Riptide
Homes for Sale in Jacksonville Beach, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
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Riptide is a small, fixed-size community: 146 homes total, and right now there is just 1 active listing. That kind of scarcity, paired with a balanced market posture and 6.0 months of supply, means pricing here is set less by broad market momentum and more by whatever that single available home is asking. There's no wide comp set to lean on when only one listing is on the board.
The homestead share sits at 91.8%, which tells you this is a resale market carried mostly by owner-occupants rather than a rotating pool of rental or investor-held units. For a buyer, that means patience is the strategy: watch for the rare listing and move on it, because there isn't a deep bench of alternatives sitting behind it. For a seller, it means you're not competing against a flood of similar units — you're the listing.
Figures in this note are as of July 15, 2026. The live market numbers elsewhere on this page update nightly and are newer.
The 60-Second Overview
Riptide market snapshot (as of November 12, 2026): the median sale price is about $800K ($350 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 7 days on market for closed sales.
Riptide is a community of 146 homes in Jacksonville Beach, Duval County, built between 1989 and 1993 (median 1990.0), with a median living area of about 2,108 square feet. 92% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Riptide is a compact Jacksonville Beach community built inside a narrow window — 1989 to 1993, with a median year built of 1990 — so the housing stock reads as a single, cohesive build era rather than a mix of old and new construction stitched together over decades.
The setting & the homes.
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Who Riptide is best for.
Best for
- Buyers who want one specific, well-defined Jacksonville Beach community rather than a broad multi-neighborhood search.
- Buyers who can move decisively when the one available listing matches what they need, since inventory here is thin.
- Buyers comfortable with a resale market — homes built between 1989 and 1993 — rather than new construction.
Probably not for
- Buyers who need multiple active listings on hand to compare before writing an offer.
- Buyers set on brand-new construction finishes rather than a home from the 1989–1993 build window.
- Buyers assuming on-site resort-style amenities — the community's amenities and access should be confirmed with the HOA.
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending November 12 of each year, from record-level realMLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($800K) IS the median in the snapshot above.
Windows contain 2 to 12 sales each (3 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.
19% of homes for sale in ZIP 32250 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 (2026-11-12).
Riptide Market Scorecard
Riptide 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 Riptide, Jacksonville Beach
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.
Riptide 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 contributors.
Life at Riptide
- Management - Off Site · reported on 1 of 2 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
- Duncan U. Fletcher High School (Duval County Public Schools); verify by address · High
- Duncan U. Fletcher Middle School (verify by address)FLDOE grade A · Middle
- Seabreeze Elementary School (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 Riptide address.
The Riptide buying strategy.
If we were buying in Riptide 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 Riptide.
A Fixed Footprint in Jacksonville Beach
There are 146 homes in Riptide, all built between 1989 and 1993, with a median year built of 1990. Median living space runs 2,108.5 square feet, which gives the community a consistent scale — you're not choosing between a small starter unit and an oversized outlier, you're choosing within a fairly narrow band of home size.
Community amenities are listed as off-site management, with the note that current amenities and access should be verified directly with the HOA — this isn't a resort-style setup, and buyers shouldn't assume anything beyond that without confirming it. On the market side, Duval County's realmls data shows a balanced market band with 6.0 months of supply and only 1 active listing as of 2026-07-14, which is thin even for a 146-home community.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Riptide. 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 Riptide 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 (9.7). Basis: Long-Term Appreciation +222% since 2012; Owner Commitment 92% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 100.0% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
With only 1 active listing against a fixed pool of 146 homes, there's no room to wait on Riptide — you need someone tracking the moment something new lists, or hearing about it before it's public. Momentum works Duval County and Jacksonville Beach daily, which matters more in a thin-inventory community like this than in a subdivision where dozens of comparable homes turn over every year.
Riptide in 15 seconds.
Tools for a Riptide buy.
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | realMLS, refreshed twice daily (last: November 12, 2026) |
| Community market stats | realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending November 12, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR assessment roll (street-list match (5 streets, ZIP 32250)) |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-11-12 |
| Schools | 2025-26 district assignments + FLDOE school grades; verify with the district |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2011 (90 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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