Middle and Fort Lauderdale High. All three earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades.

What ZIP code is Rio Vista?

Mostly 33316, which covers 64% of the area’s parcels; most of the rest are in 33301. Zillow put the typical home value in 33316 at $728,715 in August 2026.

Is Rio Vista a good place to live?

Here are the facts. Rio Vista is about 401 acres of mostly single-family homes on the south bank of the New River, east of Federal Highway, with four city parks inside it or on its edge. All three of its zoned schools earned an A in 2026, and the typical home value in 33316 was $728,715 in August 2026, according to Zillow.

When does the Rio Vista Civic Association meet next?

Monday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m. at Rio Vista Community Church, according to the city’s 2026 list of recognized neighborhood associations.