St. Johns County
Horse Properties & Equestrian Homes in St. Johns County
8 homes · median $1.6M · 24 sold in 12 mo at median $967,000 · 95 days avg on market · updated 4 minutes ago
St. Johns County has two equestrian lives. The working one runs the western county — the SR-207 and SR-13 corridors through Elkton and Hastings, where the St. Johns County Fairgrounds hosts the Cattlemen’s Association’s Cracker Day every fall and acreage still means pasture. And the coastal one is the perk almost nobody mentions: the county permits horseback riding on roughly 30 of its 41 miles of beach, with a free special-use permit — yes, you can ride on the sand here.
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Market Snapshot
As of October 28, 2026, the median list price for horse properties & equestrian homes in St. Johns County is $1.6M across 8 active listings, averaging $526/sqft; recent MLS-recorded sales show a median sold price of $967,000 across 24 closings.
- Median List Price
- $1.6M
- Avg. Price / Sq Ft
- $526/sqft
- Median Sold (12 mo, MLS)
- $967,000
- ▼ 38% vs prior 6 mo
- Active Listings
- 8
- HOA Dues
- ~$154/mo typical
- 2 of 8 listings carry dues
Market stats are based on horse properties & equestrian homes in St. Johns County, including 24 recent recorded sales — they may not include listings or sales that aren't comparable to this market. Sourced from the MLS; refreshed regularly.
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Closed sales
What horse properties & equestrian homes in St. Johns County actually sold for
Median closed price by year from the MLS, 2021 to 2026: down 13% since 2025. 20 sales closed in 2026 at a median $357 per square foot.
| Year | Sales | Median sold | $/sq ft | Of asking | Days on market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 † | $805K | $269 | 100% | 44 |
| 2024 | 10 † | $1.1M | $360 | 94.7% | 25 |
| 2025 | 25 | $1.1M | $401 | 93.5% | 63 |
| 2026 | 20 | $925K | $357 | 98.2% | 23 |
Closed sales from the realMLS IDX feed; years with fewer than three sales are omitted. Medians, not estimates of any one home. "Of asking" is the median sold price as a share of the final list price. † A partial year in the feed: it carries only some of that year’s sales, so the median rests on fewer homes and the percent change above starts at the first full year.
This market, from the inside
Ponte Vedra Beach’s own horse inventory is scarce by design — the occasional Palm Valley acreage estate rather than a market — so most of the county’s equestrian homes live west, where the land is. Every listing below highlights horses, equestrian facilities, or paddocks in its MLS description. The diligence list is its own animal: zoning (Open Rural and agricultural classifications behave differently than residential), well and septic, fencing condition, and whether the ag exemption transfers. I run all of it before my buyers commit to a farm.
Frequently asked questions
Can you really ride horses on the beach in St. Johns County?
Yes — it’s one of the county’s most under-publicized perks. St. Johns County permits horseback riding along roughly 30 of its 41 miles of coastline, and the required special-use permit is free from the county. Designated access points and rules apply (and they can change), so check the county’s current beach-riding rules before you trailer out — but a morning ride on the Atlantic is genuinely part of horse ownership here.
Where is the horse country in St. Johns County?
West and south: the SR-207 corridor through Elkton — where the county fairgrounds hosts Cracker Day, the Cattlemen’s Association’s celebration of Florida’s Spanish-descended cracker horses — plus the SR-13 corridor along the river and the Hastings farm belt. That’s where acreage, agricultural zoning, and barns actually exist at scale. Ponte Vedra Beach sees only the occasional Palm Valley acreage estate with horse facilities — scarce enough that when one lists, it moves on scarcity alone.
What should I verify before buying a horse property?
The land more than the house: zoning and whether horses are a permitted use (Open Rural and ag classifications differ from residential PUDs), the number of horses allowed per acre, well capacity and septic condition, fencing and barn condition, drainage (Florida pasture floods), and whether any agricultural tax classification transfers to you. HOA communities rarely allow horses at all — which is why this page leans on the MLS descriptions rather than any subdivision list. I walk every one of these with my buyers before an offer.
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