Living in eTown: the smart master plan, now mostly built.
eTown opened in 2019 as Jacksonville’s first master plan built around technology and walkability, 1,500 acres at the 9B interchange with the Recharge amenity campus at its center and a village center that now has a Publix, a bank, a coffee roaster and medical offices. Seven years on, the builders are closing out, which changes what buying here means. This guide runs on the live feed that powers every listing on this site, and on the sourced news page for what is still coming.
By Krista Fracke — Broker Associate, Christie's International Real Estate First Coast · 20+ years in Northeast Florida · 500+ closings · client reviews
The market right now: 38 homes are currently for sale in eTown, with a median asking price of $549,450. See every eTown listing →
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A master plan that is almost finished
eTown is seven named villages, each after an inventor: Kettering, the volume village of David Weekley townhomes and single-family and Providence single-family; Edison, the Toll Brothers tier where current listings run from about $800,000 to $1.55 million; Marconi and Nobel, single-family villages in the $700,000s; Granville, Weekley single-family; Newton, Toll townhomes; and Del Webb eTown, the 55+ village with its own clubhouse. The homes date from 2019 to 2026, and on the feed the resale market is small by design: about thirty homes for sale across all seven villages, while fifteen more sit pending in Kettering alone as the builder closes out.
The sold record over the past two years tells the price story better than any listing does: Kettering 29 closed sales at a $455,000 median, Del Webb 18 at $479,000, Edison 10 at $846,000, Marconi 8 at $692,000, Nobel 7 at $526,000. Providence’s single-family phase is sold out, Del Webb was reported sold out in 2025, and Weekley’s last Kettering townhomes carry September 2026 move-in dates. From here, eTown is a resale market with a thin new-construction tail, which is the opposite of what the sales-office map still implies. New construction still available in eTown, live →
See all photosTwo bills: the Cypress Bluff CDD and the village HOA
Every eTown home carries a Cypress Bluff Community Development District assessment on the Duval County tax bill. It paid for the master infrastructure and the Recharge campus, the resort pool with lap lanes, the fitness center, the yoga and event lawns and the dog park, and it varies by product and lot and by whether a prior owner prepaid the bond. The village HOA is a second, smaller bill for your own village: common areas, in the townhome villages the exteriors and lawns, and in Del Webb the private clubhouse, pool and the tennis and pickleball courts that belong to Del Webb rather than to the master campus.
On a new contract the builder quotes the HOA and rarely the CDD, because the CDD is not the builder’s bill: it arrives on the first November tax bill, the same bill where a new home’s assessed value resets to what you paid. That is the eTown surprise I try to get in front of, and it is why this site computes the live HOA table by village and I pull the CDD line per parcel before anyone writes an offer. eTown HOA and CDD fees, village by village →
See all photosWho it fits, and who should look elsewhere
eTown fits buyers who want new or near-new construction with a real amenity campus and a short drive to work: Mayo Clinic is about 5 miles, Baptist South 3 to 4, the St. Johns Town Center 4 to 5, and the beach at Ponte Vedra about 9 miles east. It fits buyers who want a Duval address and Duval taxes with master-plan infrastructure, and buyers who prefer a townhome or a low-maintenance single story to a yard. The village center is walkable from the nearer villages, and the 9B interchange makes the airport and downtown straightforward.
It fits less well if you want mature trees, a big lot or a quiet edge: the lots are master-plan lots, the canopy is young, and the community sits between I-295 and 9B, so road noise is a street-by-street fact worth standing in the yard for. The biggest change still ahead is not residential: the Jacksonville Surf Park on 45 acres inside eTown (construction expected to start in 2026, opening planned for early 2028) and Vicar’s Landing’s 375-residence senior community (move-ins planned for 2030). Both will bring traffic and both are priced into eTown slowly, which is exactly the conversation to have before choosing a village. What is coming to eTown, verified →
The honest cons
Every place worth living in has them. These are the ones I make sure my own buyers weigh before they commit — not after.
Young canopy, master-plan lots
The oaks are a decade away. Lot sizes are what a 2020s master plan allows, and privacy comes from fences and preserve edges, not from land. Buyers who want trees and acreage are happier in Mandarin or along the river.
