Community Details at a Glance
The Homes
Type
Single-family by Engle Homes and D.R. Horton, many on lake or preserve lots
Size
Roughly 1,770 to 3,055 SF, 3 to 5 bedrooms
Era
Built out roughly 2003 to 2010
Status
Established and built out; resale only
Costs & Fees
HOA
Yes; amounts reported differently by section, confirm in writing
CDD
None on the community itself; an adjacent Eagle Hammock CDD causes name confusion
Property tax
Duval millage roughly 17.9 to 18.5 mills
Amenities
Pool
Community pool with restroom facilities and a covered pavilion
Courts
On-site tennis and basketball courts
Family
Children's playground next to the amenity campus
Field
Open sports field for baseball, soccer, and football
Location
Area
Northside Jacksonville off New Berlin Road, Oceanway area, ZIP 32226
Access
Minutes to I-295 and Jacksonville International Airport
Nearby
River City Marketplace, Jacksonville Zoo, Oceanway retail
The Homes & Style
Published price data for Eagles Hammock conflicts: one aggregator shows recent closed sales clustering in the low-to-mid $300,000s, while a local agent site cites a higher current range. That spread tells you the sources are sampling different home sizes and dates, so price the specific house from the freshest in-community comps rather than a headline figure.
The buyer pool is buyers who want established trees and amenities at Northside prices, airport and logistics-corridor workers, and buyers cross-shopping the new construction along the New Berlin and Pecan Park corridor. Twenty years of recorded sales is the negotiating gift here: unlike the active builder communities nearby, every price conversation in Eagles Hammock can be anchored to real closed history.
Eagles Hammock is one community with two original builders and a wide lot mix, so the decisions are product, lot, and condition. Engle Homes built much of the earlier stock, generally the more customized feel of the two builders; these homes are now past twenty years old, so roofs, HVAC, and water heaters drive the inspection conversation. The D.R. Horton volume phases fill out the plat with practical floor plans, where condition and upgrades create the spread between otherwise identical layouts.
Many homesites back to lakes or preserve buffers, and those lots carry a real premium on resale; if you are buying for the view, confirm the buffer is permanent, not a future phase. HOA amounts have been reported differently by product section, and an adjacent Eagle Hammock CDD serves related development nearby, so the title work for the specific address settles it. Make that verification a contract item.
Living Here
The amenity package is unusually complete for an established Northside community at this price band. The centerpiece is a community pool with restroom facilities and a covered pavilion for parties and shade. On-site tennis and basketball courts are something most 2000s-era Northside communities skipped, and a children's playground sits next to the campus alongside an open sports field for pickup games and practices.
River City Marketplace covers big-box stores, dining, and the movie theater about twelve minutes out, the Oceanway strip retail handles groceries and daily errands, and the New Berlin and Alta Drive corridors keep adding services as the Northside grows. The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens is only a few miles away, and the airport is a short hop via the I-295 loop.
A clarification, because the internet gets it wrong constantly: this is the Northside Eagles Hammock off New Berlin Road, not a similarly named area elsewhere in Jacksonville. Listings, school citations, and comps get cross-contaminated, so verify the address before you trust any data point.
The Eagles Hammock HOA and the adjacent Eagle Hammock CDD are different entities with nearly identical names; some buyers budget for one and get billed for the other, and the title work for the exact address is the only reliable answer. The same caution applies to price: one source shows a roughly $320,000 median and another cites a higher range, and both can be sampling honestly from different home sizes and dates, which is exactly why in-community comps beat headline figures here.
Before You Offer
Verify the fee stack first. HOA amounts have been reported differently by section, the association is managed by a third party, and the adjacent Eagle Hammock CDD shares a nearly identical name, so confirm in writing for the exact address whether any CDD assessment applies 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. Pull the FEMA flood designation for the exact Eagles Hammock 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 Eagles Hammock 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's 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.
Comparisons
Most buyers weighing Eagles Hammock are cross-shopping the other New Berlin corridor and Northside communities where established trees and amenities meet Northside prices. Here is the honest shorthand.
| Community | The trade-off |
|---|---|
| Victoria Lakes | The neighboring New Berlin corridor community; the choice usually comes down to the specific lot, condition, and the fee stack on each side. |
| Oceanway | The broader area around Eagles Hammock, with a mix of HOA subdivisions and no-HOA pockets; more variety, less of a single amenity campus. |
| Amelia View | A Northside community closer to the Nassau line with a different lot and water profile; weigh the commute and the amenity set against Eagles Hammock. |
Eagles Hammock's case against this field is the rare combination of a complete amenity campus, mature trees and lake lots, and two decades of real closed-sale history, at Northside prices. The case against it is the aging systems on the older Engle stock and the conflicting published price data, both of which reward a buyer who underwrites the specific home with in-community comps.
Who It Fits
Eagles Hammock fits if you want
- Established trees, lake lots, and a full amenity campus at Northside prices.
- A pool, tennis, basketball, playground, and a sports field on-site.
- Two decades of closed-sale history to anchor a price conversation.
- Quick access to I-295, the airport, and River City Marketplace.
- An established home with character over a raw new-construction site.
Consider elsewhere if you want
- Brand-new construction with a builder warranty and incentives.
- A turnkey home; the older Engle stock can need roof, HVAC, and updates.
- Certainty on the fee stack without verifying the HOA and the adjacent CDD.
- A short commute to the Southside, the beaches, or downtown.
- A clear headline price; published figures here conflict and need real comps.

























