Melsons
Homes for Sale in Jacksonville, FL

This is a large, established Duval County community — roughly 2,745 homes — where the housing stock spans more than a century and skews small and older, so no two blocks price the same.

realMLS (Northeast Florida) sales records identify 164 homes in Melsons that have changed hands since 2002, built between 1912 and 2025 (median 1952), with a median living area of about 1,178 sq ft and a typical 3-bedroom, 1-bath layout; 95% are single-family homes. Source: realMLS (Northeast Florida) closed-sale history compiled by Momentum Research; counts reflect homes with a recorded MLS sale, not every home in the community.

Pre-construction details are compiled from public records, builder announcements and builder listings, and are subject to change without notice; figures are deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Momentum Research figures are our own analysis. This page describes homes, pricing and community attributes, not residents.

Melsons is too small for its own price trend, so here is the market around it.

In ZIP 32254, 116 homes are on the market and 25% are under contract — a steady corner of Jacksonville.

Across Duval County, 4,384 homes are active and 1,562 pending (26% under contract).

In ZIP 32254 (Jacksonville), 381 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $272K ($176/sq ft), down 0.8% year over year, with a median 54 days on market. Right now 56 active and 27 pending listings put supply at about 3.3 months — a balanced market. See the live ZIP 32254 housing market and the Duval County market.

ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Melsons specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.

• Biltmore · Elementary
• Lake Shore · Middle
• William M. Raines · High

Zoned schools reflect the assignments reported on recent Melsons listings and can change; always confirm with Duval County Public Schools for a specific address.

Buying with schools in mind? We can confirm the exact zoned schools for any Melsons address.

A median build year of 1951 in a neighborhood that started in 1904 means you are almost always buying age. That is not a knock — older, compact homes on this scale reward buyers who know how to evaluate systems, foundations, and prior work. But it does mean inspection matters more than usual, and that new construction from as recent as 2024 exists alongside homes over a century old, creating a genuinely wide spread in what a dollar buys.

With homesteaded properties making up under a third of the homes, a meaningful slice of the market has moved as non-owner-occupied. For a buyer, that can mean more listings that were held as rentals — deferred maintenance is a real possibility, and so is opportunity if you can do the work. For a seller with a well-kept or updated home, that same backdrop is an advantage: quality stands out against tired comparables.

In a market this driven by condition and age, the number that matters is the one your specific house earns — not a neighborhood average. We walk the property with you, read the era and the prior work honestly, and price against genuinely comparable homes rather than the loudest listing on the block. That is the difference between guessing and knowing in Melsons Addition.