Living in Orange Park, FL
Clay County
Orange Park sits south of downtown Jacksonville along the St. Johns River in Clay County, and its identity is squarely suburban and affordable rather than coastal -- a long-established bedroom community with a real town center rather than a beach-town draw. Median home prices run in the high-$200Ks to near $300K, well below any of the Jacksonville beach towns and below the city of Jacksonville itself, though small sales volumes have made recent year-over-year swings unusually large and worth treating cautiously rather than as a precise trend. Naval Air Station Jacksonville sits just a few miles north, giving Orange Park a real military-family relocation audience too.
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- Cost of Living in Orange Park
- Housing in Orange Park
- Taxes & Insurance in Orange Park
- Climate in Orange Park
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- Healthcare & Safety in Orange Park
- Pros and Cons of Living in Orange Park
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Learn moreHousing
Down 6.7% YoY at that snapshot; $188/sqft, up 2.7% YoY. A separate Spring 2026 figure (local brokerage, Momentum Realty) cited $299,000, described as up 36.2% YoY -- a swing that large is far more consistent with low sales-volume noise in a small town than a real market move, so it is disclosed here rather than adopted as the headline figure. Treat the true figure as roughly $290K-$300K, not precisely either number.
Taxes
Not independently sourced at the Clay County level this session. Florida carries no income tax statewide. See the Florida hub page for the statewide property tax context -- do not treat that figure as Orange Park-specific.
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Pros
More affordable than both the city of Jacksonville and any of the beach towns, with an established suburban town center and river access; close to NAS Jacksonville.
Cons
Recent price data shows unusually large swings between sources, likely reflecting low sales volume in a town this size rather than a clear trend; no beach access, a genuinely different lifestyle than the coastal towns in this area.
Who this fits
Best for: Affordability-focused families and military households relocating near NAS Jacksonville who want an established suburban community over coastal living.
Maybe not for you if: Buyers who want beach access or a walkable town center with nightlife should look at the Jacksonville beach towns instead.
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