Community Details at a Glance
The Homes
Product
New single-family by Lennar, with townhomes and condos planned for later phases
Range
Attainable Duval new-construction band; confirm current pricing and incentives
Series
Lennar 40-foot, 50-foot, and 60-foot lot collections
Scale
Roughly 2,000 acres planned for up to 1,850 homes
Costs & Fees
HOA
Dues fund the clubhouse, pool, fitness, and common areas
CDD
Villages of Westport CDD; confirm the assessment and bond per home
Tax line
Duval County millage plus the post-sale reset; confirm per address
Amenities
Clubhouse
Stone residents clubhouse with a community pool
Fitness
Onsite fitness facility
Courts
Pickleball and basketball courts, plus sports fields
Green space
Playgrounds, two dog parks, and 800-plus acres of preserve
Location
Setting
Northside Jacksonville between Lem Turner Road and Dunn Avenue
Access
Minutes from I-295 and Jacksonville International Airport
Downtown
About 20 minutes south to downtown Jacksonville
The Homes & Style
Westport appeals to first-time buyers, commuters to JIA and the Northside industrial corridor, and value hunters.
Lennar pricing sits in the attainable band; confirm current pricing and incentives. Price resales off the closest comparable sales.
The airport and logistics employment base keeps demand steady at this price point.
Westport is about the phase, the series, and the lot.
Attainable single-family plans across two lot widths.
With 800+ acres protected, preserve-backed lots stay available.
Active phases mean builder homes and early resales trade side by side.
Living Here
The amenity campus covers the everyday essentials with preserve as the backdrop.
A stone residents clubhouse with a community pool.
An on-site fitness facility.
Basketball and sports fields cover the active side.
Playgrounds plus more than 800 acres of protected green space.
River City Marketplace covers big-box and dining about fifteen minutes away, with everyday needs along Lem Turner and Dunn.
More than 40 percent of the land is protected, unusual at this price point, and preserve lots are the keepers.
Lennar moves inventory with rate buydowns and closing credits; time the negotiation.
Model the CDD against the amenity value honestly when comparing to no-CDD resales nearby.
Before You Offer
Jacksonville sees coastal, river, and creek flooding, and pockets near the St. Johns River tributaries can sit in higher-risk zones. Jacksonville participates in the FEMA Community Rating System at a class 6, which earns flood-insurance discounts of about 10 percent for homes outside a special flood hazard area and about 20 percent for homes inside one.
The reliable move is to pull the FEMA flood designation for the exact Villages of Westport 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.
The Jacksonville metro is served by Xfinity (Comcast) cable across nearly all addresses and by AT&T with DSL almost everywhere plus fiber to a growing share of homes. If working from home matters, confirm the options, and fiber in particular, at the specific Villages of Westport address rather than assuming.
Duval County total millage runs roughly 17.9 to 18.5 mills depending on the taxing district. 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
The honest way to place Villages of Westport is against the other Northside Jacksonville communities a value-focused buyer is realistically weighing. Each trades something different.
Against nearby value communities like North Creek and the other Lem Turner corridor plans, Westport wins on the scale of its preserve, 800-plus acres protected, and its active Lennar new construction, while it asks for the Villages of Westport CDD that funds the infrastructure. Against established, larger-lot Northside pockets, it trades mature trees and acreage for new construction and a planned, amenity-rich setting. The case for Westport is attainable new construction with real amenities in Duval's value growth corridor; the case against it is the CDD, the builder competition you price against, and a non-coastal location away from the urban core.
Who It Fits
Villages of Westport fits the buyer who wants attainable new construction with a real amenity campus and preserve buffers, and who will model the CDD and time builder incentives. If new construction, amenities, and quick airport and I-295 access matter more than a coastal address or a no-CDD carrying cost, Westport is one of the most attainable master-plan entries in Duval.
Westport fits if you want
- Attainable Lennar new construction
- A real amenity campus and preserve buffers
- Quick I-295 and airport access
- Preserve-backed lot options
- A planned, growing master plan
- Northside value-corridor pricing
Consider elsewhere if you want
- A coastal, beachside, or Southside address
- A no-CDD carrying cost
- An established, mature-tree neighborhood
- A gated, single-tier luxury community
- To skip modeling the CDD and incentives
- The shortest possible commute to the beaches

























































