St Johns Heights
Homes for Sale in Jacksonville, FL
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Market Heat
St Johns Heights is a mixed-vintage pocket of Jacksonville — homes date back to 1901, with construction as recent as 2024, and the typical home here carries a 1930 build year. That age spread is what drives pricing: at a $380,000 median and $269 per square foot on a typical 1,542-square-foot home, one listing can look very different in price from the one next door depending on how much has been updated.
The market heat score sits at 61, and homes are moving in about 30 days — not fast, not slow. Prices are up 8.6% year over year, and the area has gained 334% since 2012, so this is not a market trading at last decade's numbers. With only 13 closings in the most recent window and roughly 63.5% of homes here carrying a homestead exemption, turnover is slow; a fairly priced, updated home tends to move, and buyers should expect real competition for move-in-ready units.
Figures in this note are as of July 14, 2026. The live market numbers elsewhere on this page update nightly and are newer.
St Johns Heights right now
🟢 Still climbing. The trailing-12-month median ($405K) is up 27.0% from the prior 12 months ($319K) and up 403% 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 October 23. Confidence: Medium (14 and 11 sales in the two windows).
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· Updated October 23, 2026 · Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
St Johns Heights market snapshot (as of October 23, 2026): the median sale price is about $405K ($308 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 8 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is up 27% from the prior 12 months and up 403% since 2012, computed from record-level realMLS closed sales (14 closings in the current window).
St Johns Heights is a community of 1,327 homes in Jacksonville, Duval County, built between 1898 and 2024 (median 1928), with a median living area of about 1,702 square feet. 65% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
St Johns Heights spans roughly 1,003 homes in Jacksonville's Duval County, blending early-1900s construction with recent-built infill — a range that puts renovation condition, not just square footage, at the center of any pricing conversation here.
Who St Johns Heights is best for.
Best for
- Buyers comfortable evaluating renovation history and mechanical updates on older housing stock.
- Buyers targeting a purchase near the $380,000 median with a roughly 30-day marketing timeline.
- Longer-horizon buyers comfortable with a market that has shown 334% growth since 2012 rather than short-term flip timing.
Probably not for
- Buyers who want only recent-construction homes with no older systems to inspect.
- Buyers needing a large, fast-moving comp set — only 13 closings in the recent window limits certainty.
- Buyers working strictly below the $269-per-square-foot median in a market where updated homes command more.
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending October 23 of each year, from record-level realMLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($405K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($319K) IS the +27.0% one-year change.
Windows contain 4 to 16 sales each (14 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 (2026-10-20).
The St Johns Heights buying strategy.
If we were buying in St Johns 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 St Johns Heights.
The Age Spread Is the Story
St Johns Heights carries roughly 1,003 homes with a build-year range stretching from 1901 to 2024 — one of the wider spans in Duval County. The median home here was built in 1930, and typical living area runs about 1,542 square feet, so a large share of the housing stock predates modern floor plans and mechanical systems, and that shows up directly in per-square-foot pricing.
At $269 per square foot and a $380,000 median sale price, condition is the biggest swing factor buyers will run into listing to listing. A 30-day median time on market and a 61 market heat score point to steady, not frantic, demand, while the 8.6% year-over-year gain and 334% cumulative rise since 2012 show sustained movement rather than a single hot stretch. With 13 recent closings, this is a lower-volume market where each transaction can move the comparables meaningfully.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in St Johns 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 St Johns 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 (8.7). Basis: Long-Term Appreciation +403% since 2012; Recent Direction +27.0% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 65% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 97.4% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a market this wide in age — 1901 to 2024 built homes sitting side by side — pricing an offer or a listing correctly means knowing which end of that spread a specific property falls on. Momentum prepares a hand-reviewed valuation for St Johns Heights rather than publishing an automated estimate, because a formula cannot see which homes here have been updated and which have not.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending October 23, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR assessment roll (street-list match (12 streets, ZIP 32205/32210)) |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-10-20 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2001 (228 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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