St. Johns County, Florida
Sell your land in Ponte Vedra Beach for cash
Parcel Buyers buys vacant lots for cash in Ponte Vedra Beach, including land under the county beach zoning code that generally limits a house to two stories and 35 feet. You get a written, no-obligation cash offer within 24 hours, and closings run through an independent title company, typically in about 10 days, with no fees or commissions.
By Parcel Buyers · · Lot figures from the 2026 Florida property tax roll · How we made this page
Quick answers
- Who buys land for cash in Ponte Vedra Beach?
- Parcel Buyers is a direct land buyer that makes written, no-obligation cash offers on vacant lots and acreage in Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Johns County, usually within 24 hours. Sales close through an independent title company, typically in about 10 days, with no fees or commissions to the seller.
- What did vacant lots in Ponte Vedra Beach sell for in 2025?
- In 2025, vacant lots in Ponte Vedra Beach sold for a median of $1,000,000 across 17 arm's-length sales; the middle half sold for $700,000 to $1,435,000.
- How many vacant lots are in Ponte Vedra Beach?
- The 2026 Florida property tax roll lists 391 vacant residential lots in Ponte Vedra Beach; 15% are mini-estate (2-3 acres)s, and the median lot is 0.54 acre.
- How is a cash offer for land in Ponte Vedra Beach set?
- We start from recent sales of similar lots nearby, like the 2025 prices on this page, then adjust for water and sewer, road access, flood zone, lot size and any title issues, and for the time and cost of reselling. You get one written number, not a range.
- How do I know a land buyer in Ponte Vedra Beach is legitimate?
- A real buyer closes through an independent, licensed title company and never asks you to pay anything up front. We never charge sellers a fee, deposit or closing-cost advance, and the title company pays you by check or wire at closing.
- Who is buying lots in Ponte Vedra Beach?
- In 2025, companies bought 29% of the vacant lots that sold in Ponte Vedra Beach, including 24% bought by homebuilders. Individuals bought the rest.
- How much are estimated annual ad valorem taxes on a typical vacant lot in Ponte Vedra Beach?
- A typical vacant lot in Ponte Vedra Beach has estimated 2025 ad valorem taxes about $6,032 a year; most lots here also pay non-ad valorem charges (listed below).
- Are vacant lots in Ponte Vedra Beach in a FEMA high-risk flood zone?
- About 55.2% of vacant lots in Ponte Vedra Beach have their center point in a FEMA high-risk flood zone (effective maps dated June 3, 2013 to December 7, 2018). This is map screening, not a determination; check FEMA's Map Service Center for your parcel.
- How many vacant lots in Ponte Vedra Beach got a home on the tax roll in 2025?
- 44 vacant lots in Ponte Vedra Beach changed from vacant-residential use to a home with new-construction evidence on the 2026 preliminary tax roll.
Local data
Ponte Vedra Beach land at a glance
Tax-roll figures cover parcels whose property address city is Ponte Vedra Beach in St. Johns County. Local rules and services are sourced below.
| Vacant residential lots | 391 parcels classified vacant residential on the 2026 tax roll [1] |
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| Most common lot size | Mini-estate (2-3 acres) (70,000–140,000 sq ft): 15% of vacant lots; next, half-acre lot at 12%. Median lot: 0.54 acre (23,520 sq ft). [1] |
| Typical assessed value | $564,400 median just (market) value for a vacant lot; the middle half fall between $178,300 and $1,045,900 [1] |
| Recent lot sale prices | $1,000,000 median across 17 arm's-length sales of vacant lots in Ponte Vedra Beach (Jan 2025–Dec 2025); the middle half sold for $700,000–$1,435,000 [1] |
| Who bought lots in 2025 | Companies made 29% of those purchases, including 24% by homebuilders; individuals made the rest [1] |
| Owners who live elsewhere | 11% of vacant lots have an owner mailing address outside Florida (most often TX, NY, MI) [1] |
| Unincorporated, county permits | This beach community is not a city. The county names only St. Augustine and St. Augustine Beach as municipalities and lists Ponte Vedra among unincorporated communities. County staff review building-permit applications. [2],[3] |
| R-1-A lot and yard minimums | Ordinance 2020-38, updated July 2025, is the code for the Ponte Vedra Zoning District. In R-1-A, a lot must be at least 22,500 square feet and 150 feet wide, with 40-foot front and rear yards and 10-foot side yards. [4] |
| Height cap and plan review | Most buildings in that district are capped at two stories and 35 feet. The county-appointed Ponte Vedra Zoning and Adjustment Board hears district variances. A clearance sheet checks zoning, flood, driveway, and the coastal line before a building permit. [4],[5] |
| Coastal construction control line | The coastal construction control line is the state's line that limits construction near the beach. DEP says, "Unless otherwise exempt, a permit is required from DEP" for construction or digging seaward of that line. [6] |
| Northern beach flood zones | The county mitigation plan treats this shoreline as part of the northern beaches, mostly steep coquina sand exposed to waves. Its flood maps use FEMA zones A, AE, and VE. Zone VE adds storm-wave danger to the flood risk. [7] |
| FY2027 beach and fire rates | An MSTU is a county unit that can bill a beach-restoration tax. For fiscal year 2027 the Ponte Vedra Beach dune-and-beach MSTU is 0.0000 mills. The countywide fire district, which includes this area, is 1.4700 mills. [9] |
| County water hookup fees | County utilities bought two private systems serving this area in 2006 and 2007. On the fiscal year 2027 tariff, effective October 1, 2026, a new single-family hookup is $3,026.47 for water and $6,106.03 for sewer. [10],[12] |
| ZIP code used on county pages | A county calendar lists 505 Guana River Road with this city name and ZIP 32082. Vacant residential parcels in this address-city group are in that ZIP. [14],[1] |
| Guana Tolomato Matanzas Research Reserve | NOAA says the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve stretches from Ponte Vedra to Palm Coast, with its visitor center in Ponte Vedra Beach. Its protected estuary provides storm-surge and flood protection along the A1A land corridor. [15] |
| Vacant lots that got a home on the tax roll in 2025 | 44 recorded with new-construction evidence. [1] |
| Years of lot supply at the 2025 building pace | 8.9 years; simple ratio, not a forecast. [1] |
| Typical annual ad valorem taxes | A typical vacant lot in Ponte Vedra Beach has estimated 2025 ad valorem taxes about $6,032 a year; most lots here also pay non-ad valorem charges (listed below). |
| 2026 so far (Jan-Jun) | County-level for St. Johns County: 171 recorded vacant-lot sales; median $55,000. [1] |
| FEMA high-risk flood-zone screen | About 55.2% of vacant lots in Ponte Vedra Beach have their center point in a FEMA high-risk flood zone (effective maps dated June 3, 2013 to December 7, 2018). This is map screening, not a determination; check FEMA's Map Service Center for your parcel. |
| Springs BMAP small-lot screen | About 0% of located vacant lots in Ponte Vedra Beach are 1 acre or less and have their center point in an adopted Florida springs BMAP. |
Pricing
What is a lot in Ponte Vedra Beach worth?