Two bills on one home
HOA plus the Cypress Bluff CDD, with the CDD arriving on the tax bill rather than the builder’s sheet. On a townhome the HOA is substantial because it carries the exterior. Run the true monthly number, not the sticker.
The surf park and the senior community are coming
Both are inside eTown. They are reasons to buy for some people and reasons to pick a different village for others. The news page tracks their status with sources.
The part nobody tells you
For six years the builder’s price sheet set eTown’s prices, and every resale had to compete with a brand-new home three streets over. That is ending: Providence is sold out, Del Webb is sold out, and Weekley is on its final Kettering townhomes. When the last model closes, the resale market sets the price for the first time, and the villages that closed out earliest (Del Webb, the first Kettering phases) are already trading on their own record rather than against a builder. The question for a buyer now is not whether to buy new or resale in eTown; it is which village stops competing with a builder first.
This is the work I do every week. Considering eTown? Tell me the villages on your list and I will run each one the honest way: the sold record, the HOA and the parcel’s CDD line, the tax reset on a new build, and what the surf park and Vicar’s Landing mean for that street.
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Common questions
Is eTown a good place to live?
For the buyer it was built for, yes: new or near-new homes, a real amenity campus in Recharge, a village center with a Publix and medical offices, and short drives to Mayo, Baptist South, the Town Center and the beach. For a buyer who wants mature trees, a large lot or distance from the interstates, the honest answer is that another part of the Southside or Mandarin fits better. The live tables on this page show what is for sale and what sold.
What are the pros and cons of eTown?
Pros: 2019 to 2026 construction, the Recharge campus, walkable services in the village center, the 9B and I-295 commute, Duval taxes. Cons: young canopy and master-plan lots, the Cypress Bluff CDD on top of the HOA, interstate proximity on the edge streets, and two large projects still coming (the surf park, Vicar’s Landing) that will add traffic.
Does eTown have a CDD?
Yes, the Cypress Bluff CDD, on the Duval County tax bill and separate from the village HOA. It varies by product, lot and prior prepayment. I pull it per parcel; the fees page explains what it covers versus the HOA.
Is eTown still building new homes?
Barely. As of September 2026, Providence’s single-family phase is sold out, Del Webb eTown was reported sold out in 2025, and David Weekley is on its final Kettering townhomes with quick move-ins dated for September 2026. The new-construction page on this site shows whatever the MLS currently carries; the rest of the market is resale.
eTown or Nocatee?
Same developer, two counties. eTown is smaller, closer to Mayo, the Town Center and downtown, and on Duval taxes; Nocatee is larger, closer to the Ponte Vedra beaches, on St. Johns County services, and still building its last village. Both carry a CDD. The compare page runs the live numbers side by side.
What are the pros and cons of living in eTown?
Pros: new or near-new homes with a real amenity campus, the 9B and Town Center corridor minutes away, Mayo Clinic and the beaches inside half an hour, and a community that is still adding retail and schools around you. Cons: the HOA and CDD stack on the tax bill (the fees page lays it out village by village), construction traffic and builder price sheets until build-out, a young canopy, and lots that are master-plan lots rather than the half-acres of older Jacksonville. The right buyer reads that list and nods at both halves.
What is coming to eTown?
More villages, the remaining retail and school parcels around the Exchange, and the road work that comes with growth; the verified list, with its sources and dates, is on the eTown development-news page on this site, and I update it only from filed plans and announcements rather than rumor. The honest answer for a buyer is that eTown in 2026 is a community still under construction, which is both its appeal and its daily reality.
eTown homes for sale →
Every village, live from the MLS.
eTown HOA and CDD fees →
The live per-village table and the CDD mechanism.
What is coming to eTown →
The surf park, Vicar’s Landing, the village center, with sources.
eTown vs Nocatee →
Two PARC master plans, compared straight.
Del Webb eTown →
The 55+ village and its own clubhouse.
A day shopping eTown and Seven Pines →
The villages in one afternoon.
Want the village-by-village picture for your budget?
Sold record, HOA, CDD line, tax reset and what is coming on that street, side by side.
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