Ortega Farms
Homes for Sale in Jacksonville, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
Ortega Farms is a thin-inventory pocket of Jacksonville: as of 2026-07-11 there is exactly 1 active listing against 115 closings in the window, so pricing here gets set by whoever happens to be transacting, not by a broad set of comparable homes on the market at once. The median sale price of $258,000 (about $173.84 per square foot) is the clearest read available, and with supply this tight, sellers who do list are working from a position of leverage while buyers have very little to compare against.
Days on market sit at a median of 50, which is not fast, but in a market with almost nothing listed at any given moment that pace says more about how rarely homes come up than about weak demand. Prices are essentially flat year over year at 0.4%, though the longer view tells a different story: values here are up 94% since 2012. For sellers, that combination argues for pricing carefully off the last real comp rather than assuming momentum; for buyers, it means patience and being ready to move when something does hit the market.
Ortega Farms right now
🟡 Balanced market. 2.9 months of supply and 26% 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 July 15, 2026. Confidence: Very High (46 active and pending listings, 114 closed sales in 12 months).
🟡 Still climbing. The trailing-12-month median ($259K) is up 0.8% from the prior 12 months ($257K) and up 95% since 2012.Momentum Research, record-level realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 15. Confidence: Very High (114 and 116 sales in the two windows).
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Updated July 15, 2026 · Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Ortega Farms market snapshot (as of July 15, 2026): the median sale price is about $259K ($173 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), a median 46 days on market for closed sales, and 2.9 months of supply, a balanced market. The trailing-12-month median is up 1% from the prior 12 months and up 95% since 2012, computed from record-level realMLS closed sales (114 closings in the current window).
Ortega Farms sits in Duval County within Jacksonville, and the numbers describe a small, low-turnover corner of the local market rather than a high-volume subdivision with listings coming and going every week.
The setting & the homes.
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Who Ortega Farms is best for.
Best for
- A buyer targeting a purchase price near the $258,000 median who is willing to wait for the right listing to appear.
- A seller comfortable pricing off recent closing data rather than a wide field of active competitors.
- A buyer or seller who wants one point of contact watching this specific market for new activity rather than checking public listings alone.
Probably not for
- A buyer who wants to tour multiple active listings and compare options side by side this week.
- A buyer needing a quick closing timeline, given the market's median time to close of 50 days.
- A seller expecting rapid year-over-year price gains given the current flat 0.4% annual change.
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending July 15 of each year, from record-level realMLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($259K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($257K) IS the +0.8% one-year change.
Windows contain 63 to 148 sales each (114 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size. Source: Data provided by realMLS. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Ortega Market Scorecard
Ortega is currently a seller's market. About 3.4 months of supply, a median asking price of $350,000, and homes go under contract in about 57 days.
Typical home value in the 32244 ZIP is $257,707, about 16.3% below the Florida norm (Zillow Home Value Index).
Go deeper: ZIP market scorecard · county scorecard · true cost calculator · affordability calculator.
Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily. Typical value: Zillow Research. Market metrics only; these describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
Homes For Sale Right Now in Ortega Farms
Live MLS inventory for Ortega Farms. 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 · 22 daysTop listing
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Active · 761 days
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Active · 22 days
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Active · 20 daysActive and pending Ortega Farms listings as of 2026-07-14, priced high to low. Source: Data provided by realMLS. Tap any home to ask about it.
Ortega Farms 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.
Life at Ortega Farms
Sources: City of Jacksonville JaxParks - Waterways (Boating, Kayaking, more). Amenity access and membership terms vary and can change; verify current details with the community.
How far is everything?
Everyday stops around Ortega Farms are close: the nearest dining is about 2 minutes away.
- Chipotle Mexican Grill · Dining2 min
- Stinson Park · Parks2 min
- Panera Bread · Coffee2 min
- Roosevelt Square · Shopping3 min
- Avondale Superette · Groceries6 min
- Grifols - Biomat USA · Health7 min
Approximate drive times via Mapbox Search + Directions, 2026-07-03. Verify for a specific address.
Schools
- Duval County Public Schools
- Verify the zoned schools by address
- Magnet and choice options may be available
- Ortega Elementary SchoolFLDOE grade C · Public PreK-5
- John Stockton Elementary School (Magnet)FLDOE grade A · Public K-5
- Lake Shore Middle SchoolFLDOE grade C · Public 6-8
- Riverside High SchoolFLDOE grade C · Public 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.
Buying with schools in mind? We can confirm the exact zoned schools for any Ortega Farms address.
