Drayton Park
Homes for Sale in Jacksonville, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
Drayton Park is a gated, 289-home community in Duval County built out in 2003-2004, so what you're pricing is a two-decade-old building stock with a compact median living area of about 1,197 square feet. The median sale here sits at $191,000, roughly $161 per square foot, which puts a ceiling on how this community competes against newer product nearby -- condition and updates do most of the work in what a given unit actually closes for.
Pricing is down 17% year-over-year, though it remains up 55% since 2012, so the longer trend is still positive even with this year's pullback. With just one active listing and 1.5 months of supply, inventory is genuinely thin -- that's a seller-leaning setup on paper, but a median of just over 60 days on market and a market heat score of 23 tell you demand isn't rushing in to meet it. Sellers shouldn't assume a quick close; buyers willing to be patient have some room to negotiate on condition.
Figures in this note are as of July 14, 2026. The live market numbers elsewhere on this page update nightly and are newer.
Drayton Park right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($187K) is down 16.9% from the prior 12 months ($225K) and up 55% since 2012. With about 18 sales a year, a single closing can swing this number, so read the level and the decade, not one year's move.Momentum Research, record-level realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending October 18. Confidence: Medium (8 and 11 sales in the two windows).
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· Updated October 18, 2026 · Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Drayton Park market snapshot (as of October 18, 2026): the median sale price is about $187K ($158 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 54 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 17% from the prior 12 months and up 55% since 2012, computed from record-level realMLS closed sales (8 closings in the current window).
Drayton Park is a community of 289 homes in Jacksonville, Duval County, built between 2003 and 2004 (median 2003), with a median living area of about 1,197 square feet. 43% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
A gated Jacksonville community of 289 homes built in the early 2000s, Drayton Park pairs a compact price point with a fuller amenity package -- pool, clubhouse, fitness center, and on-site management -- than you'd expect at this price band.
The setting & the homes.
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Who Drayton Park is best for.
Best for
- Buyers with a budget near the $191,000 median who want gated access and shared amenities included.
- Buyers planning to update an older unit rather than pay a premium for recent construction.
- Investors comfortable underwriting a non-owner-occupied purchase given the mixed homestead-exemption profile.
Probably not for
- Buyers who need move-in-ready, recently built finishes without a renovation budget.
- Sellers who need a fast close -- the market's median time on market runs past two months.
- Buyers expecting heavy competing-offer pressure from the thin, single-listing inventory picture.
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending October 18 of each year, from record-level realMLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($187K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($225K) IS the -16.9% one-year change.
Windows contain 8 to 25 sales each (8 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size, and thin markets swing on single closings. Source: Data provided by realMLS. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
20% of homes for sale in ZIP 32216 are already under contract (under contract ÷ under contract + active listings) — a read on how much of the available inventory buyers have already claimed. Source: MLS data (2026-10-18).
Drayton Park Market Scorecard
Drayton Park is currently a balanced market..
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Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily. Market metrics only; these describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
Drayton Park on the map.
Every active, pending, and recently sold home, plotted. Toggle the layers and tap a home for the details.
Listing locations from realMLS. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Life at Drayton Park
- Gated · reported on 8 of 9 listings
- Pool · reported on 8 of 9 listings
- Fitness Center · reported on 7 of 9 listings
- Security Gate · reported on 6 of 9 listings
- Clubhouse · reported on 5 of 9 listings
- Maintenance Grounds · reported on 5 of 9 listings
- Car Wash Area · reported on 5 of 9 listings
- Playground · reported on 4 of 9 listings
- Trash · reported on 3 of 9 listings
- Jogging Path · reported on 1 of 9 listings
- Management - Off Site · reported on 1 of 9 listings
- Park · reported on 1 of 9 listings
Community amenities as reported across realMLS listings in this community; deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Verify current amenities and access with the HOA.
The Drayton Park buying strategy.
If we were buying in Drayton Park today, this is the order of operations we would run for our clients.
Underwrite the condition first. Price the roof, HVAC, and systems honestly before judging any list price; condition swings value here more than square footage alone.
Match the home to real comps. Recent sales of similar condition and lot, not the asking price, tell you what a home is worth.
Move deliberately, not desperately. Neither side has a decisive edge, so a well-prepared, fairly-priced offer wins without overpaying.
Line up financing and inspection early. A pre-approval and an inspection plan let you act fast and negotiate from evidence.
Keep an agent in your corner. The listing agent works for the seller; we represent you and prepare a hand-built valuation before any offer in Drayton Park.
A tight market that isn't hot
The supply picture is the headline: 1.5 months of supply and a single active listing, both of which point to a seller-leaning market by the numbers. But a median of just over 60 days on market and a heat score of 23 don't match a typical tight-inventory frenzy -- this reads more as a thin, quiet market than a competitive one, which matters for how you set expectations on timeline.
On price, the $191,000 median and roughly $161 per square foot reflect 2003-2004 construction at around 1,197 square feet median living area -- there's no premium here for new-build finishes. Homestead exemption filings cover roughly 43% of homes, indicating a meaningful share of non-owner-occupied units in the mix, which is worth factoring into how a given unit has been maintained.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Drayton Park. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Momentum Buy Score.
Our proprietary 0 to 10 read across the factors that decide how a home in Drayton Park buys, holds, and resells. Momentum Research; not an appraisal.
Momentum Intelligence Scores are our proprietary, qualitative assessment on a 0 to 10 scale, built from the record-level market data on this page. They are a framework for comparing communities, not a guarantee of future value and not advice on a specific home; unlike an automated value estimate they do not price your home, they grade the community on evidence you can inspect. Composite is the plain average of the 4 factors (4.2). Basis: Long-Term Appreciation +55% since 2012; Recent Direction -16.9% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 43% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 93.0% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
With only one active listing and 8 closings in the recent window, Drayton Park doesn't generate the kind of transaction volume that keeps a casual agent current on it. We track the closings as they happen, price condition-by-condition rather than off a single community average, and can tell you honestly whether a listed unit is priced against the 2003-2004 stock it actually is, or against something newer down the road.
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | realMLS, refreshed twice daily (last: October 18, 2026) |
| Community market stats | realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending October 18, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR assessment roll (street-list match (7 streets, ZIP 32216/32256)) |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-10-18 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2003 (441 transactions analyzed) |
Verify the primary sources yourself: Florida DOR · U.S. Census · FEMA flood maps · Citizens Property Insurance.
Momentum Research figures are our own analysis of realMLS records; MLS data is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Methodology: how Momentum market scores are computed. Market metrics describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
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