Community Details at a Glance
The Homes
Product
Two-story attached townhomes, 2 to 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths, roughly 1,128 to 1,555 sq ft (Taylor Morrison)
Builder
Taylor Morrison; the community is sold out and now trades on resale
Delivered
Built and sold out across 2021 and 2022, so everything trades as a near-new resale
Streets
Annie's Walk Drive and Annie's Place, off Airport Center Drive near River City Marketplace
Costs & Fees
HOA
Yes; the association funds the pool, cabana, playground, dog park, trails, and common areas; the monthly figure is not consistently published, so confirm the current amount and budget
CDD
No CDD is advertised for the community; verify on the estimated tax bill for the specific unit rather than relying on listing remarks
Club
No private club or golf; the pool and amenities are resident HOA amenities, not a membership
Amenities
Pool and cabana
A resort-style community pool with cabana, the headline amenity at this price band
Family and pets
A playground, a dedicated dog park, and walking trails inside the community
Retail next door
River City Marketplace, with groceries, big-box retail, dining, and a movie theater, minutes from the entrance
Location
Setting
Northside Jacksonville off Airport Center Drive near the I-95 and I-295 north interchanges, ZIP 32218
Airport
Jacksonville International Airport about 10 minutes north
Corridor
Inside the Northside logistics-and-employment corridor; downtown is about 15 to 20 minutes south
The Homes & Style
The tape is short and recent: the entire community closed out between 2021 and 2023 at roughly $220,975 to $266,500 (Redfin), and current resale asks sit around $239,900 to $281,960 (Redfin and Zillow, June 2026). That is modest appreciation over the builder cycle, which is normal for attached product that delivered into a rising-rate market. Price off closed sales, not asks.
The buyer pool is first-time buyers shopping by payment, airport and logistics-corridor workers, and investors: units from the community appear on rental platforms, which confirms landlord activity. Investor demand supports liquidity but can concentrate; ask about the current owner-occupancy mix if your loan program or your preferences care about it.
The amenity package is the differentiator against nearby attached competitors that offer little beyond sidewalks and ponds. When comparing, put the HOA fees side by side with what each one actually funds; a slightly higher fee that buys a pool, dog park, and trails can be the better monthly value.
One builder, two compact plan sizes, a tight band. Figures below mix builder-cycle closings with current portal asks; verify against the latest closed sales, since thin attached inventory moves the band quickly.
The compact 2BR/2.5BA layouts around 1,200 sq ft are the lowest sticker in the community and trade closest to the bottom of the band. Builder-cycle closings started around $220,975 (Redfin, 2021-2023). They suit single buyers, couples, and investors running rent math; resale depth is thinner than the three-bedroom pool, so price carefully.
The 3BR/2.5BA layouts up to about 1,373 sq ft are the volume play and the deepest resale market. Builder-cycle closings reached $266,500 (Redfin, 2021-2023), and current asks run into the low $280s (Redfin and Zillow, June 2026). The third bedroom is what most of the buyer pool is shopping for.
End units carry extra windows and one fewer shared wall, and they resell on it. The premium is usually modest in dollars at this band; pay it if you plan to hold long, skip it if payment is the constraint.
Living Here
More than the band usually buys: a real amenity core inside the community, with River City Marketplace doing the retail work just outside it.
The community pool and cabana are the headline: an actual resort-style line item at a price band where most attached competitors offer nothing. It is also why the dues need verifying; pools cost money to run.
The family-and-pets layer: a playground, a dedicated dog park, and walking trails inside the community. For renters and owners alike, this set is what separates Annies Walk from the bare-bones townhome rows nearby.
The Northside big-box and dining cluster minutes away: groceries, retail anchors, restaurants, and a movie theater without getting on the highway.
I-95 and I-295 north close by: Jacksonville International Airport in roughly 10 minutes, downtown in about 15 to 20, and the Northside logistics-employment corridor in between.
