Community Details at a Glance
The Homes
Product
Single-family homes on 40 and 50 foot homesites from a multi-builder roster
Builders
David Weekley, Riverside Homes, Pulte, KB, Richmond American, Lennar, Mattamy, and Dream Finders
Sizes
About 1,570 to 3,876 square feet across the plans
Status
Built out and sold out; the market is resale only
Costs & Fees
HOA
Mandatory HOA; confirm the current dues for a specific home
CDD
Yes, the Nocatee CDD assessment is on the tax bill; confirm the balance per parcel
Reality
Builder identity and the lot drive resale value across the eight-builder mix
Amenities
Settlers Pond
A 14-acre stocked fishing pond with a dock, pavilion, playgrounds, and dog park
Nocatee master amenities
Splash and Spray water parks, Crosswater Hall, fitness, and the Greenway trails
Trails
A trail link to the pond park and the wider Nocatee network
Town Center
The Nocatee Town Center with Publix and dining a short drive
Location
Setting
A village inside the Nocatee master plan, Ponte Vedra address, ZIP 32081
County
St. Johns County, the top-rated district in the region
Beaches
Ponte Vedra beaches about 15 to 20 minutes east
Town Center
St. Johns Town Center about 25 minutes north
The Homes & Style
Settlers Landing appeals to Nocatee buyers who want builder variety and the pond-park lifestyle.
Sold out, so resales rule; the builder, lot, and condition set the price. Price off the closest comparable sales.
The multi-builder mix and the pond keep resale demand healthy.
Settlers Landing is about the builder, the lot width, and the position.
Attainable plans from about 1,570 square feet anchor the entry tier.
Larger plans to about 3,876 square feet serve move-up buyers.
Lots near Settlers Pond and the buffers carry premiums.
Living Here
Settlers Pond is the neighborhood centerpiece, with Nocatee around it.
A 14-acre stocked fishing pond with a large dock.
A pavilion and picnic campus on the pond.
Shade-sail playgrounds and a fenced dog park.
The Splash and Spray water parks, Crosswater Hall, fitness, trails, and events.
The Nocatee Town Center with Publix and dining covers the daily run, with the beaches corridor fifteen to twenty minutes east.
A stocked 14-acre fishing pond with a dock is a genuine rarity inside any master plan; pond-adjacent resales carry it in the price.
Eight builders means quality and plan personality vary by street; know who built the home you are buying.
The trail link to the pond park and the greater Nocatee network is a daily-life feature buyers underrate.
Before You Offer
St. Johns County flooding concentrates near the Intracoastal, the coast, and the creeks and marshes, while many inland master-planned communities sit in lower-risk zones.
The reliable move is to pull the FEMA flood designation for the exact Settlers Landing address before you write an offer, since two homes in the same area can fall in different zones. A home in Zone X can cost far less to insure than one near water in Zone AE. Get a bindable flood and homeowners quote during your inspection period, so the cost is in your monthly math before you commit, not after.
St. Johns County is well served by AT&T (fiber in most newer communities) and Xfinity (Comcast), though fiber availability still varies by street. If working from home matters, confirm the options, and fiber in particular, at the specific Settlers Landing address rather than assuming.
St. Johns County total millage varies by district, and CDD assessments are common in the master-planned communities, which adds to the all-in cost on top of the millage. The Florida homestead exemption for 2026 is 51,411 dollars for those who qualify, and the deadline to file a new homestead exemption is March 1.
The trap to plan for is the post-sale reset: when you buy, the Save Our Homes cap from the previous owner ends and the assessed value resets to the new just value, so your second-year tax bill is often higher than the seller current one. Budget the true number, and confirm whether the specific home carries a CDD or other assessment that is billed separately from the millage and is not reduced by the homestead exemption.
Comparisons
Settlers Landing's natural cross-shops are the other single-family Nocatee villages. Against Twenty Mile, Settlers Landing trades a slightly different builder mix and address for its own 14-acre stocked Settlers Pond park, a genuine rarity inside any master plan, while both share the full Nocatee amenity package. Against the Greenleaf Village area, Settlers Landing offers a comparable 40 and 50 foot single-family product with the pond as its signature differentiator. And against the Crosswater villages farther south, Settlers Landing sits closer to the established core of Nocatee and its Town Center. The honest summary: every Nocatee village shares the water parks, Greenway, and St. Johns schools, so the choice comes down to the builder of your specific home, the lot, and which neighborhood amenity you value, and Settlers Landing's edge is the stocked fishing pond and its park.
Who It Fits
Settlers Landing fits the buyer who wants a newer single-family home inside a top-rated St. Johns County master plan with a deep amenity package, the buyer who values the stocked Settlers Pond park and the trail link to the wider Nocatee network, and the buyer who wants builder variety rather than a single-builder streetscape. It also fits the buyer who will weigh the all-in cost honestly, since the Nocatee CDD assessment rides on the tax bill on top of the HOA. It does not fit the buyer who wants the lowest possible carrying cost with no CDD, the buyer who wants a large acreage lot, or the buyer who needs a gated community, since Settlers Landing is not gated. And because eight builders worked the neighborhood, any buyer should confirm who built the specific home and review its warranty and condition before they offer.
