Chatham Village
Homes for Sale in Orange Park, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
Chatham Village is a tightly defined pocket of homes built in a narrow window in the early 2000s, so what actually moves price here is condition and updates, not vintage or square footage spread. With a median around $485,000 and a median just over 2,400 square feet, the homes are similar enough in age and size that a renovated kitchen, a newer roof, or an unremodeled interior explains most of the gap between one closing and the next.
The current posture is slow and buyer-tolerant. A median of 75 days on market and a heat score of 24 tell you nothing is flying off the shelf, and the year-over-year change of -1.9% says prices have softened slightly rather than climbed. For sellers, that means pricing to the median and presenting a move-in-ready home matters more than holding out. For buyers, there is room to negotiate and time to inspect.
Figures in this note are as of July 12, 2026. The live market numbers elsewhere on this page update nightly and are newer.
Chatham Village right now
🟡 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($470K) is down 5.0% from the prior 12 months ($494K) and up 176% since 2012. With about 4 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 October 20. Confidence: Low (5 and 5 sales in the two windows).
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· Updated October 20, 2026 · Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Chatham Village market snapshot (as of October 20, 2026): the median sale price is about $470K ($182 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 77 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 5% from the prior 12 months and up 176% since 2012, computed from record-level realMLS closed sales (5 closings in the current window).
Chatham Village is a community of 161 homes in Orange Park, Clay County, built between 2000 and 2005 (median 2003), with a median living area of about 2,425 square feet. 72% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Chatham Village is a small, cohesive Orange Park community of 161 homes built between 2000 and 2005, where most owners occupy their homes rather than rent them out.
Who Chatham Village is best for.
Best for
- Buyers targeting a roughly 2,400-square-foot home around the mid-$480s who plan to stay put for years
- Owner-occupants who value a stable, low-turnover community over a fast-flipping one
- Buyers willing to trade a lower price for a home that needs updates and to budget for them
Probably not for
- Buyers who need to resell quickly, given a 75-day median time on market
- Investors chasing near-term appreciation in a market that is down 1.9% year over year
- Buyers wanting a brand-new build or a wide range of floor plan choices
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending October 20 of each year, from record-level realMLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($470K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($494K) IS the -5.0% one-year change.
Windows contain 1 to 9 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.
33% of homes for sale in ZIP 32003 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 (2026-10-20).
Housing distress & ownership in Chatham Village, Orange Park
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. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
The Chatham Village buying strategy.
If we were buying in Chatham Village 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 Chatham Village.
A condition-driven market, not a size lottery
Because the homes cluster around a 2003 build year and roughly 2,425 square feet of living space, buyers here are not choosing between wildly different floor plans so much as between wildly different states of upkeep. Two homes of nearly identical footprint can sit far apart in price depending on roof age, HVAC, and interior updates. The median price per square foot of about $182 is a useful anchor, but treat it as a midpoint, not a rule.
The 72% homestead share signals a community held largely by owner-occupants rather than investors, which tends to translate into steadier inventory and homes that turn over less frequently. Combined with a 75-day median time on market and a soft year-over-year read, that points to patient buyers holding leverage right now and sellers needing to earn the sale on presentation and price.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Chatham Village. 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 Chatham Village 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 4 factors (7.5). Basis: Long-Term Appreciation +176% since 2012; Recent Direction -5.0% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 72% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 97.0% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a market where condition sets the price and homes take about two and a half months to sell, the value we add is reading each property against the median and telling you plainly where it lands. We will show you which updates a seller can recover and which a buyer should price around, and we will not let a soft market talk you into either overpaying or overpricing.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending October 20, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR assessment roll (street-list match (5 streets, ZIP 32003)) |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-10-20 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2001 (99 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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