Watermill Jacksonville
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Market Heat
Watermill is a large, established community with just under 1,300 homes built between 1995 and 2018, most landing around 2004. That means the housing stock is broadly consistent in age and layout, with a median footprint of roughly 2,150 square feet. Price here is driven less by wild variation in vintage and more by condition and updates, so the median of $330,000 is a useful anchor but not a ceiling or a floor.
The market posture is measured. A median of 48 days on market and a heat score of 39 tell you this is not a bidding-war environment; buyers have time to inspect and negotiate. Values are up 7.8% year over year and 164% since 2012, so the long arc has been steady rather than speculative. For sellers, that means priced-right and well-presented homes move, while overpriced listings sit.
Watermill Jacksonville right now
🟡 Still climbing. The trailing-12-month median ($330K) is up 7.8% from the prior 12 months ($306K) and up 164% since 2012.Momentum Research, record-level realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 11. Confidence: High (39 and 28 sales in the two windows).
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Updated July 11, 2026 · Live data: realMLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
The 60-Second Overview
Watermill Jacksonville market snapshot (as of July 11, 2026): the median sale price is about $330K ($163 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 48 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is up 8% from the prior 12 months and up 164% since 2012, computed from record-level realMLS closed sales (39 closings in the current window).
Watermill Jacksonville is a community of 1,298 homes in Jacksonville, Duval County, built between 1995 and 2018 (median 2004.0), with a median living area of about 2,148 square feet. 65% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Watermill is a sizable, largely built-out Jacksonville community in Duval County where homes cluster around a 2004 vintage and a mid-2,000-square-foot size, giving buyers a fairly predictable set of comparables to work from.
Price History: What Homes Here Have Actually Sold For
Median sale price over the trailing 12 months ending July 11 of each year, from record-level realMLS closed sales. Same methodology as every appreciation figure on this page: the 2026 point ($330K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($306K) IS the +7.8% one-year change.
Windows contain 28 to 97 sales each (39 in the current window); every figure carries its sample size. Source: Data provided by realMLS. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
The real cost & risk here
Before the list price, the Florida math the portals skip. These are Duval County typicals — your exact home, flood zone, and insurance quote will vary, so verify each before you offer.
Check it for your address: look up your flood zone (FEMA) · insurance by county · true-cost calculator · Duval County scorecard.
County typicals from Momentum’s Florida housing data (Zillow & Realtor.com aggregates, Census, FRED), updated monthly; insurance modeled. Flood zone is property-specific — always confirm via FEMA.
35% of homes for sale in ZIP 32244 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 (2026-07-10).
A condition-driven resale market
With a median price per square foot of about $163 and a tight range of build years, the spread you see between listings is mostly a story of updates, upkeep, and lot position rather than fundamentally different eras of construction. That is good news for a buyer who can read a home honestly: the renovated example and the deferred-maintenance example may be closer in bones than in asking price.
The homestead share sits near 65%, which points to a community held largely by owner-occupants rather than a churn of short-term holdings. Combined with a modest closings window of 39 in the current snapshot, inventory turns at a deliberate pace. Buyers should be patient and specific about what they want; sellers should assume the market rewards preparation over urgency.
Why work with Momentum here
In a market this consistent in age and size, the negotiation lives in condition and comps, not in the headline median. We help buyers separate cosmetic from structural and price accordingly, and we help sellers present a home so it does not become one of the listings that lingers past the 48-day median.
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Data sources & freshness
| Community market stats | realMLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending July 11, 2026 |
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (41 streets, ZIP 32073/32216/32222/32224/32244/32256)) |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-07-10 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2003 (1,419 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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