Piney Island
Homes for Sale in Fernandina Beach, FL

Piney Island market snapshot (as of October 1, 2026): the median sale price is about $592K ($246 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), a median 111 days on market for closed sales, and 2.4 months of supply, a balanced market. The trailing-12-month median is down 44% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level realMLS closed sales (5 closings in the current window).

In ZIP 32034 (Fernandina Beach), 1,079 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $440K ($200/sq ft), down 0.2% year over year, with a median 53 days on market. Right now 216 active and 75 pending listings put supply at about 7.3 months — a buyer's market. See the live ZIP 32034 housing market and the Nassau County market.

County records show 9 qualified sales in Piney Island across 2024–2025 (4 in 2024, 5 in 2025), median $950,000 — the last recorded sale per parcel on the Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll, independent of the MLS.

Piney Island is a community of 118 homes in Fernandina Beach, Nassau County, built between 1977 and 2024 (median 1995.0), with a median living area of about 3,202 square feet. 81% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).

Piney Island is a low-turnover pocket of Fernandina Beach in Nassau County, where larger-format homes spanning a wide range of build years trade infrequently enough that a single new listing can swing the headline numbers.

• Southside ElementaryFLDOE grade A · Public PreK-5
• Fernandina Beach Middle SchoolFLDOE grade A · Public 6-8
• Fernandina Beach High SchoolFLDOE grade A · 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 Nassau County Public Schools for a specific address.

Buying with schools in mind? We can confirm the exact zoned schools for any Piney Island address.

With just 125 homes total and only 1 currently active, Piney Island does not generate the sales volume that faster-moving communities do. That scarcity is part of why the year-over-year figure reads as a swing of 46.8% rather than a gradual trend — 3 closings in the tracked window is not enough to smooth one unusually priced sale into the next. Treat the $599,000 median price and the $240.41 median price per square foot as the more reliable anchors, and treat trend percentages with more caution.

The housing stock tells a fuller story: homes range from a 1977 build to construction as recent as 2024, with a median year built of 1995 and a median living area of 3,194 square feet — larger than typical resale product. Roughly 80.6% of homes carry a homestead exemption, pointing to a base of owner-occupied properties rather than frequent investment or short-term turnover. No community amenities are identified from current MLS listings, so any clubhouse, pool, or shared-space feature should be confirmed listing by listing rather than assumed.

A community with 1 active listing and only 3 recent closings does not leave much room for guesswork — pricing a home off a stale comp or an out-of-context percentage can cost a seller real money, and it can cost a buyer a fair negotiating position. Momentum tracks Piney Island's actual closing activity, not just headline trend lines, so pricing conversations start from the $599,000 median and the $240.41 per-square-foot figure rather than from a misread year-over-year swing.

Listings in this community report association dues of about $38 per month ($456 a year) — the median AssociationFee across 17 MLS records, normalised to a monthly figure; most are billed annually. Dues change with budgets and can differ by section or product type; confirm the current figure with the association before you offer. Source: MLS listing records, 2026-10.

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