Community Details at a Glance
The Homes
Product
Single-story open-concept single-family, all with 3-car garages, off Fabius Way
Builder
Meritage Homes, energy-efficient construction, brand-new, mostly 2025 to 2026
Sizes
About 1,842 to 2,787 square feet, generally 4 bedrooms, 2.5 to 3 baths
Spec
Spray foam insulation and ENERGY STAR oriented construction aimed at lower utility bills
Costs & Fees
HOA
Reported near 64 dollars per month by Jome; confirm the current figure and coverage in writing
CDD
Not found in third-party sources at publish time; verify whether a CDD or assessment applies
Reality
The spray-foam spec can offset part of the price gap through lower cooling bills; get the projected figures in writing
Amenities
Three-car garage
Standard across the community, functionally a storage and workshop amenity
Build quality
Spray foam insulation and single-story layouts are where the spend went, not a clubhouse
Design
Pre-styled interior packages included in the pricing model
Nearby
River City Marketplace and the airport corridor handle recreation and retail a short drive out
Location
Setting
Fabius Way in the Oceanway area of North Jacksonville, ZIP 32218
Shopping
River City Marketplace about 8 minutes for big-box, dining, and the movie theater
Access
Jacksonville International Airport about 10 minutes; I-95 and I-295 close by
Beaches
Downtown about 22 minutes; Jacksonville beaches about 32
The Homes & Style
Per Jome and Meritage pricing referenced in June 2026, Azalea Creek runs 359,990 to 436,990 dollars, the premium tier of the Oceanway corridor.
The buyer pool skews to move-up buyers, single-level-living buyers, and anyone running total cost of ownership math where the insulation spec offsets part of the price gap.
Resale will price against active Meritage inventory until buildout, and after that the single-story plus 3-car garage combination is a scarce comp set.
Azalea Creek is one builder and one product philosophy, so the decisions are plan size, lot, and finish package.
Open-concept designs from 1,842 to 2,787 square feet, all on one level, which serves both households and the aging-in-place crowd.
Three bays on every home is rare at this band; it serves trucks, boats, gyms, and storage, and it should photograph well at resale.
Spray foam insulation and ENERGY STAR oriented construction; ask the sales office for the projected utility figures in writing and hold them to it.
Meritage sells pre-curated finish collections rather than a custom design studio, which speeds delivery and keeps pricing predictable.
Living Here
Be clear-eyed here: sources do not enumerate a community amenity campus, so the spend went into the houses. Judge it on that basis.
Spray foam insulation, ENERGY STAR oriented construction, and the single-story layouts are where the money went.
Standard across the community, functionally a storage and workshop amenity.
Pre-styled interior packages included in the pricing model.
River City Marketplace and the airport corridor handle recreation and retail a short drive out.
River City Marketplace covers big-box, dining, and the movie theater about eight minutes away, with the Oceanway strip retail filling daily errands closer in.
Spray foam construction can meaningfully cut cooling costs in a Florida summer; get the projected energy figures in writing and fold them into your monthly comparison against cheaper corridor homes.
Three-car garages are nearly extinct in this price band; that single feature will separate these homes in future MLS searches.
Skipping the amenity campus keeps the HOA low and removes a future special-assessment risk; for some buyers that trade is a feature, not a bug.
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 Azalea Creek 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 Azalea Creek 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
Azalea Creek's natural cross-shops are the other new communities on the Oceanway and Pecan Park corridor, where the norm is an entry-price arms race with an amenity campus. Against Seaton Creek Reserve, Azalea Creek skips the Lennar-style amenity campus and the CDD question that often rides with it, putting the spend into the houses instead: single-story plans, spray foam insulation, and a 3-car garage on every home. Against the corridor's two-story production product, Azalea Creek trades a splash pad and a clubhouse for build quality, single-level living, and lower utility bills, and it asks a higher price for that. The honest summary: Azalea Creek wins on construction spec, single-story scarcity, and the triple garage, and gives ground on community amenities and entry price to the bigger master plans nearby. Run the total cost of ownership, where the insulation spec offsets part of the price gap, before you decide.
Who It Fits
Azalea Creek fits the single-level-living buyer, the move-up buyer who wants build quality over a clubhouse, the buyer who needs three garage bays for trucks, boats, or a workshop, and anyone running total-cost-of-ownership math where the spray-foam spec and lower cooling bills offset part of the price gap. It also fits the buyer who treats a low HOA and no amenity-campus special-assessment risk as a feature, not a bug. It does not fit the buyer who wants a resort amenity campus and a splash pad, the buyer shopping strictly on the lowest entry price, the buyer who needs a two-story plan for the bedroom count, or anyone who will not get the projected energy figures in writing and hold the builder to them.





























