Pirates Bay
Homes for Sale in Jacksonville, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
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Pirates Bay is a small, established pocket of Jacksonville in Duval County — just 46 homes — with a build span running from 1950 to 2018 and a median year built of 1984. That spread is the whole story on price: the median sits at $405,000 on a median $207.85 per square foot, but with homes ranging from mid-century to recently built, condition and vintage do more to move a contract than square footage alone. Median living space runs 2,581.5 sq ft, so buyers here are typically shopping larger, established houses rather than starter-sized product.
Right now there are zero active listings, and the trailing closings window we track runs six months — so the read is thin inventory, not a flood of choice. Median days on market sits at 42.5, and the market heat score is 51, a middle-of-the-road reading rather than a frenzy. Homestead share is high at 87.2%, pointing to a community that's predominantly owner-occupied. For a seller, that combination — nothing currently for sale, moderate heat — argues for pricing off condition and comps rather than urgency. For a buyer, it means watching closely and moving decisively when something does come to market, since there's nothing sitting to compare against today.
Pirates Bay right now
🟢 Still climbing. The trailing-12-month median ($405K) is up 15.7% from the prior 12 months ($350K). With about 3 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 August 20. Confidence: Low (4 and 3 sales in the two windows).
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Updated August 20, 2026 · Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Pirates Bay market snapshot (as of August 20, 2026): the median sale price is about $405K ($200 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 20 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is up 16% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level realMLS closed sales (4 closings in the current window).
A compact 46-home Jacksonville community in Duval County with fishing access among its amenities, Pirates Bay spans homes built anywhere from 1950 to 2018 — so no two listings here read quite the same on age or layout.
The setting & the homes.
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Who Pirates Bay is best for.
Best for
- A buyer targeting a larger home footprint (around the 2,581.5 sq ft median) rather than an entry-level starter size.
- A buyer comfortable pricing near a $405,000 median and prioritizing condition and updates over a specific build year.
- A buyer who wants a steady, owner-occupied community and is willing to wait for the right listing rather than choosing from active inventory today.
Probably not for
- A buyer who needs to compare multiple active listings side by side before deciding — there are none right now.
- A buyer set on new or recently built construction only; this community's homes span back to 1950.
- A buyer working to a tight, fast closing timeline who can't wait out a thin-inventory community.
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending August 20 of each year, from record-level realMLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($405K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($350K) IS the +15.7% one-year change.
Windows contain 1 to 6 sales each (4 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.
30% 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 (2026-08-18).
Pirates Bay Market Scorecard
Pirates Bay is currently a balanced market..
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Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily. Market metrics only; these describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
Housing distress & ownership in Pirates Bay, Jacksonville
Who owns here, how much is not owner-occupied, and how much for-sale inventory is under distress.
Source: Momentum Realty Research. Ownership & parcels from the FL DOR 2025 tax roll; distress from MLS active-listing status/remarks; price from MLS closed sales. Source: Data provided by realMLS. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Pirates Bay 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 Pirates Bay
- Maintenance Grounds · reported on 1 of 3 listings
- Trash · reported on 1 of 3 listings
- Management - On Site · reported on 1 of 3 listings
- Fishing · reported on 1 of 3 listings
Community amenities as reported across realMLS listings in this community; deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Verify current amenities and access with the HOA.
Schools
- Duval County Public Schools
- Verify the zoned schools by address
- Magnet and choice options may be available
- Robert E. Lee High School or Riverside High School (Duval County Public Schools, verify by address) · High
- Lake Shore Middle School (Duval County Public Schools, verify by address)FLDOE grade C · Middle
- John Stockton Elementary School (Duval County Public Schools, verify by address)FLDOE grade A · Elementary
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 Pirates Bay address.
The Pirates Bay buying strategy.
If we were buying in Pirates Bay 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 Pirates Bay.
A small community where build year does the talking
With only 46 homes total and zero currently active, Pirates Bay doesn't generate the kind of steady, comparable listing flow larger communities do. The median price of $405,000 and median $207.85 per square foot are useful anchors, but the 1950–2018 build range (median year built 1984) means the actual per-home math varies with how much of that home has been updated. A 1950s structure and a 2018 build can sit on the same street and price very differently even at similar square footage — here, median living space runs 2,581.5 sq ft.
The 87.2% homestead share is worth noting for anyone evaluating the community's character: it's a place where most owners are in their primary residence, not a rotating rental or investor pool. Combined with a market heat score of 51 and a median 42.5 days on market over the tracked six-month closings window, this reads as a steady, non-urgent market rather than one moving in either direction fast. Community-reported amenities include grounds maintenance, trash service, on-site management, and fishing — worth confirming current scope and access directly with the HOA before writing an offer.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Pirates Bay. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
With zero active listings and only 46 homes in the entire community, Pirates Bay isn't a market you can shop by scrolling — you need someone tracking it directly for the next listing, pulling accurate comps across a wide 1950–2018 build range, and reading condition correctly against that $207.85 median price per square foot. That's the kind of granular, community-specific tracking Momentum does for Northeast Florida's smaller pockets rather than treating every listing like it's interchangeable.
Pirates Bay in 15 seconds.
HOA, CDD & Fees
- Mandatory HOA. Confirm current dues
- Any club/amenity membership is billed separately
Confirm the current HOA dues, exactly what they cover, and any CDD bond or special assessment for a specific address before you offer.
Tools for a Pirates Bay buy.
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | realMLS, refreshed twice daily (last: August 20, 2026) |
| Community market stats | realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending August 20, 2026 |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-08-18 |
| Schools | 2025-26 district assignments + FLDOE school grades; verify with the district |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2001 (58 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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