Every Del Webb near Jacksonville, compared straight.

Del Webb is the one 55+ brand buyers search by name — and Northeast Florida has five of them, across three counties and two decades of construction. Here’s each one honestly: what it does best, what’s for sale right now, and which one still lets you build new.

Why the badge carries weight

Del Webb — Pulte’s active-adult brand — is the largest builder of 55+ communities in the country, the company that invented the category with Sun City in 1960. The formula travels: a big amenity center, a full-time lifestyle director, pickleball and clubs, and single-story floor plans refined across hundreds of communities. That consistency is why the brand holds resale demand — buyers relocating from a Del Webb elsewhere often search for the badge before they search a city. The honest caveat: the badge isn’t the only way to get the product. Pulte builds the same homes without it — more on that below — and the five communities here differ from each other more than the marketing suggests.

The five, one by one

Riverwood by Del Webb (Del Webb Ponte Vedra)

Nocatee · Ponte Vedra

The original — and still the biggest. Roughly 2,000 homes behind a staffed gate inside Nocatee, with the largest amenity center of the five: the ≈38,000 sq ft Anastasia Club, the only one with an indoor heated lap pool, plus a ballroom, café, and six tennis and eight pickleball courts. It’s also the only Del Webb here offering carriage homes and elevator condos alongside single-family — the widest price spread on this page — with mature oaks the newer communities are decades from matching. In the MLS it appears under both “Riverwood by Del Webb” and its marketing name, “Del Webb Ponte Vedra” — same community.

27 for sale now · $340K–$985K — see them all →

Del Webb Nocatee

Nocatee · Ponte Vedra

The newer of the two Nocatee Del Webbs: 845 homes built 2019–2023, so the whole community is recent-vintage Pulte plans — Stardom, Stellar, Mystique — on preserve and lake lots. The 20,000+ sq ft Canopy Club carries a full-time lifestyle director and the community’s own tavern and grill with private wine lockers, and Nocatee Town Center is a golf-cart ride away. New construction sold out fast, which tells you what resale demand looks like.

22 for sale now · $433K–$939K — see them all →

Del Webb Wildlight

Wildlight · Yulee

The only Del Webb in Northeast Florida where you can still pick a homesite and build. Set inside the Wildlight master plan in Nassau County, 15–20 minutes from Fernandina Beach and Amelia Island, with the new 16,000 sq ft Horizon Club — resort and lap pools, movement studios, a demonstration kitchen, pickleball, and 10+ miles of trails. Nassau pricing runs noticeably below comparable new builds in St. Johns County, which makes this the value play among the new-construction options.

16 for sale now · $325K–$749K — see them all →

Del Webb eTown

eTown · Jacksonville

The intimate one — just 346 single-family homes inside Jacksonville’s eTown master plan, and the builder has sold out, so it’s a young resale market of nearly-new homes. The 13,000 sq ft clubhouse anchors a five-acre amenity campus with a zero-entry resort pool and spa, café, fitness center, tennis and pickleball. If you want Del Webb’s formula at a scale where you actually learn your neighbors’ names — inside Jacksonville proper, near everything on the 9B corridor — this is that option.

8 for sale now · $368K–$800K — see them all →

Sweetwater by Del Webb

Southside · Jacksonville

The one most brand searches miss — Jacksonville’s original Del Webb, a gated 315-acre community of roughly 997 residences on the Southside, built 2005–2016. Like Riverwood it spans single-family, carriage homes, and elevator condos, with Summerland Hall carrying both indoor and outdoor pools, fitness, tennis, and pickleball. It’s consistently the most accessible entry point to the brand in the region — condos and carriage homes here regularly list below anything in the St. Johns County communities.

