Pace Highlands
Homes for Sale in Orange Park, FL

Pace Highlands is an established Orange Park community in Clay County where the housing stock finished going up in the early 2000s, so what you're buying is a settled neighborhood with room-sized lots and homes that have been lived in and, in many cases, updated. The median living area of about 2,363 square feet points to genuinely usable floor plans rather than starter footprints.

realMLS (Northeast Florida) sales records identify 12 homes in Pace Highlands that have changed hands since 2001, built between 1989 and 1999 (median 1995), with a median living area of about 2,622 sq ft and a typical 4-bedroom, 2.5-bath layout; 100% are single-family homes. Source: realMLS (Northeast Florida) closed-sale history compiled by Momentum Research; counts reflect homes with a recorded MLS sale, not every home in the community.

County records show 13 qualified sales in Pace Highlands across 2024–2025 (11 in 2024, 2 in 2025), median $562,500 — the last recorded sale per parcel on the Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll, independent of the MLS.

Pre-construction details are compiled from public records, builder announcements and builder listings, and are subject to change without notice; figures are deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Momentum Research figures are our own analysis. This page describes homes, pricing and community attributes, not residents.

Pace Highlands is too small for its own price trend, so here is the market around it.

In ZIP 32003, 163 homes are on the market and 32% are under contract — a fast-moving corner of Orange Park.

Across Clay County, 1,285 homes are active and 448 pending (26% under contract).

In ZIP 32003 (Orange Park), 507 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $425K ($212/sq ft), down 1.9% year over year, with a median 34 days on market. Right now 84 active and 38 pending listings put supply at about 3.0 months — a healthy market. See the live ZIP 32003 housing market and the Clay County market.

ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Pace Highlands specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.

With construction spanning 1988 to 2003 and a median build year of 1997, Pace Highlands is past the phase where a subdivision still feels raw. Trees are mature, the streetscape is settled, and no builder is delivering new phases to compete with resale. That stability is the draw. The tradeoff is age: expect to evaluate roofs, HVAC, water heaters, and any big-ticket systems on a house-by-house basis, because two homes on the same street can be in very different shape.

At a median of roughly 2,363 square feet, floor plans here lean toward real living space rather than compact builds. That size, combined with the high owner-occupancy, keeps the community oriented toward buyers who intend to stay a while and are willing to invest in a home over time. The single price figure we stand behind is the median; everything else about pricing in this community is condition-driven, and we'd rather walk a house with you than quote a number a spreadsheet made up.

In a built-out, owner-occupied community like this, the deal is won on reading condition correctly and knowing what a specific update is actually worth. We walk the roof age, the systems, and the finishes with you, and we tell you plainly when a listing's price reflects work it still needs. That's the difference between overpaying for cosmetics and buying real value.

Confirm the current HOA dues, exactly what they cover, and any CDD bond or special assessment for a specific address before you offer.