The median asking rent across 17 Jacksonville zip codes is $1,566/month, down 5.1% from a year ago.
Most affordable major city in Florida and the largest by land area in the lower 48. Rent in one zip code tells you nothing about the next. City-wide averages are useless here. Neighborhood-level comps are the only way to price anything.
Median Asking Rent
$1,566
Rent Change (YoY)
-5.1%
Avg Days on Market
40
Active Rental Listings
3,840
Median List Price
$286,000
Average across 17 zip codes
ZIP | Median Rent |
|---|---|
| 32225 | $2,055/mo |
| 32218 | $2,000/mo |
| 32224 | $1,975/mo |
| 32221 | $1,935/mo |
| 32246 | $1,870/mo |
| 32244 | $1,729/mo |
| 32216 | $1,650/mo |
| 32217 | $1,609/mo |
| 32210 | $1,440/mo |
| 32202 | $1,400/mo |
| 32205 | $1,395/mo |
| 32208 | $1,298/mo |
| 32207 | $1,275/mo |
| 32204 | $1,250/mo |
| 32211 | $1,250/mo |
| 32206 | $1,195/mo |
| 32209 | $1,099/mo |
Comps for any address in Jacksonville
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| Unit Size | Median Rent |
|---|---|
| Studio | $893/mo |
| 1 Bedroom | $1,150/mo |
| 2 Bedroom | $1,399/mo |
| 3 Bedroom | $1,875/mo |
| 4 Bedroom | $1,825/mo |
Aggregated median across all Jacksonville zip codes with available data.
| ZIP | Median List Price |
|---|---|
| 32224 | $469,000 |
| 32225 | $385,000 |
| 32204 | $384,000 |
| 32207 | $349,900 |
| 32246 | $330,000 |
| 32217 | $319,994 |
| 32218 | $314,900 |
| 32221 | $299,000 |
| 32205 | $286,000 |
| 32216 | $269,900 |
| 32211 | $265,000 |
| 32202 | $250,000 |
| 32244 | $249,900 |
| 32210 | $224,618 |
| 32206 | $189,000 |
| 32208 | $155,900 |
| 32209 | $128,900 |
| Unit Size | Fair Market Rent |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,230/mo |
| 1 Bedroom | $1,250/mo |
| 2 Bedroom | $1,500/mo |
| 3 Bedroom | $1,850/mo |
| 4 Bedroom | $2,320/mo |
HUD publishes Fair Market Rents once a year for the Jacksonville metro area. Local housing authorities use them to set Section 8 voucher payment standards, usually 90% to 110% of the FMR.
The median asking rent across Jacksonville, FL sits at $1,566/month, pulled from active rental listings in 17 zip codes. That's down 5.1% from a year ago.
Rents aren't uniform across the city. ZIP 32225 tops the list at $2,055/month. ZIP 32209 comes in lowest at $1,099/month. That's a 87% spread between the top and bottom zip codes, which is wide. City-wide averages won't tell you much about a specific property here.
A 2-bedroom rents for $1,399/month at the median. 1-bedrooms run about $1,150. 3-bedrooms come in around $1,875.
Listings take longer here. The average is 40 days on market, which gives renters more room to negotiate and means landlords should price carefully.
Rent-to-price math is tight in Jacksonville. The gross figure sits at about 6.6% ($1,566/month against $286,000 median price). Most investors here are betting on appreciation, not monthly cash flow.
HUD's Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom in the Jacksonville metro is $1,500/month. Asking rents track close to the federal benchmark, within 4%.
Jacksonville is the largest city by land area in the lower 48. "Jacksonville" covers everything from urban core to essentially rural, all inside city limits. That spread creates huge rent variation, and city-wide averages are especially misleading. The naval bases (Mayport and NAS Jacksonville) provide steady military renter demand. Riverside, San Marco, and the Beaches are premium. Northside and Westside are the cheap-entry investor plays. Jax has caught the Florida migration trend while staying much cheaper than Tampa, Orlando, or Miami. Insurance is a concern for coastal properties, same as the rest of the state.
These numbers are city-wide averages. If you're pricing a specific property in Jacksonville, pull comps from the same zip code. The spread is usually bigger than people expect.
City-wide medians are the headline. The comps that actually price a property come from the block it's on. Search any Jacksonville address to see them.
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