Tyson Forest
Homes for Sale in Fernandina Beach, FL

Tyson Forest is a new Drees Homes community on the Tyson Road corridor in Fernandina Beach, selling wooded one-acre-plus homesites from the $720s — an acreage-and-customization play on the mainland side rather than an amenity-package community.

Pre-construction details are compiled from public records, builder announcements and builder listings, and are subject to change without notice; figures are deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Momentum Research figures are our own analysis. This page describes homes, pricing and community attributes, not residents.

In ZIP 32034 (Fernandina Beach), 1,035 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $441K ($200/sq ft), up 0.3% year over year, with a median 51 days on market. Right now 227 active and 75 pending listings put supply at about 6.2 months — a buyer's market. See the live ZIP 32034 housing market and the Nassau County market.

ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Tyson Forest specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.

Nassau County's new-construction market has consolidated around master-planned product — Wildlight's villages, Tributary, Amelia Walk, Amelia National. Those communities compete on shared infrastructure: pools, fitness, trails, golf, and in several cases a CDD bond that pays for it. Tyson Forest is deliberately outside that model. The homesite is the amenity.

A one-acre wooded homesite changes the practical experience of the property in ways a lot dimension chart understates. Setbacks are generous enough that mature tree canopy can be retained between houses rather than cleared to the pad. Outbuildings, pools, boat and RV parking are physically feasible — though whether they are permissible depends on deed restrictions we have not been able to review, so confirm before you count on them.

The location is mainland Fernandina Beach off Tyson Road, not Amelia Island. That distinction matters for pricing and for expectations: you are inland of the bridge, with drive-time access to the island's beaches and historic downtown rather than walk or bike access. It also means you are not paying island land prices, which is a meaningful part of how an acre lands under $730,000 here.

Interstate 95 access is the practical commuting advantage. Buyers working in north Jacksonville, at the port, or at the mills and industrial employers along the SR-200 corridor get a workable commute that island addresses do not offer as cleanly.

Because this is a new community with no resale history, there are no closed comparables inside it yet. Valuation has to lean on Drees' base pricing plus options, cross-checked against acreage resales in the surrounding Tyson Road and O'Neil area. That is a thinner evidentiary base than a buyer gets in an established subdivision, and it argues for conservative underwriting on the options budget.

On a customizable build, the risk is not the base price — it is the options sheet and the timeline. We help buyers separate structural decisions that must be made at contract from finishes that can wait, hold the builder to written allowances, and cross-check base-plus-options pricing against surrounding acreage resales so you know what you are paying above land value.

We will also chase down the two open items before you sign: the gating status and the full HOA and CDD assessment picture. On an acreage community those figures drive carrying cost and they are not currently published.

Confirm the current HOA dues, exactly what they cover, and any CDD bond or special assessment for a specific address before you offer.