Oakland
Homes for Sale in Jacksonville, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
Oakland is a condition-driven market, not a price-tier market. With a median just above $160,000 and homes that trace back as far as 1889, what you pay here has less to do with a set price band and more to do with how much of the work the previous owner already did. The median price per square foot sits around $144 on a median footprint near 1,150 square feet, so small, older homes dominate the math. Expect a wide spread hidden behind that median: a renovated bungalow and a project needing everything can trade in the same neighborhood.
The current posture is brisk but not frantic. A median 16 days on market and a heat score of 66 tell you well-presented homes move quickly, while the roughly 1.9% year-over-year change says pricing is steady rather than surging. For sellers, that means condition and staging carry the day. For buyers, it means you need to be ready to act on the clean listings and to underwrite the fixers honestly, because the delta between the two is where the money is made or lost.
Oakland right now
🔴 Seller-leaning market. 1.7 months of supply and 50% of the inventory already under contract give sellers the pressure advantage.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 July 14, 2026. Confidence: Medium (2 active and pending listings, 7 closed sales in 12 months).
🟡 Still climbing. The trailing-12-month median ($160K) is up 1.9% from the prior 12 months ($157K) and up 1578% since 2012. With about 6 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 July 14. Confidence: Medium (7 and 6 sales in the two windows).
What's unique here: the median sale price is about 48% below the typical Duval County sale ($160K vs $310K, trailing 12 months, realMLS records).
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Updated July 14, 2026 · Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Oakland market snapshot (as of July 14, 2026): the median sale price is about $160K ($144 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), a median 16 days on market for closed sales, and 1.7 months of supply, a seller-leaning market. The trailing-12-month median is up 2% from the prior 12 months and up 1578% since 2012, computed from record-level realMLS closed sales (7 closings in the current window).
Oakland is a community of 880 homes in Jacksonville, Duval County, built between 1889 and 2024 (median 1955.5), with a median living area of about 1,151 square feet. 29% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Oakland is a small-footprint, older-stock pocket of Jacksonville where age and condition, not a fixed price ladder, set the number. A homestead share near 29% points to a market with meaningful investor and non-owner-occupant activity.
The setting & the homes.
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Who Oakland is best for.
Best for
- Renovation-minded buyers who can underwrite a project and want a compact home at a low entry point
- Investors seeking small-footprint stock in a brisk-turnover market
- Buyers wanting a move-in-ready older home who are prepared to act fast on clean listings
Probably not for
- Buyers needing large square footage or a single-generation, uniform newer build
- Anyone unwilling to budget for the upkeep older homes carry
- Buyers who want a predictable price tier rather than condition-by-condition negotiation
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending July 14 of each year, from record-level realMLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($160K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($157K) IS the +1.9% one-year change.
Windows contain 4 to 12 sales each (7 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.
The real cost & risk here
Before the list price, the Florida math the portals skip. These are Duval County typicals — your exact home, flood zone, and insurance quote will vary, so verify each before you offer.
Check it for your address: look up your flood zone (FEMA) · insurance by county · true-cost calculator · Duval County scorecard.
County typicals from Momentum’s Florida housing data (Zillow & Realtor.com aggregates, Census, FRED), updated monthly; insurance modeled. Flood zone is property-specific — always confirm via FEMA.
16% of homes for sale in ZIP 32202 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 (2026-07-18).
Oakland Market Scorecard
Oakland is currently a seller-leaning market. About 1.7 months of supply, a median asking price of $29,800, and homes go under contract in about 47 days.
Go deeper: ZIP market scorecard · county scorecard · true cost calculator · affordability calculator.
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 Oakland
Live MLS inventory for Oakland. 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.
Active and pending Oakland listings as of 2026-07-14, priced high to low. Source: Data provided by realMLS. Tap any home to ask about it.
Oakland on the map.
Every active, pending, and recently sold home, plotted. Toggle the layers and tap a home for the details.
Listing locations from realMLS. Map data © OpenStreetMap, tiles © CARTO.
The Oakland buying strategy.
If we were buying in Oakland 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.
Come strong and clean. Homes here move, so lead with your best terms and financing ready rather than a low anchor.
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 Oakland.
Age, condition, and the spread behind the median
The housing stock runs from 1889 all the way to 2024, with a median build year around 1955. That range is the whole story here. You are buying into a neighborhood mid-renovation as a place, where original early-century homes sit beside recent infill. The median living area near 1,150 square feet keeps most of this stock compact, so square footage is at a premium and thoughtful layout matters more than raw size.
With 880 homes and a thin closings window of 7 in this snapshot, individual sales swing the averages, so treat the median as a center of gravity rather than a fixed marker. The since-2012 gain of roughly 1,578% reflects how far this area has traveled off a very low base over a long horizon; it is history, not a forecast, and it says nothing about what any single home does next. Underwrite each property on its own condition.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Oakland. 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 Oakland 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 5 factors (7.4). Basis: Long-Term Appreciation +1578% since 2012; Recent Direction +1.9% year-over-year; Liquidity & Demand 1.7 months of supply; Owner Commitment 29% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 99.4% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a market where two homes on the same block can be worlds apart in condition, the value is in reading the difference correctly. We walk the older stock with you, separate cosmetic from structural, and price the renovation work realistically before you commit. On the sell side, we know how much presentation moves a 16-day market and we position accordingly, because in Oakland the finished product is what gets paid for.
Oakland in 15 seconds.
HOA, CDD & Fees
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Confirm the current HOA dues, exactly what they cover, and any CDD bond or special assessment for a specific address before you offer.
Tools for a Oakland buy.
Free calculators to pressure-test the real cost before you tour.
Selling here is won on condition and pricing to real comps, not an automated estimate. The right number comes from closed Oakland sales matched to your home.
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | realMLS, refreshed twice daily (last: July 14, 2026) |
| Community market stats | realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 14, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (14 streets, ZIP 32202/32206/32207/32208/32209)) |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2002 (159 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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