Wilford Preserve, Orange Park

Market snapshot

Only one closing was recorded in this dataset — a median of $350,000 and about $144 a square foot, with an average of 49 days on market. The months-of-supply reading of 12.0 is calculated off that single sale and should not be read as a market condition. There is no year-over-year price change on record. In short: there is not yet enough resale history here to state a trend, and anyone who tells you otherwise is guessing.

Market figures above are aggregated community sales data taken from the public community-data index published at the website movewithmomentum.com (an unaffiliated third party), dataset generated 2026-07-13, reflecting sales as of 2026-07-11. Figures are area aggregates, not an appraisal or a valuation of any individual home, and they change as new sales record. HOA dues, CDD fees and property taxes are NOT shown here: the only figures available for them are modelled estimates rather than recorded amounts. Ask Tim Sherman for the current recorded numbers before you rely on them.

Where it is

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What to check before you buy here

In a community this new, the builder sets the price. Compare any resale against current builder inventory, the incentive package and the closing-cost credit on offer that month. Ask for the CDD assessment amount in writing, and confirm what the builder warranty covers and whether it transfers to you. Ask your insurance agent for the wind mitigation credits new construction should already qualify for — impact windows, a sealed roof deck and hurricane straps typically pull the biggest discounts off a Citizens or private-market quote, and getting that paperwork from the builder now saves a scramble at renewal.

Commute and nearby employers

Wilford Preserve sits on the Orange Park side of Clay County near the Oakleaf corridor, which puts it inside a genuinely useful commute shed: Naval Air Station Jacksonville runs 5 to 25 minutes away via Highway 17 and I-295 depending on traffic and which gate you use, and HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital and Ascension St. Vincent's Clay, at Blanding Boulevard and Kingsley Avenue, cover a meaningful share of the local healthcare workforce. For a buyer relocating on PCS orders or a hospital contract, that combination of a short NAS Jax run and a nearby medical employer is a real selling point of this stretch of the county — new construction pricing aside.

Schools, CDD basics, and the flood check

Clay County school boundaries shift as new communities like this one fill in, and Wilford Preserve is new enough that I'd verify the current elementary, middle and high school assignment directly with Clay County Schools rather than trust anything printed at the time you toured the model — check the district's own zone finder before you write an offer. On the CDD side: if this community carries a Community Development District, remember it is really two line items, a bond-debt portion that a homeowner can prepay in full and an operations-and-maintenance portion that continues indefinitely for landscaping, amenities and security. Ask the builder or seller for the exact recorded assessment rather than a modelled estimate. And because this is still Clay County near the river corridor, pull the FEMA flood map for the specific lot at msc.fema.gov before you commit — a newer community is not automatically outside a flood zone.

Reading a one-sale dataset honestly

I want to be direct about what the market snapshot above actually is: one recorded closing. That is not a trend, it is a data point, and treating it as anything more would be doing you a disservice. If you are buying here, the real comparables you need are current builder pricing and incentive packages, not a single resale. If you are selling a Wilford Preserve home, the same logic applies in reverse — your buyer pool is comparing you against the builder's standing inventory, not against an average that barely exists yet. Give it another dozen closings before anyone, including me, should talk about Wilford Preserve having a real resale market.

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