Marietta Forrest
Homes for Sale in Jacksonville, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
Marietta Forrest prices off its housing stock more than off anything else. A median of $304,398 works out to $173 per square foot for a median home built in 1995 and running about 1,698 square feet, but the build range here stretches from 1925 all the way to 2024. Across 451 homes, that spread means condition and vintage do most of the work in setting what a given house is actually worth, more than block-to-block location differences.
The last 46 closings put pricing down 10.8% year over year, with a median 87 days on market — well past a quick-sale pace. Months of supply reads 6, which the feed labels balanced, yet only 1 active listing showed as of 2026-07-11. For a seller, that means pricing to the home's actual condition and age matters more than chasing last year's number. For a buyer, it means there is very little on the shelf to compare against right now, even though the underlying supply math says the market is in equilibrium.
Marietta Forrest right now
🟡 Balanced market. 3.6 months of supply and 23% of the inventory already under contract put buyers and sellers on roughly even footing.Why it matters: months of supply is how long today's inventory would last at today's sales pace; under-contract share is the portion of homes for sale that already have a buyer.Momentum Research analysis of realMLS records, as of August 23, 2026. Confidence: Very High (30 active and pending listings, 42 closed sales in 12 months).
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($306K) is down 10.2% from the prior 12 months ($340K). With about 22 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 August 23. Confidence: Very High (42 and 66 sales in the two windows).
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Updated August 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
Marietta Forrest market snapshot (as of August 23, 2026): the median sale price is about $306K ($172 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), a median 74 days on market for closed sales, and 3.6 months of supply, a balanced market. The trailing-12-month median is down 10% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level realMLS closed sales (42 closings in the current window).
Marietta Forrest is a community of 222 homes in Jacksonville, Duval County, built between 1926 and 2024 (median 1983.5), with a median living area of about 1,631 square feet. 40% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Marietta Forrest is an established Duval County neighborhood in Jacksonville built out over nearly a century, with homes dating from 1925 through 2024 and a median build year of 1995 — so the housing stock itself varies more than the price stats alone suggest.
The setting & the homes.
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Who Marietta Forrest is best for.
Best for
- Buyers open to older housing stock and willing to evaluate condition and vintage house-by-house across a 1925-to-2024 build range.
- Buyers prioritizing living space, given a median of about 1,698 square feet at $173 per square foot.
- Sellers prepared to price to their home's specific condition rather than to last year's market, given the 10.8% year-over-year shift.
Probably not for
- Buyers who want a large pool of active listings to compare side by side — only 1 was on the market as of 2026-07-11.
- Buyers who need a fast, sub-two-week close — the median home here takes 87 days to sell.
- Buyers seeking uniform, newer-construction pricing with little condition variability, given the wide 1925–2024 build spread.
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending August 23 of each year, from record-level realMLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($306K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($340K) IS the -10.2% one-year change.
Windows contain 2 to 66 sales each (42 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size. Source: Data provided by realMLS. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
29% of homes for sale in ZIP 32220 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 (2026-08-18).
Marietta Forrest Market Scorecard
Marietta Forrest is currently a balanced market. About 3.6 months of supply, a median asking price of $297,904, and homes go under contract in about 70 days.
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Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily. Market metrics only; these describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
Homes For Sale Right Now in Marietta Forrest
Live MLS inventory for Marietta Forrest. Every active listing, what is under contract right now, and the last 12 months of closed sales, refreshed twice a day. Closed comps beat an algorithm's guess every time.
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Active · 17 daysActive and pending Marietta Forrest listings as of 2026-08-24, priced high to low. Source: Data provided by realMLS. Tap any home to ask about it.
Marietta Forrest on the map.
Every active, pending, and recently sold home, plotted. Toggle the layers and tap a home for the details.
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Life at Marietta Forrest
- Management - Off Site · reported on 1 of 25 listings
Community amenities as reported across realMLS listings in this community; deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Verify current amenities and access with the HOA.
How far is everything?
Everyday stops around Marietta Forrest are close: the nearest parks is about 4 minutes away.
- Normandy Athletic Association Football Field · Parks4 min
- Plaza at Normandy · Shopping6 min
- Publix · Groceries7 min
- ZENSHI Handcrafted Sushi · Dining7 min
- Ellianos Coffee · Coffee7 min
- UF Health Emergency and Urgent Care Center Lane Avenue · Health16 min
Approximate drive times via Mapbox Search + Directions, 2026-07-03. Verify for a specific address.
Schools
- Duval County Public Schools
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- Magnet and choice options may be available
- Chaffee Trail Elementary SchoolFLDOE grade B · PreK-5
- Chaffee Trail Middle SchoolFLDOE grade C · 6-8
- Westside High SchoolFLDOE grade I · 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 Duval County Public Schools for a specific address.
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Recent Developments in Marietta
Development, infrastructure, retail, and school activity affecting Marietta, tracked by our team and summarized from public reporting and official sources, with links to the original coverage. Last updated August 2026.
- July 2026Development
JWB secures funding for 108 affordable housing units in Jacksonville
Jacksonville Today reported that JWB Real Estate Capital secured about $28.59 million in gap funding for 108 income-restricted units across three Westside sites on Tracy, Justina and Ricker roads. Plans include 38 townhome-style units and two sets of 35 efficiency units, priced at or below 60% of area median income for 50 years. Groundbreaking is expected by September 2026 with completion in 2027.
