Beachwalk vs Shearwater: prices, pace & inventory — August 2026
Two of Northeast Florida’s most-asked-about markets, side by side — live numbers, no spin. Which one fits you depends on more than medians; Krista knows both streets-level.
| Beachwalk | Shearwater | |
|---|---|---|
| Median list price | $625,000 | $534,329 |
| Avg. price / sq ft | $249 | $239 |
| Median sold (12 mo) | $527,500 | $505,000 |
| Homes sold (12 mo) | 23 | 57 |
| Avg. days on market | 109 days | 47 days |
| Homes for sale now | 52 | 52 |
Live NEFAR MLS data, refreshed daily. Sold figures reflect the trailing 12 months where sample sizes support them.
The decision checklist
Beachwalk vs Shearwater: what each community actually has
| Beachwalk | Shearwater | |
|---|---|---|
| Price range (for sale now) | $275K–$1000K | $288K–$1.1M |
| Assigned high school | Beachside | Beachside |
| Gated community | Yes | — |
| Golf course | — | — |
| New construction available | — | Yes |
| Private-pool homes | — | — |
| Waterfront homes | Some homes | Some homes |
| Homes in a FEMA flood zone | — | — |
| CDD district | Yes · fee guide | Yes · fee guide |
Feature prevalence is derived from each community’s current listings and updates as inventory turns over. “Some homes” means the feature appears in part of the active inventory, not community-wide.
How They Compare
Beachwalk or Shearwater?
Beachwalk and Shearwater are both master-planned communities on the CR-210 corridor in St. Johns County, minutes apart, both carrying Community Development District assessments and both currently reporting Beachside High as the assigned school — which is why they get cross-shopped. The defining difference is amenity identity and construction status. Beachwalk is built around its 14-acre Crystal Lagoon — the turquoise man-made lagoon with a beach, kayaking, and swim-up bar — and several of its sections are gated; its current listings are resale, generally from the high $200s to around $1 million. Shearwater sits just up the corridor, is not gated, and is still actively building new construction at a similar range, from the high $200s to about $1.1 million.
Shearwater’s own amenity core is the counterweight — the Kayak Club, a resort lagoon and lazy river, and the Trout Creek trail network — and it’s the pick for buyers who want new construction and a wooded-creek setting. Beachwalk trades that for the lagoon lifestyle and gated sections in a more built-out community. Both feed Beachside High today, but verify the exact zoning for any specific address. Buyers usually decide between the lagoon-and-gated, resale character of Beachwalk and the new-construction, creek-amenity character of Shearwater.
Torn between them?
The right answer depends on commute, schools, HOA/CDD costs, and lifestyle — Krista has walked buyers through both for years and will tell you straight which fits your situation.