Northwood Oaks
Homes for Sale in Gainesville, FL

Northwood Oaks market snapshot (as of August 2, 2026): the median sale price is about $320K ($211 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), a median 15 days on market for closed sales, and 0.7 months of supply, a seller-leaning market. The trailing-12-month median is up 8% from the prior 12 months and up 167% since 2012, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (15 closings in the current window).

In ZIP 32601 (Gainesville), 179 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $320K ($199/sq ft), down 6.6% year over year, with a median 45 days on market. Right now 51 active and 18 pending listings put supply at about 3.4 months - a balanced market. See the live ZIP 32601 housing market and the Alachua County market.

Stellar MLS sales records identify 242 homes in Northwood Oaks that have changed hands since 1998, built between 1967 and 1989 (median 1979), with a median living area of about 1,566 sq ft and a typical 3-bedroom, 2-bath layout; 100% are single-family homes. Source: Stellar MLS closed-sale history compiled by Momentum Research; counts reflect homes with a recorded MLS sale, not every home in the community.

Flood zones in Northwood Oaks: of 14 listing addresses checked against the FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, 100% sit outside the FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area (Zone X). Individual parcels vary - verify any specific address at msc.fema.gov. See flood zones by neighborhood in Gainesville.

Northwood Oaks is a small, established pocket of Gainesville built out in a single era rather than developed in phases, and at the moment the entire visible market here is a single active listing with a homestead share of 100%, pointing to a neighborhood of long-held, owner-occupied homes rather than turnover-heavy inventory.

• C. W. Norton Elementary School-AL · Elementary
• Westwood Middle School-AL · Middle
• Gainesville High School-AL · High

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

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It is worth being direct about the data here: with just one home currently active and 0.7 months of supply, Northwood Oaks does not offer the kind of sample size that lets an analyst talk confidently about pricing bands, days-on-market patterns, or negotiation leverage. What we can say is that the one home on the market is representative of the neighborhood's built form - a 1974-built, roughly 2,092-square-foot home - and that a full 100% homestead share suggests this is a neighborhood where owners tend to stay rather than cycle through as rentals or flips.

No community amenities have been identified from current MLS listings, which likely means this is a straightforward residential neighborhood without a clubhouse, pool, or other shared facility rather than one where amenity data is simply missing - worth confirming directly if amenities are a priority. Given the seller-leaning posture and thin supply, anyone evaluating Northwood Oaks should expect to act on the specific home available rather than wait for a broader set of comparables to emerge.

In a market this thin, the value of a broker is less about crunching comps and more about knowing what is actually happening on the ground - who is watching this listing, what similar homes in Gainesville have quietly done, and how to price or negotiate when there is effectively no competing inventory to benchmark against. That is the kind of read Momentum brings to a one-listing neighborhood.