Willow Walk market snapshot (as of June 30, 2026): the median sale price is about $420K ($238 per sq ft), a buyer-leaning market (limited data). Based on 5 recent closings in live Stellar MLS data.
Willow Walk is a gated production-home community in Palmetto, in northern Manatee County, on roughly 272 acres in the northwest quadrant of Interstate 75 and Mendoza Road (37th Street East), just north of Ellenton and about ten minutes north of Bradenton (Sarasota Bay Real Estate community guide, 2026).
The community began in 2015 when Tampa-based Kolter Land Partners filed plans with Manatee County for around 718 single-family homesites across two phases, the second of which is marketed as Willow Walk North. Homes were built by the Freedom Homes and Express Homes lines of D.R. Horton, along with Maronda Homes and Inland Homes, in single-family floor plans generally ranging from roughly 1,400 to 2,600 square feet (NewHomeSource and community guides).
Two costs define the buy here. Willow Walk carries a community HOA whose dues include common-area and lawn upkeep, the pool and cabana, and the gated entry, and it also sits inside a Community Development District, so a CDD assessment funds the roads and infrastructure and appears on the property tax bill. The honest carrying number is the HOA dues plus the CDD line, read for the specific parcel.
The pitch is gated, low-maintenance new-build living at an accessible Palmetto entry point, with quick US 301 and I-75 access toward Bradenton, the Ellenton outlets, and the Gulf beaches. The work is choosing the right plan and lot in a community of repeating floor plans, and verifying the full HOA-plus-CDD carrying cost before you commit.