Recent Developments in Ortega
Development, infrastructure, retail, and school activity affecting Ortega, tracked by our team and summarized from public reporting and official sources, with links to the original coverage. Last updated June 2026.
- June 2026Schools
School Board to weigh surplus designation for Ortega Elementary
The Duval County School Board was set to vote on adding Ortega Elementary to the district surplus property list, a step toward selling the century old building. District officials say Ortega students would consolidate into a rebuilt Venetia Elementary planned to open in 2028 with 1,200 student stations. Some parents questioned the process and the size of the replacement school.
What it may mean for the marketThe proposed consolidation and rebuild could shift school capacity and attendance zoning in the area over the next few years.
Source: Jacksonville Today - December 2025Retail & Dining
Southern-cuisine restaurant Oxford Place set to open in Old Ortega
The Brown family, owners of Bold Birds in Murray Hill, bought the building at 2902 Corinthian Ave. in Old Ortega and are converting it into Oxford Place, a Southern-cuisine neighborhood restaurant and bar. They purchased the property for $925,000 and plan roughly $750,000 in interior work, with a January opening targeted and florist Gardner's continuing in a smaller space in the building.
What it may mean for the marketA new sit-down dining option on a residential Old Ortega corner could add to the walkable amenities buyers in established historic neighborhoods often weigh.
Source: Jacksonville Daily Record - June 2025Retail & Dining
Chicken Salad Chick opens at Ortega Park on Roosevelt Boulevard
Chicken Salad Chick opened June 10 in Units 306-307 at the Ortega Park shopping center, 4495 Roosevelt Blvd. The 64-seat, roughly 2,650-square-foot restaurant carried a build-out of about $350,000 and was the chain's fifth Northeast Florida location.
What it may mean for the marketContinued tenanting along the Roosevelt corridor may strengthen the retail anchor serving the surrounding 32210 area.
Source: Jacksonville Daily Record - May 2025Retail & Dining
Panda Express permitted at Ortega Park
The city issued a permit May 8 for tenant improvements to a 2,328-square-foot Panda Express in Units 401-402 at 4495 Roosevelt Blvd., at a project cost of about $869,519. The 52-seat restaurant faces Roosevelt Boulevard near Metro Diner and Chase Bank, part of the ongoing redevelopment of the former Roosevelt Square center.
What it may mean for the marketAdditional national tenants filling the Ortega Park pads could support steady foot traffic along the Roosevelt Boulevard retail corridor.
Source: Jacksonville Daily Record - March 2025Retail & Dining
Candy Cloud boba and creamery franchise building out at Ortega Park
The city issued a permit March 10 for a roughly 1,166-square-foot Candy Cloud cafe in Suite 309 at 4495 Roosevelt Blvd., between SoFresh and Green Lake Chinese Restaurant, at a project cost of about $297,300. The redevelopment of the broader center is repositioning it as a mixed-use destination anchored by Publix and Ulta, with a planned pedestrian area branded Ortega Alley.
What it may mean for the marketSmaller specialty tenants and a larger mixed-use program along Roosevelt could gradually reshape the commercial gateway serving the historic Ortega peninsula.
Source: Jacksonville Daily Record
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 Ortega Farms buying strategy.
If we were buying in Ortega Farms 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 Ortega Farms.
A market defined by scarcity, not speed
The single most important number in this snapshot is the active listing count: 1. Against 115 closings recorded in the window, that ratio means most of the activity here happens through homes that never spend much time visibly "on the market" in the way buyers expect elsewhere. The median price of $258,000, and price per square foot of $173.84, are useful benchmarks, but with so little currently listed they should be treated as a reference point from recent closings rather than a live asking-price signal.
The market heat score for Ortega Farms currently reads 34, and the 50-day median time to close is consistent with a market that moves in a measured, deliberate way rather than a bidding-war pace. What stands out more is the long arc: prices up 94% since 2012 against a flat 0.4% year-over-year change. That is a market that has already done most of its moving, and is now holding, at least for the moment.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Ortega Farms. 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 Ortega Farms 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 (6.7). Basis: Long-Term Appreciation +95% since 2012; Recent Direction +0.8% year-over-year; Liquidity & Demand 2.9 months of supply; Pricing Power 94.9% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
With only 1 active listing in Ortega Farms at last check, there is no substitute for someone tracking this specific pocket of Duval County closely and pulling the real closing history the moment a home does come up, rather than relying on whatever happens to be visible on a public search that day.
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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 15, 2026 |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Schools | 2025-26 district assignments + FLDOE school grades; verify with the district |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2001 (2,216 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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