13 for sale now · $247K–$579K — see them all →

Side by side

	Riverwood by Del Webb	Del Webb Nocatee	Del Webb Wildlight	Del Webb eTown	Sweetwater by Del Webb
Builder / era	Pulte · 2007–2020	Pulte · 2019–2023	Pulte · building now	Pulte · 2021+	Pulte · 2005–2016
Homes	≈2,000 · SF + carriage homes + condos	845 · single-family + villas	Building out · villas + single-family	346 · single-family	≈997 · SF + carriage homes + condos
New construction	No — resale only	No — resale only	Yes — actively building	No — builder sold out	No — resale only
Amenity center	Anastasia Club · ≈38,000 sq ft · indoor pool	Canopy Club · 20,000+ sq ft · tavern	Horizon Club · 16,000 sq ft · brand new	13,000 sq ft clubhouse · 5-acre campus	Summerland Hall · indoor + outdoor pools
For sale now	27 · $340K–$985K	22 · $433K–$939K	16 · $325K–$749K	8 · $368K–$800K	13 · $247K–$579K

Live counts and ranges from current MLS inventory; amenity details are the builder’s and HOA’s to change. Verify specifics on any home you pursue.

Same builder, without the badge

Pulte — Del Webb’s parent — also builds 55+ communities that don’t carry the name, like Bridge Bay at Bannon Lakes in St. Augustine: the same construction and single-story plans, often at a friendlier price because the brand premium stays off the sticker. If the badge matters less to you than the product, the full picture is on the 55+ communities guide — Lennar’s golf community, Dream Finders’ Reverie line, Mattamy’s riverfront village, and more.

Common questions

How many Del Webb communities are near Jacksonville, FL?

Five. Two inside Nocatee in Ponte Vedra (Riverwood by Del Webb — also marketed as Del Webb Ponte Vedra — and Del Webb Nocatee), Del Webb eTown in Jacksonville’s eTown, Sweetwater by Del Webb on Jacksonville’s Southside, and Del Webb Wildlight in Yulee near Amelia Island. Only Wildlight is still building new homes; the other four are resale markets.

Is Del Webb Ponte Vedra the same as Riverwood?

Yes. Riverwood by Del Webb is the community’s name; Del Webb Ponte Vedra is how the builder marketed it, and MLS listings appear under both. It’s the original Del Webb inside Nocatee — about 2,000 homes built 2007–2020 — not to be confused with its newer neighbor, Del Webb Nocatee.

Which Del Webb near Jacksonville still has new construction?

Del Webb Wildlight in Yulee is the only one actively building — you can still choose a homesite there. Del Webb eTown’s builder has sold out, and Del Webb Nocatee, Riverwood, and Sweetwater finished construction years ago, which is also their advantage: mature landscaping and upgrades already in place.

What is the most affordable Del Webb community in Northeast Florida?

Sweetwater by Del Webb on Jacksonville’s Southside typically offers the lowest entry point — its carriage homes and elevator condos regularly list below anything in the St. Johns County communities. Riverwood’s condos are the budget door into Nocatee. Exact ranges shift with inventory; the live figures on this page update from the MLS.

Do Del Webb communities have CDD fees?

Several sit inside master plans that carry community-development or stewardship-district assessments — a separate line on the county tax bill, never part of HOA dues. Both Nocatee communities are in the Tolomato CDD, and the amount varies home by home because the bond portion can be prepaid. I pull the exact CDD line, bond status, and HOA dues for any home you’re considering.

Riverwood or Del Webb Nocatee — which should I choose?

Same location, different eras. Riverwood offers scale — the biggest clubhouse (with the indoor pool), condos and carriage homes as lower-cost entries, and mature landscaping. Del Webb Nocatee offers newer construction (2019–2023), current floor plans, and the Canopy Club’s tavern. Buyers optimizing for budget or amenity size usually land at Riverwood; buyers optimizing for a newer home land at Del Webb Nocatee. Touring both in one afternoon settles it — they share a golf-cart ride to Town Center.

All 55+ communities in Northeast Florida →

The full guide — every brand, compared

CDD fees, explained →

The tax-bill line that changes 55+ budget math

Want to tour more than one in an afternoon?

The two Nocatee communities share a golf-cart ride; eTown and Sweetwater are twenty minutes apart. Tell me what your week should look like — golf, pickleball, the beach, the grandkids — and I’ll build the tour that answers it.

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