River City Marketplace covers groceries, big-box retail, dining, and entertainment minutes from the community, the Dunn Avenue and Airport Road corridors add the everyday errands, and downtown retail is about 15 to 20 minutes south when the list gets longer.
Everything here delivered in 2021 and 2022, which means structural warranty coverage from the builder cycle may still have transferable years left depending on the program and the unit. Ask the seller for the warranty documents and confirm transferability; on a near-new resale, that paperwork is worth chasing.
Units from Annies Walk appear on apartment and rental sites, which is honest, useful data: it confirms investor presence, tells you achievable rents if you are underwriting, and tells you the street mix if you are occupying. Spend ten minutes on the rental listings before you tour; they are part of the comp picture.
Against nearby attached communities with minimal dues and no amenities, Annies Walk only wins if the fee is priced fairly for the pool, dog park, and trails it funds. Get the current figure and the budget, then compare monthly-for-monthly. Sometimes the amenity community is the better value; sometimes it is just the higher fee.
Before You Offer
Jacksonville sees coastal, river, and creek flooding, and pockets near the St. Johns River tributaries can sit in higher-risk zones. Jacksonville participates in the FEMA Community Rating System at a class 6, which earns flood-insurance discounts of about 10 percent for homes outside a special flood hazard area and about 20 percent for homes inside one.
The reliable move is to pull the FEMA flood designation for the exact Annies Walk address before you write an offer, since two homes in the same area can fall in different zones. A home in Zone X can cost far less to insure than one near water in Zone AE. Get a bindable flood and homeowners quote during your inspection period, so the cost is in your monthly math before you commit, not after.
The Jacksonville metro is served by Xfinity (Comcast) cable across nearly all addresses and by AT&T with DSL almost everywhere plus fiber to a growing share of homes. If working from home matters, confirm the options, and fiber in particular, at the specific Annies Walk address rather than assuming.
Duval County total millage runs roughly 17.9 to 18.5 mills depending on the taxing district. The Florida homestead exemption for 2026 is 51,411 dollars for those who qualify, and the deadline to file a new homestead exemption is March 1.
The trap to plan for is the post-sale reset: when you buy, the Save Our Homes cap from the previous owner ends and the assessed value resets to the new just value, so your second-year tax bill is often higher than the seller current one. Budget the true number, and confirm whether the specific home carries a CDD or other assessment that is billed separately from the millage and is not reduced by the homestead exemption.
Comparisons
The honest cross-shop list on the Northside is short, and it comes down to amenities versus square footage versus sticker.
| Community | Product | The honest one-liner |
|---|---|---|
| Biscayne Bay | 2000s townhomes off Dunn Avenue | Older attached product at a lower entry price, with portal actives well below Annie's Walk; you trade near-new construction and the amenity core for the cheaper sticker. |
| Dunns Crossing | Newer single-family off Dunn Avenue | Detached homes with no shared walls, still actively building from the builder, at a higher price point; the move if you want a yard over a pool and dog park. |
| Oceanway | Established Northside detached | A broader resale market of older single-family homes nearby; more land and comp history, less of the curated near-new townhome package. |
The pattern: Annie's Walk wins on near-new construction and a real amenity core (pool, cabana, dog park, trails) that most attached competitors at this band do not carry. It loses on square footage to detached product and on raw sticker to older townhome stock. Put the verified HOA fee next to what each one actually funds before you decide which trade fits.
Who It Fits
Fits if you want
- Near-new construction at a payment-first price point
- A real amenity core: pool, cabana, playground, dog park, trails
- A 10-minute airport run and quick I-95 and I-295 access
- Low-maintenance attached living near River City Marketplace retail
- A steady buyer pool behind you at resale
Look elsewhere if you want
- A detached home with a private yard and no shared walls
- More than roughly 1,200 to 1,555 sq ft
- The lowest possible sticker over the amenity set
- A community with no rental presence to understand
- Minimal HOA dues and no pool to fund
