Hardwick Farms, Jacksonville

Market snapshot

This is one of the fastest-moving neighbourhoods in the county dataset. Fifty-two closings were recorded, at a median of $292,000 and around $170 a square foot, with homes averaging just 33 days on market and only 1.8 months of supply. Median price was up about 1% year over year. When supply is that thin, well-presented homes tend to draw competing offers.

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 2026-07-09. 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 Chris Moore for the current recorded numbers before you rely on them.

Where it is

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By the numbers: Duval County market context

Hardwick Farms sits inside Duval County, where the countywide Zillow Home Value Index read $297,493 in June 2026, down about 1.7% from $302,613 a year earlier. Countywide rent runs $1,616 a month on the Zillow Observed Rent Index, inventory sits at 5,454 active listings, and 27.35% of those listings carried a price cut. Hardwick Farms' own $292,000 median tracks close to the county figure — this is squarely a Duval County middle-of-the-market neighbourhood, not an outlier in either direction, which is part of why it moves at 33 days when better-positioned inventory a mile away can sit twice as long.

Schools zoned near Hardwick Farms

Southside Jacksonville sits near the boundary between the Atlantic Coast High School zone, which also serves the eTown corridor and Seven Pines, and the Mandarin High School zone toward the Julington Creek border. Duval County Public Schools assigns zones by address, and the exact zone for a specific Hardwick Farms street is not settled by area alone — confirm the current assignment at dcps.duvalschools.org before you count on a particular school, and expect boundaries to be revisited as Southside continues to fill in.

Eagle Harbor is in The Crossings at Fleming Island Community Development District (thecrossingsatflemingislandcdd.com). Check the non-ad valorem line on the Clay County tax bill for the address — Chris pulls it before you tour or make an offer.

Two Creeks is in the Two Creeks Community Development District (www.twocreekscdd.org). Check the non-ad valorem line on the Clay County tax bill for the address — Chris pulls it before you tour or make an offer.

eTown is in the Cypress Bluff Community Development District (cypressbluffcdd.com). Debt and O&M differ for Del Webb versus the rest of eTown. Check the non-ad valorem line on the Duval County tax bill for the address — Chris pulls it before you tour or make an offer.

CDD and HOA: what to verify here

Hardwick Farms is not one of the communities with a published Community Development District fee schedule in the data behind this page, so treat any CDD figure you see quoted for it with suspicion until you confirm it against the recorded tax bill. What is true anywhere a CDD exists under Florida Statutes Chapter 190: the assessment splits into a bond debt service portion, which repays the original infrastructure bonds and can be paid off early by an individual owner, and an operations and maintenance portion, which funds ongoing amenities and never goes away. If Hardwick Farms carries an HOA under Chapter 720, get the current recorded dues and any special assessment history directly from the association — not from a listing sheet.

VA and PCS buyers: the math to run

Southside Jacksonville sits within easy reach of the Beach Boulevard and Southside Boulevard employment corridors. Buyers moving here on PCS orders or VA entitlement should run the same math regardless of commute time: BAH against principal, interest, taxes and insurance, not BAH against a quoted mortgage payment. At a 33-day average and 1.8 months of supply, financing needs to be fully underwritten before you tour — that discipline matters more here than in a slower market.

What to check before you buy here

At this speed you will not have days to think. Have your financing fully underwritten before you tour, and decide in advance what you will do about inspection findings — a seller with three offers will not wait while you get quotes. Confirm flood zone and insurance quotes early; in Duval those two numbers move a monthly payment more than a quarter-point of interest does. Check the flood zone for the specific parcel at FEMA's flood map service center before you assume a neighboring address applies to yours.

Response time is the whole game in a 33-day market. Get pre-approved, not pre-qualified, before you start touring, and have your buyer's agent lined up so an offer can go in same-day. If you are using VA financing, tell the listing agent up front — a well-prepared VA offer competes fine against conventional in this price range, but a seller who has never seen one needs to hear that from you or your agent before the deadline, not after.

Who Hardwick Farms fits

Hardwick Farms fits buyers who want a Southside price point that's getting hard to find inside Duval County and are ready to move fast in a market averaging 33 days and 1.8 months of supply. It suits someone commuting to the Beach Boulevard or Southside Boulevard employment corridors who wants a shorter drive without paying for a newer master-planned build. VA buyers who get fully underwritten before touring, and who tell the listing agent up front that they're using VA financing, compete well here. It's a tougher fit if you need weeks to decide or want a slower, negotiation-heavy process — this market doesn't give you either.

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