Ortega Jacksonville
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Market Heat
Ortega is an old-Jacksonville neighborhood where the housing stock spans more than a century, from 1907 up through new construction in 2024, with the median home built in 1952. That range is the story: price here is driven less by a set price band and more by condition, lot, and how far a given home has been taken since it was built. At a median of $605,000 and roughly $309 per square foot on about 2,280 square feet, you're paying for character and location, and the spread around that median is wide because you're comparing untouched originals against fully reworked homes.
The current posture is a seller's market with a caveat. Median days on market sits at 7, and the heat score of 61 confirms homes that are priced and presented right move quickly. But price is off 14.5% year over year, so the recent run has cooled from its peak even as the longer arc stays strong — up 87% since 2012. For a buyer, that means less froth and more room to be selective on condition. For a seller, it means the market still rewards move-in-ready but will punish an ambitious ask.
Ortega Jacksonville right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($605K) is down 14.5% from the prior 12 months ($708K) and up 87% since 2012.Momentum Research, record-level realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 11. Confidence: High (23 and 21 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
Ortega Jacksonville market snapshot (as of July 11, 2026): the median sale price is about $605K ($309 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 7 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 14% from the prior 12 months and up 87% since 2012, computed from record-level realMLS closed sales (23 closings in the current window).
Ortega Jacksonville is a community of 2,123 homes in Jacksonville, Duval County, built between 1907 and 2024 (median 1952), with a median living area of about 2,280 square feet. 75% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Ortega is a roughly 2,100-home riverside enclave where the appeal is architecture and setting, not uniformity — expect to underwrite each property on its own merits rather than by a neighborhood template.
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 ($605K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($708K) IS the -14.5% one-year change.
Windows contain 21 to 66 sales each (23 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.
32% of homes for sale in ZIP 32210 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).
Condition is the price
With a median build year of 1952 and homes reaching back to 1907, the variable that moves a number here is the state of the house. Systems, roofs, foundations, and prior renovation quality separate one $309-per-foot sale from the next. Two homes of similar size can price very differently, and the median tells you where the middle sits, not what any single home should trade for. Inspections and a hard look at what's been updated matter more here than in a subdivision of near-identical builds.
The homestead share sits at about 75%, which points to a neighborhood held largely by owner-occupants rather than churned by short-term inventory. Paired with a 7-day median days on market, that means well-prepared listings clear fast and the buyer who dawdles on a clean home tends to lose it. The 14.5% year-over-year pullback gives some negotiating oxygen back, but it hasn't loosened the timeline on the best-presented houses.
Why work with Momentum here
In a neighborhood where age and condition drive every number, our value is telling you what a given home is actually worth versus its ask — separating a smart renovation from cosmetic cover-up, and reading which listings will move in a week and which are priced past the current market. We won't let the median stand in for judgment on a specific house.
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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 (51 streets, ZIP 32205/32210/32244/32299)) |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-07-10 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2001 (896 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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