Kensington
Homes for Sale in Jacksonville, FL

Kensington market snapshot (as of October 20, 2026): the median sale price is about $420K ($247 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 32 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 7% from the prior 12 months and up 151% since 2012, computed from record-level realMLS closed sales (15 closings in the current window).

In ZIP 32246 (Jacksonville), 665 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $345K ($216/sq ft), down 3.4% year over year, with a median 41 days on market. Right now 144 active and 61 pending listings put supply at about 3.1 months — a healthy market. See the live ZIP 32246 housing market and the Duval County market.

County records show 46 qualified sales in Kensington across 2024–2025 (26 in 2024, 20 in 2025), median $410,000 — the last recorded sale per parcel on the Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll, independent of the MLS.

Kensington is a community of 912 homes in Jacksonville, Duval County, built between 1988 and 2000 (median 1993.0), with a median living area of about 1,984 square feet. 79% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).

Kensington is a built-out 1990s-era Jacksonville subdivision where square footage is generous and value hinges on how much updating a given home has seen. The long-term trend is strong — up 174% since 2012 — even as the last year has given some of that back.

With a build window that closed around 2004 and a median year of 1993, nearly every transaction here is a resale, and the differences between two similar floor plans come down to what has been touched since. Roofs, HVAC systems, kitchens, and baths are the levers. The $400,000 median and $247 median price per square foot are useful anchors, but expect a genuinely wide range around them depending on renovation status — an under-improved home and a fully modernized one at the same address are not the same purchase.

The 28-day median days on market and heat score of 43 describe a balanced-to-soft market rather than a bidding-war environment. Combined with the year-over-year decline, that gives a disciplined buyer leverage to make condition-based offers and ask for repairs. The high homestead share points to steady, owner-occupied inventory, which generally means well-kept homes but slower, more considered turnover than a rental-heavy area.

In a market where the median tells you almost nothing about your specific house, the value is in reading condition against comps. We price and negotiate on what a roof, a system, or a dated kitchen is actually worth in Kensington today — not on a headline number — and in a softening market that discipline is what protects a buyer from overpaying and helps a seller avoid sitting past that 28-day median.