Lackawanna
Homes for Sale in Jacksonville, FL
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Market Heat
Lackawanna is an older, condition-driven market. With a median build year of 1958 and stock stretching back to 1903, price here is set less by the neighborhood and more by what's been done to the individual house — roof, systems, and updates do most of the work. The median sits at $228,500, or about $140.76 per square foot on a median footprint near 1,576 square feet, but expect a wide spread between renovated and deferred-maintenance properties.
Posture is soft. Prices are down 23.6% year over year, the heat score is 30, and homes are taking a median of 30 days to go under contract. That combination favors buyers who can move deliberately and negotiate on condition. Sellers should price to the actual state of the home and plan for a market that is no longer rewarding optimism.
Figures in this note are as of July 12, 2026. The live market numbers elsewhere on this page update nightly and are newer.
Lackawanna right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($198K) is down 31.9% from the prior 12 months ($290K) and up 1875% since 2012. With about a dozen sales a year, a single closing can swing this number, so read the level and the decade, not one year's move.Momentum Research, record-level realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending October 23. Confidence: Medium (8 and 7 sales in the two windows).
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· Updated October 23, 2026 · Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Lackawanna market snapshot (as of October 23, 2026): the median sale price is about $198K ($132 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 13 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 32% from the prior 12 months and up 1875% since 2012, computed from record-level realMLS closed sales (8 closings in the current window).
Lackawanna is a community of 454 homes in Jacksonville, Duval County, built between 1930 and 2024 (median 1965.0), with a median living area of about 1,898 square feet. 63% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Lackawanna is a large, established Jacksonville pocket in Duval County — 1,223 homes spanning more than a century of construction — where value tracks the condition of each individual house far more than any single price point.
Who Lackawanna is best for.
Best for
- Value-focused buyers willing to trade renovation work for a lower entry near the median
- Investors comfortable underwriting condition and system age on older stock
- Patient buyers who can use a soft, 30-day market to negotiate
Probably not for
- Buyers who need move-in-ready, uniform new construction
- Anyone counting on quick, guaranteed price gains in a market down year over year
- Buyers unwilling to budget for inspections and older-home maintenance
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending October 23 of each year, from record-level realMLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($198K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($290K) IS the -31.9% one-year change.
Windows contain 3 to 22 sales each (8 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size, and thin markets swing on single closings. Source: Data provided by realMLS. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
28% of homes for sale in ZIP 32210 are already under contract (under contract ÷ under contract + active listings) — a read on how much of the available inventory buyers have already claimed. Source: MLS data (2026-10-20).
The Lackawanna buying strategy.
If we were buying in Lackawanna 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 Lackawanna.
An older housing stock, priced by condition
The defining feature here is age. A median year built of 1958 and a range running from 1903 to 2024 means you're shopping across everything from original-era cottages to occasional new construction. That variety is why the per-square-foot figure and the median price only tell part of the story — two homes at similar sizes can sit far apart on price based purely on what's been renovated and what hasn't.
A homestead share just under half suggests a meaningful mix of owner-occupied and non-owner-held property, which tends to widen the condition spread further. For a buyer, that means inspections and system age matter more than the listing photos. For a seller, it means the homes that show honest, completed updates are the ones that separate from the pack in a slower market.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Lackawanna. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Momentum Buy Score.
Our proprietary 0 to 10 read across the factors that decide how a home in Lackawanna buys, holds, and resells. Momentum Research; not an appraisal.
Momentum Intelligence Scores are our proprietary, qualitative assessment on a 0 to 10 scale, built from the record-level market data on this page. They are a framework for comparing communities, not a guarantee of future value and not advice on a specific home; unlike an automated value estimate they do not price your home, they grade the community on evidence you can inspect. Composite is the plain average of the 4 factors (5.4). Basis: Long-Term Appreciation +1875% since 2012; Recent Direction -31.9% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 63% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 93.1% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
A market this condition-driven rewards someone who has walked the houses. We help buyers read past cosmetics to system age and deferred maintenance, and we help sellers set a price that matches the actual state of the home rather than a neighborhood average that doesn't fit their address. With the market soft and priced by property, that judgment is where the money is made or saved.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending October 23, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR assessment roll (street-list match (15 streets, ZIP 32204/32205/32210/32221/32236/32254)) |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-10-20 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2002 (218 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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