Forest Hammock
Homes for Sale in Orange Park, FL

Forest Hammock market snapshot (as of July 14, 2026): the median sale price is about $360K ($158 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), a median 83 days on market for closed sales, and 5.6 months of supply, a balanced market. The trailing-12-month median is down 7% from the prior 12 months and up 74% since 2012, computed from record-level realMLS closed sales (16 closings in the current window).

Forest Hammock is a community of 669 homes in Orange Park, Clay County, built between 2005 and 2017 (median 2014), with a median living area of about 2,309 square feet. 55% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).

Forest Hammock is a single, cohesive phase of construction in Orange Park (Clay County) rather than a community built out over decades, which is part of why its homes read so similarly in age and size. About 55.3% of homes here carry a homestead exemption, consistent with a base of owner-occupied housing rather than a rental-heavy mix.

• Oakleaf Village Elementary SchoolFLDOE grade B · Public PreK-6 (Clay County)
• Oakleaf Junior High SchoolFLDOE grade B · Public Junior High 7-8
• Oakleaf High SchoolFLDOE grade A · Public High 9-12

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 Clay County Public Schools for a specific address.

Buying with schools in mind? We can confirm the exact zoned schools for any Forest Hammock address.

The amenity package is a real part of the value proposition: a clubhouse, pool and children's pool, tennis and pickleball courts, a fitness center, jogging path, park, playground, basketball court, and full-time management, all reported across the community's MLS listings (verify current amenities/access with the HOA). That kind of shared infrastructure typically supports pricing in a way a bare subdivision cannot, and it helps explain why the median price per square foot has held near $158 even as the broader trend softened.

The 7% year-over-year pullback and the stretch to roughly 82 days on market both point to a market that has cooled from its recent pace without giving back the bulk of the 74% gain built up since 2012. With supply sitting at 5.6 months and only 8 homes active at once, pricing decisions here are made in a thin data set — which is exactly where a locally grounded read of the comps, rather than a generic estimate, earns its keep.

With only 8 active listings and 16 recent closings feeding the realmls data, Forest Hammock is not a community where a broad-market algorithm can price a home reliably — there simply is not enough volume for that to work. We build our valuations by hand from the closings and active inventory that actually apply here, weighing the community's amenity set, its narrow 2005-2017 build window, and the current 82.5-day median time on market, so a pricing or offer strategy reflects what is actually happening in this specific community rather than a citywide average.

Confirm the current HOA dues, exactly what they cover, and any CDD bond or special assessment for a specific address before you offer.

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