Sunset Gardens
Homes for Sale in Jacksonville, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
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Price in Sunset Gardens is driven by condition and vintage, not by a uniform product. With a housing stock spanning from 1926 to 2021 and a median build year of 1976, what you pay tracks how much of the home has been updated rather than any tidy per-foot rule. The median sits at $225,000 and about $188 a foot on a median footprint near 1,368 square feet, but expect a wide spread underneath that number as older, original homes sit next to renovated and newer builds.
The current posture favors buyers who can be patient. Homes are taking a median of just over 100 days to go under contract, and prices are down 13.5% year over year, so sellers who price to last year's expectations are sitting. If you're selling here, sharp pricing and presentation matter more than usual; if you're buying, the slow clock gives you room to negotiate and inspect without pressure.
Sunset Gardens right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($225K) is down 13.0% from the prior 12 months ($258K). With about 2 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 August 5. Confidence: Low (3 and 10 sales in the two windows).
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Updated August 5, 2026 · Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Sunset Gardens market snapshot (as of August 5, 2026): the median sale price is about $225K ($188 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 132 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 13% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level realMLS closed sales (3 closings in the current window).
Sunset Gardens is a community of 37 homes in Jacksonville, Duval County, built between 1926 and 2021 (median 1976), with a median living area of about 1,368 square feet. 23% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Sunset Gardens is a small, mixed-vintage pocket of Jacksonville where the housing stock ranges from pre-war to nearly new, so no two blocks price the same. A homestead share near 23% means a meaningful portion of the homes here are held as something other than owner-occupied primary residences.
The setting & the homes.
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Who Sunset Gardens is best for.
Best for
- Value-focused buyers willing to renovate an older home to build equity
- Buyers around the mid-$200s who want negotiating leverage in a slow market
- Investors comfortable underwriting a thin-comp, mixed-vintage pocket
Probably not for
- Buyers who need a strictly turnkey, newer-construction home
- Anyone on a tight timeline who can't absorb a 100-day-plus market pace
- Buyers who want deep comparable data before committing
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending August 5 of each year, from record-level realMLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($225K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($258K) IS the -13.0% one-year change.
Windows contain 0 to 10 sales each (3 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.
27% of homes for sale in ZIP 32220 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 (2026-08-01).
Sunset Gardens Market Scorecard
Sunset Gardens is currently a balanced market..
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Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily. Market metrics only; these describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
Sunset Gardens on the map.
Every active, pending, and recently sold home, plotted. Toggle the layers and tap a home for the details.
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The Sunset Gardens buying strategy.
If we were buying in Sunset 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 Sunset Gardens.
A condition-driven market with a long clock
The defining feature here is age range. A century separates the oldest home from the newest, and the median year built of 1976 tells you most of the inventory is decades old. That makes inspections and renovation math the center of any deal — a home near the median price could be turnkey or need real work, and the $225,000 figure alone won't tell you which.
With just 37 homes and only four closings in the window, this is a thin market. Comparable sales are scarce, so pricing leans harder on condition and recent updates than on volume-driven comps. The median of just over 100 days on market reflects that thinness as much as demand; buyers should treat every listing on its own merits rather than assuming a neighborhood-wide trend.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Sunset 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 Sunset 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 3 factors (5.0). Basis: Recent Direction -13.0% year-over-year; Owner Commitment 23% owner-occupied; Pricing Power 100.0% sale-to-list. Refreshed with each data update.
Why work with Momentum here
In a thin, condition-driven market like this, generic comps mislead. We read each home against its vintage and its updates, price to the reality of a slow clock and a 13.5% year-over-year pullback, and keep you from overpaying for an unrenovated home or underpricing a done one. That granular, honest read is where a local desk earns its keep.
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HOA, CDD & Fees
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Tools for a Sunset Gardens buy.
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Selling here is won on condition and pricing to real comps, not an automated estimate. The right number comes from closed Sunset Gardens sales matched to your home.
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If you are thinking about selling in Sunset Gardens, the right list price comes from recent comparable sales matched to your home's condition and location, not an automated estimate.
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | realMLS, refreshed twice daily (last: August 5, 2026) |
| Community market stats | realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending August 5, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (3 streets, ZIP 32220)) |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-08-01 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2005 (19 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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