Hillcrest Jacksonville
Homes for Sale in Jacksonville, FL

Hillcrest Jacksonville market snapshot (as of July 11, 2026): the median sale price is about $218K ($142 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 59 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 2% from the prior 12 months and up 79% since 2012, computed from record-level realMLS closed sales (22 closings in the current window).

Hillcrest Jacksonville is a community of 1,422 homes in Jacksonville, Duval County, built between 1902 and 2024 (median 1955), with a median living area of about 1,499 square feet. 55% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).

Hillcrest is an older, wide-ranging Jacksonville pocket where 1902-to-2024 build dates and a 1955 median mean condition — not location alone — sets value. With about 1,422 homes and only a slow trickle of recent closings, it rewards patience over speed.

The single most useful fact here is the age spread. A median build year of 1955, with the oldest stock from 1902, means many homes carry the mechanicals, layouts, and systems of their era unless someone has updated them. The median of about $142 per square foot on a roughly 1,499-square-foot median home is a midpoint across everything from untouched originals to full renovations — so the median price near $217,725 tells you the middle of a wide spread, not what any specific house should cost. Underwrite each property on its own bones.

Momentum is a little over half owner-occupied, with a homestead share around 54.5%. Combined with a low heat score of 21, a slightly negative year-over-year move, and a median time on market just under 60 days, this is a market with room to inspect, question, and negotiate. Longer-term context helps: values are up about 79% since 2012, which speaks to the area's staying power rather than to any expectation about what comes next.

In a market this driven by condition, the number that matters is the one specific to the house in front of you — not the neighborhood median. We read each property's age, systems, and renovation history against a nearly 60-day median marketing window and a soft, low-heat backdrop, so buyers negotiate from evidence and sellers price to their home's actual condition instead of hope.