Cost of Living in Keystone Heights, Florida: The 2026 Numbers
Keystone Heights is in Clay County, Florida (ZIP codes 32656). · Homes for sale in Keystone Heights · Clay County
Cost of living in Keystone Heights, FL (2026): owning the median home — $270,000 over the last 12 months of sales — costs about $1,816 a month with 20% down at 7.03% (principal and interest $1,441, Clay County property tax about $276, insurance about $99 at the Citizens county average). Florida has no state income tax; the costs that move the most between Florida cities are the home price, property tax at your purchase price, and insurance.
What it costs to own a home in Keystone Heights, line by line
The median Keystone Heights home sold for $270,000 over the last 12 months (119 closings across 44 communities), about $149 per square foot for a typical 1,954 sq ft. Here is what that home costs a new owner each month:
| Principal & interest (7.03%, 30-yr, 20% down) | $1,441 |
| Property tax (Clay County, 15.05 mills, after $50,000 homestead) | $276 |
| Home insurance (Citizens Clay County average) | $99 |
| HOA (median where one applies; 2% of listings) | varies |
| Estimated monthly cost to own the median home | $1,816 |
Two of those lines are the ones out-of-state buyers get wrong. The property tax on a listing is the seller’s capped bill; yours resets to your purchase price at closing, so the figure above is the honest first-full-year number. And the insurance line is a county average from Citizens; a real quote on a specific roof and flood zone can be far from it in either direction.
What your budget buys in Keystone Heights
Three price points from 93 recent closings, each with what actually sold within 10% of that price and what that home costs to own:
- Around $215,000: a 3-bed, 2-bath home of about 1,432 sq ft, built around 1980 — roughly $1,454/month to own (12 sales).
- Around $270,000: a 3-bed, 2-bath home of about 1,872 sq ft, built around 2005 — roughly $1,816/month to own (16 sales).
- Around $379,900: a 3-bed, 2.5-bath home of about 1,960 sq ft, built around 2022 — roughly $2,541/month to own (12 sales).
Property taxes in Keystone Heights
Clay County’s typical total millage is 15.05 mills, about 1.51% of taxable value. After the $50,000 homestead exemption the median home’s bill is about $3,312 a year. Once you homestead, Florida’s Save Our Homes cap limits assessment growth to 3% a year, which is why long-time owners pay far less than a new buyer in the same house. Full worksheet: Clay County property tax guide.
Home insurance in Keystone Heights
Citizens Property Insurance’s average premium in Clay County is about $1,189 a year. City-level estimate, ZIP by ZIP: cost of home insurance in Keystone Heights. Florida premiums are driven by roof age, wind-mitigation features, distance to the coast and the FEMA flood zone, which is why two houses on one street can quote thousands apart. Get a quote on the specific address before you write an offer, and order a wind-mitigation inspection on any older roof. See home insurance by county. That premium is 53% of the county’s median property tax bill ($2,241); see Florida home insurance vs. property tax by county.
HOA and CDD fees in Keystone Heights
2% of current Keystone Heights listings carry an HOA, with a median of $2 a month where one applies. About 24% of recent sales were new construction, and most newer master-planned communities also carry a CDD assessment that appears on the tax bill rather than the HOA statement — ask for it on every home. Neither is included in the monthly figure above unless the HOA line says so.
Keystone Heights compared with other Florida cities
Same method, same day, for the Florida cities we track most closely: median sale over the last 12 months and the monthly cost of owning that median home, the typical rent, and the county’s Citizens average premium.
| City | Median sale | Est. monthly to own | Median rent (ZORI) | Citizens avg premium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keystone Heights | $270,000 | $1,816 | — | $1,189 |
| Hudson | $300,000 | $2,153 | $1,844 | $1,659 |
| Jacksonville | $319,000 | $2,296 | $1,643 | $1,315 |
| Pensacola | $330,000 | $2,406 | $1,796 | $2,364 |
| Plant City | $390,000 | $2,688 | $1,727 | $1,816 |
| Dunedin | $380,000 | $2,721 | $2,030 | $1,911 |
| Kissimmee | $380,000 | $2,877 | $1,986 | $1,735 |
| St. Augustine | $420,000 | $2,885 | $2,061 | $1,378 |
| Tampa | $431,000 | $2,952 | $1,909 | $1,816 |
| Wesley Chapel | $430,000 | $3,034 | $2,246 | $1,659 |
| Yulee | $456,000 | $3,043 | $2,049 | $1,159 |
| Orlando | $410,000 | $3,056 | $1,960 | $1,409 |
| West Palm Beach | $430,000 | $3,590 | $2,209 | $1,753 |
| Fort Lauderdale | $492,000 | $4,438 | $2,505 | $1,561 |
| Boca Raton | $660,000 | $5,286 | $2,895 | $1,753 |
| Ponte Vedra Beach | $921,000 | $6,009 | $2,225 | $1,378 |
What this page does not estimate
Groceries, utilities, transportation and healthcare vary less between Florida cities than housing does and are not modeled here; national cost-of-living indices cover them reasonably well. What those indices routinely miss is Florida homeowners insurance and the property-tax reset at purchase, which is why this page is built around them.
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<a href="https://movewithmomentum.com/cost-of-living-keystone-heights">Cost of Living in Keystone Heights, FL: $1,816/mo to Own — Momentum Realty</a>Home prices and HOA figures are Momentum Realty’s MLS record of Keystone Heights communities as of 2026-09-30; rent, income and price-to-income are Zillow and Census figures by ZIP code pooled over the ZIPs where Keystone Heights homes sell; tax and insurance are Clay County figures. Estimates, not quotes. General information, not financial advice. Equal Housing Opportunity.