Roosevelt Gardens
Homes for Sale in Jacksonville, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Market Heat
Price here is driven almost entirely by condition and vintage, not by any uniform product type. With a median year built of 1942 and a stock that runs from 1911 all the way to 2024, two homes on the same street can be worlds apart — one an untouched pre-war structure, the next a recent build or gut renovation. The $205,000 median and roughly $163 per square foot are useful anchors, but the spread around them is wide, and what you pay tracks how much work has already been done.
The market posture is patient. A median of 71 days on market and a heat score of 34 tell you this is not a bidding-war environment; sellers should price to condition and expect to wait, while buyers generally have room to inspect, negotiate, and walk. That said, the trend underneath is real — up 12% year over year and 206% since 2012 — so the softness is in pace, not in direction.
Figures in this note are as of July 12, 2026. The live market numbers elsewhere on this page update nightly and are newer.
Roosevelt Gardens right now
🟢 Still climbing. The trailing-12-month median ($209K) is up 19.4% from the prior 12 months ($175K) and up 212% since 2012. With about a dozen 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 November 12. Confidence: Low (5 and 9 sales in the two windows).
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· Updated November 12, 2026 · Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Roosevelt Gardens market snapshot (as of November 12, 2026): the median sale price is about $209K ($179 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 60 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is up 19% from the prior 12 months and up 212% since 2012, computed from record-level realMLS closed sales (5 closings in the current window).
Roosevelt Gardens is a community of 1,135 homes in Jacksonville, Duval County, built between 1911 and 2024 (median 1942), with a median living area of about 1,378 square feet. 58% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Roosevelt Gardens is an older, established Jacksonville pocket in Duval County where the housing stock spans more than a century, so the character of any given block is defined by which era of home dominates it. At 1,135 homes with a 58% homestead share, it reads as a lived-in, owner-heavy area rather than an investor churn.
Who Roosevelt Gardens is best for.
Best for
- Buyers around the mid-$200s who want an established area and will do their homework on a home's condition
- Renovation-minded buyers willing to take on an older structure to build in value
- Long-hold buyers who value the area's sustained appreciation and are not in a hurry to close
Probably not for
- Buyers who need consistent new construction and modern floor plans across the board
- Buyers on a tight timeline who want to move quickly in a fast-moving market
- Investors chasing high turnover, given the thin closing volume and slower pace
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 ($209K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($175K) IS the +19.4% one-year change.
Windows contain 3 to 16 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.
19% of homes for sale in ZIP 32205 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).
Housing distress & ownership in Roosevelt Gardens, 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.
The Roosevelt Gardens buying strategy.
If we were buying in Roosevelt Gardens 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 Roosevelt Gardens.
A condition-driven market with a long history
The defining fact here is age. A median build year of 1942 and a range starting in 1911 means original systems, older footprints, and the possibility of prior renovation are the central questions on almost every listing. The median living area is a compact 1,378 square feet, so buyers should expect smaller, older floor plans as the baseline — with newer construction up to 2024 mixed in as the exception rather than the rule.
The long-run numbers frame the story: values are up 206% since 2012 and 12% over the past year, yet homes still sit a median of 71 days. That combination — sustained appreciation with a slow current pace — favors buyers who can be selective and sellers who are realistic about condition. With only 6 closings in the window, individual comps carry weight, so a careful read of what actually sold, and in what shape, matters more here than in a high-volume market.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Roosevelt Gardens. 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 Roosevelt Gardens 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 (8.1). Basis: Long-Term Appreciation +212% since 2012; Recent Direction +19.4% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 58% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 95.0% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a market this dependent on vintage and condition, the price you should pay is a judgment call, not a formula — and with thin closing volume, that judgment leans on reading comps carefully rather than trusting a headline average. We help buyers separate a solid renovation from cosmetic cover-up, and we help sellers price to their home's actual condition instead of the block's median. That is the whole job here.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending November 12, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR assessment roll (street-list match (11 streets, ZIP 32084/32205)) |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-11-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2011 (141 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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