Caroline Forest
Homes for Sale in Jacksonville, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
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Caroline Forest's median price sits at $219,900, with a median price per square foot of $156.62. That's a build set from 1989 to 2019 with a median year built of 1993 and a median living area of 1,425 square feet, so price here tracks age and condition more than location premium — an updated 1990s home and an original-condition one at the same square footage can land in very different places.
Year over year the median is down 2.3%, though the community is still up 186% since 2012, so this reads as a pause in a long-run climb rather than a reversal. A market heat score of 31 points to a cooler, more balanced posture right now, but a median 19 days on market says well-priced homes are still moving quickly — sellers should not assume a soft market means a slow sale, and buyers should not assume a cooler score buys them much negotiating room on a well-prepared listing.
Caroline Forest right now
🟡 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($220K) is down 2.3% from the prior 12 months ($225K) and up 193% since 2012. With about a dozen 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 August 21. Confidence: Low (5 and 6 sales in the two windows).
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Updated August 21, 2026 · Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Caroline Forest market snapshot (as of August 21, 2026): the median sale price is about $220K ($157 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 19 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 2% from the prior 12 months and up 193% since 2012, computed from record-level realMLS closed sales (5 closings in the current window).
Caroline Forest is a Jacksonville, Duval County community of 186 homes built between 1989 and 2019, with a median year built of 1993 — a mature footprint where condition and updates, not new-construction premiums, do most of the work on price.
The setting & the homes.
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Who Caroline Forest is best for.
Best for
- Buyers targeting a purchase price near the $219,900 median in Duval County rather than new-construction pricing.
- Buyers comfortable evaluating a 1990s-era home on updates and condition, using the $156.62 median price per square foot as the baseline to compare against.
- Buyers or sellers who want a community with only 186 homes total, where a median 19 days on market signals accurately priced listings move without much delay.
Probably not for
- Buyers who need new construction — building here effectively stopped by 2019, and the median home dates to 1993.
- Buyers who need a larger footprint than the median 1,425 square feet.
- Buyers expecting an uninterrupted run-up in price — the median is down 2.3% year over year, even against 186% growth since 2012.
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending August 21 of each year, from record-level realMLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($220K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($225K) IS the -2.3% one-year change.
Windows contain 5 to 16 sales each (5 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.
31% of homes for sale in ZIP 32277 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 (2026-08-18).
Caroline Forest Market Scorecard
Caroline Forest 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.
Housing distress & ownership in Caroline Forest, Jacksonville
Who owns here, how much is not owner-occupied, and how much for-sale inventory is under distress.
Source: Momentum Realty Research. Ownership & parcels from the FL DOR 2025 tax roll; distress from MLS active-listing status/remarks; price from MLS closed sales. Source: Data provided by realMLS. Based on Stellar MLS data distributed by MLS GRID for the period August 2026 through August 2026. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Caroline Forest 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, tiles © CARTO.
Schools
- Duval County Public Schools
- Verify the zoned schools by address
- Magnet and choice options may be available
- Terry Parker High School (Duval County Public Schools)FLDOE grade C · High
- Fort Caroline Middle School or your address-zoned middle school · Middle
- Fort Caroline Elementary School (verify by address)FLDOE grade C · Elementary
Grades are official Florida Department of Education school grades for 2025-26. Assignments are reported as of the 2025-26 year and can change; always confirm with Duval County Public Schools for a specific address.
Buying with schools in mind? We can confirm the exact zoned schools for any Caroline Forest address.
The Caroline Forest buying strategy.
If we were buying in Caroline Forest 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 Caroline Forest.
What's actually driving value here
At a median living area of 1,425 square feet and a median year built of 1993, Caroline Forest is a smaller-footprint, older-vintage community relative to newer Duval County construction. The $156.62 median price per square foot is the number to anchor on when comparing a specific listing to the community baseline — it strips out size differences and isolates what condition, lot, and updates are adding or subtracting.
A median 19 days on market, even against a market heat score of 31, suggests the community isn't sitting on a glut of unsold inventory — it's a smaller pool of 186 homes where accurately priced listings clear on a normal timeline. The 2.3% year-over-year dip reads as a near-term cooling layered on top of a 186% run since 2012, which is the more relevant frame for anyone thinking beyond a single-year snapshot.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Caroline Forest. 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 Caroline Forest 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 3 factors (7.5). Basis: Long-Term Appreciation +193% since 2012; Recent Direction -2.3% year-over-year; Pricing Power 95.7% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a smaller, older-vintage community like Caroline Forest, the comps that matter are the ones matched on condition and updates, not just square footage and year built. We pull the recent closings, walk the price-per-square-foot spread against the $156.62 median, and give you a hand-prepared read on where a specific home actually sits — not a generic automated number.
Caroline Forest in 15 seconds.
HOA, CDD & Fees
- Mandatory HOA. Confirm current dues
- Any club/amenity membership is billed separately
Confirm the current HOA dues, exactly what they cover, and any CDD bond or special assessment for a specific address before you offer.
Tools for a Caroline Forest buy.
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | realMLS, refreshed twice daily (last: August 21, 2026) |
| Community market stats | realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending August 21, 2026 |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-08-18 |
| Schools | 2025-26 district assignments + FLDOE school grades; verify with the district |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2001 (245 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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