Housing Market in Jacksonville
Jacksonville's housing market is genuinely affordable and genuinely less competitive than most Tier A markets in this dataset -- a $245,000 median sale price (about 37% below the national median) in a market where homes average just one offer and take about six weeks to sell, shaped throughout by Camp Lejeune's PCS-driven demand cycle.
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Learn moreA real, below-national median, with modest appreciation
Redfin's May 2026 read puts Jacksonville's median sale price at $245,000, up 2.4% year over year -- described in the same reporting as running about 37% below the national median. A separate figure cited an average (not median) house price of $259,000 for the most recent month, up 12.6% year over year, a real if unreconciled spread between average and median measurements.
A genuinely less competitive market
Homes in Jacksonville reportedly receive an average of just 1 offer and sell in around 42 days -- meaningfully less competitive than many Tier A markets in this dataset, plausibly connected to the area's real PCS-driven demand cycle (a steady but not bidding-war-driven flow of buyers and sellers tied to transfer timing) rather than the organic-growth-driven competition seen in fast-growing Sun Belt metros.
Camp Lejeune's scale is the market's real, underlying driver
Camp Lejeune supports a total population of roughly 137,526 (Marines, sailors, retirees, families, and civilian employees combined), with MCAS New River adding about 7,000 more military personnel and 1,000 civilian employees -- this base population, not organic city growth, is the primary force behind Jacksonville-area housing demand, both for-sale and rental. See jobs-economy for the fuller economic-impact picture.
Verify current, address-specific figures, and check flood-zone status
Given Jacksonville's real coastal-hazard exposure (see insurance-hazard-costs), flood-zone status is a genuinely important, address-specific check here in a way it isn't for an inland market -- a citywide median price is a useful starting point but not a substitute for pulling current listing, flood-zone, and comparable-sale data for a specific property before making an offer.
Key takeaways
- Jacksonville's median sale price is cited at $245,000 as of May 2026 (Redfin, up 2.4% YoY), about 37% below the national median.
- Homes here average just 1 offer and sell in about 42 days -- a genuinely less competitive market than many Tier A metros in this dataset, plausibly tied to PCS-driven (rather than organic-growth-driven) demand.
- Camp Lejeune's roughly 137,526-person supported population, plus MCAS New River's ~8,000 personnel, is the underlying driver of local housing demand -- not organic city population growth, which is essentially flat.
- Flood-zone status is a genuinely important, address-specific check here given real coastal-hazard exposure -- verify current listing and flood-zone data before budgeting off a citywide median.
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