Walnut Hills / East Walnut Hills Homes for Sale

Walnut Hills and East Walnut Hills sit on a ridge just northeast of Downtown, with a mix of dense urban blocks and quieter, more suburban-feeling streets in the eastern half. The neighborhood is best known for Walnut Hills High School, a CPS magnet that draws applicants from across the city on academic merit rather than address alone. It is a fit for current residents and relocating families who want historic character and are willing to navigate a competitive-admission school process rather than relying on a guaranteed zoned assignment.

Cincinnati Public Schools serves the neighborhood, and Walnut Hills High School. The magnet located here. Requires a separate application and entrance exam rather than automatic enrollment by address; it is one of the top-performing public high schools in the state. Families should plan for that application timeline separately from a standard home search.

Eden Park's Krohn Conservatory and the Cincinnati Art Museum are both a short drive from Walnut Hills, and Alms Park in East Walnut Hills offers river-valley views and walking trails. The neighborhood's Peebles Corner commercial strip has been adding new restaurants and small businesses in recent years.

Housing is a mix of grand late-1800s and early-1900s homes. Some restored, some still awaiting investment. Plus a meaningful stock of older apartment buildings. East Walnut Hills tends toward larger single-family homes on quieter streets; Walnut Hills proper is denser and more mixed-use. Prices are generally lower than Hyde Park or Oakley for comparable square footage, reflecting a market still mid-recovery in parts of the neighborhood.

Walnut Hills was one of Cincinnati's earliest streetcar suburbs and was, for a time in the 1800s, one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the city. Several grand homes from that era still stand. Walnut Hills High School, founded in 1831, is one of the oldest public high schools in the country.