Seminole Gardens Jacksonville
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Market Heat
Price in Seminole Gardens is driven by condition and vintage, not by a uniform product. With a median build year of 1954 and a stock stretching from 1902 all the way to 2024, what you pay tracks how much work a given house needs. The median sits at $201,000 and around $164 per square foot on a median of roughly 1,484 living square feet, but that median hides a wide spread between untouched originals and fully redone homes.
The current posture favors a patient buyer. Prices are down 11.5% year over year, the median home takes about 36 days to go under contract, and the heat score of 42 points to a market that is neither frozen nor competitive. Sellers should price to the honest condition of their home and expect negotiation; buyers have time to inspect carefully and walk when the numbers do not work.
Seminole Gardens Jacksonville right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($201K) is down 11.5% from the prior 12 months ($227K) and up 905% since 2012. With about 8 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 July 11. Confidence: Low (11 and 5 sales in the two windows).
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Updated July 11, 2026 · Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Seminole Gardens Jacksonville market snapshot (as of July 11, 2026): the median sale price is about $201K ($164 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 36 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 12% from the prior 12 months and up 905% since 2012, computed from record-level realMLS closed sales (11 closings in the current window).
Seminole Gardens Jacksonville is a community of 945 homes in Jacksonville, Duval County, built between 1902 and 2024 (median 1954), with a median living area of about 1,484 square feet. 44% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Seminole Gardens is an older, established Jacksonville pocket of about 945 homes where the housing mix runs from century-old structures to brand-new builds. Buy quality here is a per-house question, not a neighborhood-wide constant.
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending July 11 of each year, from record-level realMLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($201K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($227K) IS the -11.5% one-year change.
Windows contain 3 to 13 sales each (11 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.
The real cost & risk here
Before the list price, the Florida math the portals skip. These are Duval County typicals — your exact home, flood zone, and insurance quote will vary, so verify each before you offer.
Check it for your address: look up your flood zone (FEMA) · insurance by county · true-cost calculator · Duval County scorecard.
County typicals from Momentum’s Florida housing data (Zillow & Realtor.com aggregates, Census, FRED), updated monthly; insurance modeled. Flood zone is property-specific — always confirm via FEMA.
32% 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 (2026-07-10).
A condition-driven market with a long tail
The single most important number here is the build-year range: 1902 to 2024, with the median at 1954. That tells you the area has been infilled and reworked over decades, so two homes a block apart can be radically different in bones, systems, and finish. The $164 median per square foot is a starting reference, not a rule — condition, roof and system age, and how much prior renovation has happened will move any individual house well off that figure.
Longer term, values have climbed 905% since 2012, but the recent 11.5% year-over-year decline is the number that matters for a deal today. With a homestead share around 44%, a meaningful portion of these homes are owner-occupied, and the thin closings window of 11 recent sales means comps are limited — pricing needs to lean on condition and current inventory rather than assuming momentum in either direction.
Why work with Momentum here
In a market where the median masks a wide condition spread and only a handful of homes close in a given window, the wrong comp can cost you real money. We underwrite each home on its own systems, vintage, and renovation history, price against the thin comp set honestly, and use the 36-day median pace to time offers and negotiations rather than rushing them.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 11, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (11 streets, ZIP 32205/32210/32299)) |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-07-10 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2001 (160 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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