Forest Hills
Homes for Sale in Pomona Park, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Forest Hills is a small pocket in Pomona Park, Putnam County, with just 36 homes on the feed. At that scale, price here is driven less by any published range and more by the specifics of each property: condition, lot, and how recently the home was updated. With build years spanning from 1986 to 2024 and a median build year of 2002, you are looking at a genuine mix of older stock and newer construction, and that spread does more to set value than the community name ever will.
The median living area sits at roughly 1,232 square feet, so this is a compact-home market. For a buyer, that means you evaluate each listing on its own merits rather than assuming a neighborhood premium. For a seller, condition and recent improvements are the story you can actually control. With only about a quarter of homes homesteaded, a meaningful share of the inventory reads as rental or seasonal use, which shapes both turnover and how a listing needs to be positioned.
Figures in this note are as of July 12, 2026. The live market numbers elsewhere on this page update nightly and are newer.
The 60-Second Overview
Forest Hills market snapshot (as of October 26, 2026): the median sale price is about $342K ($280 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 37 days on market for closed sales.
Forest Hills is a small, low-density community in Pomona Park where the housing is a real mix of eras rather than a single tract, and the modest typical square footage keeps it firmly in compact-home territory.
Who Forest Hills is best for.
Best for
- Buyers seeking a compact primary home who are comfortable in a small, low-density community
- Buyers open to a range of build years and willing to weigh condition and updates closely
- Investors evaluating a market where a meaningful share of homes are not owner-occupied
Probably not for
- Buyers who need substantial living space well above the roughly 1,232-square-foot median
- Buyers who want a large, uniform selection of comparable homes to shop at once
- Buyers expecting a predictable neighborhood price rather than condition-driven, property-by-property valuation
Sold History: Closed Sales in Forest Hills by Year
Closed sales in Forest Hills by trailing-12-month window ending October 26 of each year, from realMLS (Northeast Florida MLS) closing records. 7 homes closed in the current window at a median of $342,000. Aggregates only; individual closed sales are not shown.
| Window | Closings | Median sold | $ / sq ft | Median DOM | Typical size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | $342,000 | $280 | 37 days | 1,406 sq ft |
Source: realMLS closed listings, aggregated by Momentum Research. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
The Forest Hills buying strategy.
If we were buying in Forest Hills 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 Forest Hills.
A mixed-vintage pocket at small scale
The build range tells you most of what you need to know. Homes here go back to 1986 and run all the way to 2024, with a median build year of 2002. That means no two comps are guaranteed to be alike, and a newer, well-kept home can sit near an older one that needs work. Buyers should budget inspection time; sellers should expect the appraisal to lean heavily on the closest true matches rather than a broad neighborhood average.
With 36 homes total and only about 25.6% carrying a homestead exemption, a notable portion of the inventory is likely non-owner-occupied. That can mean thinner day-to-day owner presence and listings that come and go on their own timing. It also means the pool of available homes at any moment is small, so patience and quick decisions both have their place here.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Forest Hills. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
In a 36-home community with a wide build range, the difference between a fair price and a mistake is comp discipline. We read each property against its truest matches rather than a blended neighborhood number, and we will tell you plainly when a listing's condition does not support its ask. In a market this small, that judgment is the whole job.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending October 26, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR assessment roll (street-list match (1 streets, ZIP 32181)) |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-10-25 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2004 (11 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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