Roland Heights
Homes for Sale in Jacksonville, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
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Roland Heights prices track an older housing stock rather than new construction: the median home was built in 1959, inside a build range spanning 1930 to 2024, and typical living space runs about 1,328 square feet. With a median price of $195,000 and a median of $174 per square foot, condition and age do a lot of the pricing work here — buyers should expect variation between original and updated homes rather than a tight, predictable price band.
This snapshot reflects closings from a trailing 3-month window, and just 2 homes are active against 459 homes in the community, so read any single data point here as directional rather than exact. Prices are down 25.7% year over year but remain up 251% since 2012, homes are moving in roughly 22 days, and six months of supply puts this in balanced territory — not a market tilted hard toward buyers or sellers. For a seller, that argues for pricing to the comparable data on hand rather than chasing last year's number; for a buyer, it argues for moving deliberately once a home that fits shows up, since so few are on the market at once.
Roland Heights right now
🟡 Balanced market. 6.0 months of supply and 0% of the inventory already under contract put buyers and sellers on roughly even footing.Why it matters: months of supply is how long today's inventory would last at today's sales pace; under-contract share is the portion of homes for sale that already have a buyer.Momentum Research analysis of realMLS records, as of August 19, 2026. Confidence: Medium (2 active and pending listings, 4 closed sales in 12 months).
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Updated August 19, 2026 · Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Roland Heights market snapshot (as of August 19, 2026): the median sale price is about $255K ($174 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), a median 23 days on market for closed sales, and 6.0 months of supply, a balanced market.
Roland Heights is a community of 409 homes in Jacksonville, Duval County, built between 1930 and 2024 (median 1959), with a median living area of about 1,341 square feet. 65% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Roland Heights is a small, established Jacksonville community in Duval County where inventory turns over slowly, sitting at a market heat score of 40, and pricing is shaped more by each home's age and condition than by broad market trends.
The setting & the homes.
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Who Roland Heights is best for.
Best for
- Buyers who want an established home and are comfortable evaluating condition and updates individually rather than relying on a deep comparable set.
- Sellers who can price patiently against a small, current closings window rather than last year's market.
- Buyers working with a longer timeline who can wait for the right home given only 2 active listings at a time.
Probably not for
- Buyers who need a large pool of active listings to compare before deciding.
- Anyone relying on an instant online value estimate instead of a hand-prepared comparable analysis.
- Buyers who need new-construction consistency rather than a mix of home ages spanning 1930 to 2024.
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending August 19 of each year, from record-level realMLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($255K) IS the median in the snapshot above.
Windows contain 2 to 13 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.
29% of homes for sale in ZIP 32246 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).
Roland Heights Market Scorecard
Roland Heights is currently a balanced market. About 6.0 months of supply, a median asking price of $278,700, and homes go under contract in about 105 days.
Go deeper: ZIP market scorecard · county scorecard · true cost calculator · affordability calculator.
Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily. Market metrics only; these describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
Housing distress & ownership in Roland Heights, 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.
Homes For Sale Right Now in Roland Heights
Live MLS inventory for Roland Heights. Every active listing, what is under contract right now, and the last 12 months of closed sales, refreshed twice a day. Closed comps beat an algorithm's guess every time.
Active and pending Roland Heights listings as of 2026-08-19, priced high to low. Source: Data provided by realMLS. Tap any home to ask about it.
Roland Heights 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.
Schools
- Duval County Public Schools
- Verify the zoned schools by address
- Magnet and choice options may be available
- Sandalwood High School (Duval County Public Schools); verify by address · High
- Kernan Middle School (verify by address)FLDOE grade B · Middle
- Kernan Trail 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.
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The Roland Heights buying strategy.
If we were buying in Roland Heights 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 Roland Heights.
The Numbers Behind Roland Heights
With a 3-month closings window feeding this snapshot and only 2 active listings against 459 total homes, Roland Heights does not generate enough transaction volume for tight statistical precision. Treat the median price of $195,000 and the $174 per-square-foot figure as a useful anchor, not a fixed number — condition, updates, and lot specifics will move any individual home away from that midpoint quickly in a market this thin.
The build range runs from 1930 to 2024, with a median year built of 1959, so buyers are looking at a mix of pre-war and mid-century homes alongside newer construction on scattered lots. About 65% of homes here carry a homestead exemption — a market with more owner-occupied properties than short-term rental turnover. No community amenities have been identified from current MLS listings, so any pool, clubhouse, or common-area claim should be verified property by property rather than assumed.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Roland Heights. 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 Roland Heights 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 4 factors (7.6). Basis: Long-Term Appreciation +520% since 2012; Liquidity & Demand 6.0 months of supply; Owner Commitment 65% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 107.4% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
We do not publish an algorithmic value estimate for Roland Heights, and a market like this is exactly why: with a 3-month closings window and only 2 active listings feeding the data, a computer-generated number would be guessing across a wide range of home ages (1930 to 2024) and conditions. Our agents build a hand-prepared valuation from the comparable sales that actually apply to a given home, which matters more here than in a community with deeper, more uniform inventory.
Roland Heights in 15 seconds.
HOA, CDD & Fees
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Tools for a Roland Heights buy.
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | realMLS, refreshed twice daily (last: August 19, 2026) |
| Community market stats | realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending August 19, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (2 streets, ZIP 32246)) |
| 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 (163 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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