Ribault Hills
Homes for Sale in Jacksonville, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
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Ribault Hills is an older, established pocket of Duval County — the 495 homes here range from construction as early as 1913 up through 2022, with a median build year of 1958. That age spread, paired with a median living area of 1,464 square feet and no community amenities identified in the MLS, means value here is set almost entirely by the individual home — its condition, updates, and lot — not a shared clubhouse or gate. The median sale price of $195,000 works out to $109.10 per square foot, positioning this as one of the more accessible price points in the Duval market.
Momentum sees very little inventory turning over right now: active listings currently sit at zero, and only four closings have registered in the most recent window, so pricing signals are thin. What did close took a median 61.5 days to sell and landed 2.6% above where prices stood a year earlier — modest, steady movement rather than a rush. With a market heat score of 52 and 56.2% of homes carrying a homestead exemption, this reads as a stable, owner-occupied market rather than an investor-churned one, which is worth knowing whether you are pricing a listing or writing an offer.
Ribault Hills right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($175K) is down 18.2% from the prior 12 months ($214K). With about 6 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 21. Confidence: Low (5 and 4 sales in the two windows).
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Updated August 21, 2026 · Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Ribault Hills market snapshot (as of August 21, 2026): the median sale price is about $175K ($122 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 95 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 18% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level realMLS closed sales (5 closings in the current window).
Ribault Hills is a community of 106 homes in Jacksonville, Duval County, built between 1913 and 2022 (median 1956.5), with a median living area of about 1,416 square feet. 47% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Ribault Hills is a long-settled Jacksonville community in Duval County where homes span construction from 1913 to 2022, and with no community amenities currently identified in the MLS, pricing tracks the individual property rather than a shared amenity package.
The setting & the homes.
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Who Ribault Hills is best for.
Best for
- Buyers prioritizing purchase price over amenities, comfortable near the $195,000 median
- Buyers willing to evaluate older homes, spanning construction from 1913 to 2022, individually on condition and updates
- Buyers planning to live in and hold the home long-term, given 56.2% of homes here already carry a homestead exemption
Probably not for
- Buyers who need a deep pool of recent comparable sales to price with confidence, given zero active listings and only four recent closings
- Buyers set on a community with organized amenities, since none are currently identified in the MLS
- Buyers expecting fast appreciation — the 2.6% year-over-year gain here has been modest, not fast
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending August 21 of each year, from record-level realMLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($175K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($214K) IS the -18.2% one-year change.
Windows contain 2 to 10 sales each (5 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.
27% of homes for sale in ZIP 32208 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).
Ribault Hills Market Scorecard
Ribault Hills 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 Ribault Hills, 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. Based on Stellar MLS data distributed by MLS GRID for the period August 2026 through August 2026. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Ribault Hills on the map.
Every active, pending, and recently sold home, plotted. Toggle the layers and tap a home for the details.
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Schools
- Duval County Public Schools
- Verify the zoned schools by address
- Magnet and choice options may be available
- Jean Ribault High School, 3701 Winton Drive (Duval County Public Schools; verify by address) · High
- Jean Ribault Middle School, 3610 Ribault Scenic Drive (verify by address) · Middle
- Rutledge H. Pearson Elementary School or your address-zoned elementary school (verify by address) · Elementary
Zoned schools reflect the assignments reported on recent Ribault Hills listings and can change; always confirm with Duval County Public Schools for a specific address.
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The Ribault Hills buying strategy.
If we were buying in Ribault Hills 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 Ribault Hills.
Older Stock, Individually Priced
The build range in Ribault Hills is wide — homes on record go back to 1913 and as recent as 2022, with the typical home dated to 1958. A median living area of 1,464 square feet keeps most homes on the smaller, more affordable end of the Duval spectrum, and it shows in the numbers: a median sale price of $195,000 and a median $109.10 per square foot. There is no clubhouse, pool, or gated entry baked into that price — 495 homes make up the community and no amenities are currently identified in the MLS — so what a buyer is paying for is the house and the lot, full stop.
Activity has been quiet. Zero active listings and four closings in the most recent window is thin by any measure, which means comparable sales age quickly and pricing a home here takes real diligence rather than a quick pull of recent comps. Homes that did close carried a median 61.5 days on market before going under contract and sold 2.6% higher than a year earlier — appreciation is happening, just slowly. With 56.2% of homes carrying a homestead exemption, this leans toward an owner-occupied market, and a market heat score of 52 puts it closer to balanced than hot.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Ribault Hills. 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 Ribault Hills 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 3 factors (4.9). Basis: Recent Direction -18.2% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 47% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 97.7% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
With active listings at zero and only four closings to lean on in the current window, pricing a home in Ribault Hills correctly is not a plug-and-play exercise — it takes someone who tracks this stretch of Duval closely enough to know which of the 495 homes are genuinely comparable given the 1913-to-2022 build range and a median build year of 1958. Momentum works this kind of thin-data, condition-driven market regularly, weighing square footage, age, and updates against a median of $109.10 per square foot rather than leaning on a shortcut number, so sellers do not leave money on the table and buyers do not overpay in a market moving at a median 61.5 days to contract.
Ribault Hills in 15 seconds.
HOA, CDD & Fees
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | realMLS, refreshed twice daily (last: August 21, 2026) |
| Community market stats | realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending August 21, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (2 streets, ZIP 32208)) |
| 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 (132 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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