Yulee vs Fernandina Beach: prices, pace & inventory — October 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.
| Yulee | Fernandina Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Median list price | $399,900 | $749,000 |
| Avg. price / sq ft | $222 | $516 |
| Median sold (12 mo) | $396,850 | $710,000 |
| Homes sold (12 mo) | 230 | 63 |
| Avg. days on market | 88 days | 107 days |
| Homes for sale now | 240 | 95 |
Live NEFAR MLS data, refreshed daily. Sold figures reflect the trailing 12 months where sample sizes support them.
The decision checklist
Yulee vs Fernandina Beach: what each community actually has
| Yulee | Fernandina Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Price range (for sale now) | $207K–$1.4M | $275K–$8.0M |
| Assigned high school | Yulee | Fernandina Beach |
| Gated community | Some homes | Some homes |
| Golf course | — | — |
| New construction available | Yes | Yes |
| Private-pool homes | — | — |
| Waterfront homes | — | — |
| Homes in a FEMA flood zone | Some homes | — |
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
Yulee or Fernandina Beach?
Yulee and Fernandina Beach are the two halves of Nassau County that buyers actually choose between: the mainland and the island, fifteen minutes apart across the Shave Bridge and a tier apart in price. Fernandina Beach is the city on Amelia Island’s north end, the 1850s harbor town with its Victorian historic district, Main Beach and Fort Clinch, and a housing stock that runs from 1890s frame houses to oceanfront condos; its median build year on current listings is 1999 and much of its value is the island itself. Yulee is ZIP 32097 on the mainland: Wildlight, Del Webb Wildlight, Tributary, River Glen and Liberty Cove, a median build year of 2023, and 108 of its 240 current listings built since 2024.
The bills differ as much as the houses. Fernandina Beach carries no master district; its costs are the island’s insurance picture (wind and, on the edges, flood) and, in the condo tier, the building’s association and its short-term-rental rules. Yulee carries the new-construction bill: Wildlight’s East Nassau Stewardship District line, Tributary’s and River Glen’s community development districts, and HOAs on nearly every parcel, with the assessed value resetting to the purchase price in the first November after closing. Both sit under Nassau County’s 1.66% effective rate, the lowest of the four counties this site covers. The live tables above show how the two trade today; on any specific home I pull the parcel’s bill so the island premium and the mainland district line are both numbers, not guesses.
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.
The Yulee & Wildlight hub
Nassau County’s mainland: Wildlight and Del Webb Wildlight at I-95, Tributary and River Glen on US-17, Liberty Cove, the Chester Road river fabric, and Callahan and Hilliard to the west, fifteen minutes from the island’s sand.
Communities
West Nassau
Nassau County product
Nearby
What your budget buys