What it may mean for the marketAdds new income-restricted rental and townhome housing supply on the Westside, increasing the stock of long-term affordable units and drawing public and tax-credit investment into three infill sites. The project is about 6 miles south of Marietta, elsewhere in Duval County.
Source: Jacksonville Today - July 2026Development
Culinary Institute of America selects Jacksonville for Southeast campus
News4Jax reported that the Culinary Institute of America chose downtown Jacksonville for its Southeast hub, to be located at 330 E. Bay Street on the Northbank riverfront. The campus would anchor a $160.5 million hotel and convention center development. The city previously approved up to $35 million in incentives, and the Downtown Investment Authority is finalizing agreements on design and property details.
What it may mean for the marketAnchors a major downtown riverfront redevelopment that pairs an educational campus with hotel and convention space, adding institutional and commercial investment to the urban core alongside Riverfront Plaza and Pearl Square. The project is about 8 miles east of Marietta, elsewhere in Duval County.
Source: News4Jax - June 2026Development
Hillwood contracts with the City of Jacksonville for 192 acres at AllianceFlorida at Cecil Commerce Center
Master developer Hillwood contracted with the City of Jacksonville for 192 acres at AllianceFlorida at Cecil Commerce Center on Jacksonville's Westside, continuing the buildout of the former Naval Air Station Cecil Field into an industrial and logistics park.
What it may mean for the marketContinued absorption of large industrial parcels at Cecil signals sustained employment growth on the Westside, which can support housing demand across nearby communities. The site is about 9 miles southwest of Marietta.
Source: Jax Daily Record - April 2026Development
Southeast Toyota opens $170M vehicle-processing facility at JAXPORT's Blount Island, adding 400-plus jobs
Southeast Toyota Distributors dedicated a new vehicle processing facility at JAXPORT's Blount Island Marine Terminal in April 2026. The company put the investment at $170 million and said the facility created more than 400 full-time jobs, most of them hired locally.
What it may mean for the marketA large new employment center on Blount Island adds sustained local job demand, a factor that has historically supported nearby housing absorption. The project is about 17 miles east of Marietta, elsewhere in Duval County.
Source: JAXPORT - April 2026Development
Hillwood seeks to mass-grade an AllianceFlorida site for a possible 1 million-square-foot building
Hillwood asked to mass grade a site at AllianceFlorida at Cecil Commerce Center to prepare for a possible 1 million-square-foot building, a step that typically precedes a large industrial or distribution user committing to the Westside park.
What it may mean for the marketA build-ready million-square-foot pad points to a potential large employer on the Westside, the kind of jobs anchor that can lift demand for nearby housing. The site is about 9 miles southwest of Marietta.
Source: Jax Daily Record - February 2026Infrastructure
JAXPORT details $250M Blount Island modernization and record cargo in 2026 State of the Ports
At its February 2026 State of the Ports address, JAXPORT outlined a $250 million modernization of Blount Island's container and vehicle-handling capabilities and reported record fiscal-2025 cargo volumes. The port also said an air-draft expansion to accommodate larger ships is on track to finish by the end of 2026.
What it may mean for the marketContinued heavy investment in the Blount Island port complex anchors long-term industrial employment on the northeast side, a structural demand driver for the surrounding area. The project is about 17 miles east of Marietta, elsewhere in Duval County.
Source: News4Jax
Summaries reflect public reporting and official sources linked above as of the dates shown. Project details, timelines, and approvals can change. Commentary on potential market effects is general observation, not investment advice or a prediction for any specific property. For the freshest items across the whole region, see This Week in Northeast Florida.
The Marietta Forrest buying strategy.
If we were buying in Marietta Forrest 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 Marietta Forrest.
A market priced on condition, not scarcity
At $173 per square foot against a $304,398 median, Marietta Forrest is not an expensive market by local standards, but it is not a uniform one either. With homes built as far back as 1925 sitting alongside construction from 2024, and a median living area of 1,698 square feet, per-square-foot value here swings on the age and upkeep of the specific house more than on which street it sits on.
The 87-day median days-on-market and the 10.8% year-over-year price decline over the last 46 closings both point the same direction: this is a market where buyers are taking their time and sellers are not commanding last year's pricing. Six months of supply keeps the feed's classification at balanced, but with only 1 active listing on record as of 2026-07-11, the visible inventory a shopper sees today is thin — worth noting separately from the broader supply trend.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Marietta Forrest. 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 Marietta Forrest 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 (5.6). Basis: Recent Direction -10.2% year-over-year; Liquidity & Demand 3.6 months of supply; Owner Commitment 40% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 97.6% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
When active inventory is as thin as 1 listing and homes are sitting a median of 87 days once they do list, pricing a Marietta Forrest home off a template comp sheet does not work — a hand-prepared, agent-built valuation that accounts for the property's specific age and condition against the 1925–2024 build range is what actually gets a number right here, on either side of the transaction.
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | realMLS, refreshed twice daily (last: August 23, 2026) |
| Community market stats | realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending August 23, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (5 streets, ZIP 32220)) |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-08-18 |
| Schools | 2025-26 district assignments + FLDOE school grades; verify with the district |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2001 (374 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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