Wells Ridge Orange Park
Homes for Sale in Orange Park, FL
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Market Heat
Wells Ridge is a small, established pocket of Orange Park in Clay County, with homes built between 1972 and 1996 and a median build year of 1988. At roughly 1,513 square feet and a median around $130,812, price here is driven less by the address than by what a specific house has had done to it. On homes this age, condition, updates, and mechanicals set the number, so expect a wide spread and inspect closely.
The current posture leans toward buyers. A median of about 67 days on market and a heat score of 33 point to a slower, more deliberate pace, and the median is down 14.5% year over year. For sellers, that means realistic pricing and move-in condition matter more than ever; for buyers, there is room to negotiate on homes that have sat, particularly those needing work.
Wells Ridge Orange Park right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($131K) is down 14.5% from the prior 12 months ($153K) and up 197% since 2012. With about 7 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 July 11. Confidence: Low (6 and 4 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
Wells Ridge Orange Park market snapshot (as of July 11, 2026): the median sale price is about $131K ($127 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 68 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 14% from the prior 12 months and up 197% since 2012, computed from record-level realMLS closed sales (6 closings in the current window).
Wells Ridge Orange Park is a community of 69 homes in Orange Park, Clay County, built between 1972 and 1996 (median 1988), with a median living area of about 1,513 square feet. 70% of parcels are homesteaded, the owner-occupancy proxy in the Florida DOR assessment roll (2025 roll, public records).
Wells Ridge is a compact, mature neighborhood of about 69 homes in Orange Park, where nearly seven in ten are homesteaded — a sign of an owner-occupied core rather than an investor-churn market.
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 ($131K) IS the median in the snapshot above, and the move from 2025 ($153K) IS the -14.5% one-year change.
Windows contain 3 to 10 sales each (6 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.
The real cost & risk here
Before the list price, the Florida math the portals skip. These are Clay 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 · Clay 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.
28% of homes for sale in ZIP 32073 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).
An older, stable pocket in a soft market
The building stock here spans 1972 to 1996, so you are shopping a range of update levels within a single small community. The median living area near 1,513 square feet and median price-per-square-foot around $127.1 tell you this is modest, practical housing — the value question is almost entirely about what has been renovated and what still carries original systems.
The homestead share near 69.6% is worth weighing. It suggests a neighborhood held by long-term owners rather than short-hold flippers, which tends to mean fewer sudden listings and steadier upkeep on the whole. Against a backdrop of a 14.5% year-over-year decline and a heat score of 33, that stability cuts both ways: less speculative pressure, but also a market that rewards patience over urgency right now.
Why work with Momentum here
In a small, aging community where condition drives price and the median sits near $130,812, the risk is overpaying for a house that photographs better than it lives. We read each listing against its actual updates and mechanicals, price to the current soft market rather than last year's, and negotiate hardest on homes that have lingered past the roughly 67-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 (2 streets, ZIP 32073)) |
| Under-contract shares | realMLS records, as of 2026-07-10 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2001 (152 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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