Oceanway Jacksonville
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Market Heat
Price in Oceanway is driven by condition and vintage more than by any single build era. The median home was built in 1985, but the stock stretches from the late 1800s to brand-new construction, so two homes on the same street can trade very differently depending on updates and square footage. With a median around $243,750 and roughly $168.89 per square foot, this is one of the more accessible entry points inside Duval County, and the spread is wide enough that pricing a specific home takes real comparable work rather than a rule of thumb.
The current posture is soft. Prices are down 17.4% year over year, and a market heat score of 47 puts this closer to balanced-to-buyer than to a seller's market. A median of 33 days on market means well-prepared listings still move at a normal pace, but overpriced or dated homes will sit. For buyers, that combination — a cooler year and negotiable time on market — is leverage. For sellers, it means condition and correct pricing carry the sale; you are not going to ride a rising tide here.
Oceanway Jacksonville right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($244K) is down 17.4% from the prior 12 months ($295K) and up 293% since 2012. With about 25 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 11. Confidence: High (24 and 15 sales in the two windows).
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Updated July 11, 2026 · Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Oceanway Jacksonville market snapshot (as of July 11, 2026): the median sale price is about $244K ($169 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 33 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 17% from the prior 12 months and up 293% since 2012, computed from record-level realMLS closed sales (24 closings in the current window).
Oceanway Jacksonville is a community of 3,739 homes in Jacksonville, Duval County, built between 1891 and 2024 (median 1985), with a median living area of about 1,706 square feet. 60% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Oceanway is a large, mixed-vintage pocket on Jacksonville's north side with 3,739 homes and a wide range of ages and sizes, which is why a single 'market price' tells you less here than the condition of the specific house in front of you.
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending July 11 of each year, from record-level realMLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($244K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($295K) IS the -17.4% one-year change.
Windows contain 12 to 36 sales each (24 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.
35% of homes for sale in ZIP 32218 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 (2026-07-10).
A wide-spread market where condition sets the number
The defining feature of Oceanway is range. A construction span from 1891 to 2024 means you can find genuinely old homes, mid-1980s builds around the median vintage, and new construction within the same community. Median living area sits near 1,706 square feet, but that figure hides everything above and below it. Buyers should expect to underwrite each property on its own merits — roof, systems, and updates — rather than lean on neighborhood averages.
Ownership here is fairly settled: about 60.1% of homes carry a homestead exemption, which points to a base of owner-occupants rather than a listing pool churning with investors. Combined with the current price pullback and a 33-day median on market, that supports patient, deliberate buying. The long-run figure — up 293% since 2012 — describes the past, not a forecast; the near-term picture is a cooler, more negotiable market.
Why work with Momentum here
In a community this varied, the median price is a starting point, not an answer. We price and evaluate the individual house — its vintage, condition, and square footage against true comparables — so buyers do not overpay in a softening market and sellers do not misread a cooler year. That comp-level discipline is where the real money is made or saved in Oceanway.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 11, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (82 streets, ZIP 00000/32205/32208/32218/32226)) |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-07-10 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2001 (562 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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