In 2025, vacant lots in Ponte Vedra Beach sold for a median of $1,000,000 across 17 arm's-length sales; the middle half sold for $700,000 to $1,435,000. [1]
These are open-market sale prices. A direct cash offer is usually lower, because a cash buyer closes in days and takes on the time and cost of reselling the lot.
See what similar lots sold for
What moves the price in Ponte Vedra Beach
Height, yards, and the state coastal line
A new house on the beach side is limited first by county zoning, then by the state's coastal line. Ordinance 2020-38, updated July 2025, governs the Ponte Vedra Zoning District. R-1-A requires at least 22,500 square feet, 150 feet of width, 40-foot front and rear yards, and 10-foot sides. Height is two stories and 35 feet. A third story is a narrow exception: on the ocean side the lower level must sit in the dune, show no more than 3 feet toward the water, and stay non-living, and on the marsh side of County Road 203 the footprint must sit more than 5 feet below the road centerline. The ocean wall must stay west of the platted line or the coastal construction control line, whichever is farther inland. DEP says, "Unless otherwise exempt, a permit is required from DEP" for work seaward of that line. Selling is not that permit. R-2 in this district lists golf courses as a permitted use. [4],[6]
Larger lots, not cottage lots, are the pattern
Vacant land here is not a grid of tiny cottage lots. The median vacant residential parcel is 0.54 acres, or 23,520 square feet. The most common size group is a mini-estate (2-3 acres), and that group is 15% of the 391 vacant residential parcels. That is the biggest share, not a majority, so plenty of lots are smaller or larger. R-1-A's 22,500-square-foot minimum sits close to the median, which means a lot in the mini-estate (2-3 acres) size is several times the strictest single-family minimum inside the zoning district. Extra land can matter for yards, a dune, a septic field, or keeping a house farther from the sand. The zoning district is not the same map as the mailing city. A parcel can carry this city name and still sit outside the district, where a different county zoning district applies. [1],[4]
Sand on the beach is not the same as a flood zone
The finished sand project and a flood zone do not answer the same question. In 2024 the county finished a $38.6 million restoration, about $30.6 million of it from the state, placing more than two million cubic yards of sand along about nine miles from the St. Johns-Duval county line. Dunes were rebuilt to 13 to 18 feet, the berm is eight feet, and the beach gained 40 to 180 feet of width. An MSTU is a county taxing unit that can add a beach-restoration millage. For fiscal year 2027 the Ponte Vedra Beach Dune and Beach Restoration MSTU is set at 0.0000 mills, so that unit is not billing a beach tax this year. Flood risk remains. The mitigation plan calls these northern beaches steep coquina shoreline, open to waves, including property east of the Intracoastal Waterway. County maps mark the 100-year flood as A, AE, or VE, and VE adds storm waves. [8],[9],[7]
County water fees versus a septic field
A builder's cost changes if county water and sewer are available. County utilities bought two private systems serving this area in 2006 and 2007 and, in 2022, folded them into one utility. The Plantation plant, called a vital source of drinking water here, got a $1,624,350 upgrade finished in June 2026. The fiscal year 2027 tariff, effective October 1, 2026, charges $3,026.47 to connect water and $6,106.03 to connect sewer for one new house. Monthly base rates are $16.78 for water and $19.70 for wastewater per equivalent residential unit. The tariff applies those bases to system users. If sewer is unavailable, the zoning code allows extra fill only for an elevated septic system, not to raise the house pad. The county health department still permits septic tanks even though DEP took the program on July 1, 2021. Beaches Energy provides power and gas to only a small segment, not the water. [10],[11],[12],[4],[13],[7]
What 2025 vacant-lot sales show
The 2025 sales are a starting point, not a cash offer. In 2025, 17 arm's-length, single-parcel sales of lots that stayed vacant had a median of $1,000,000, and the middle half sold between $700,000–$1,435,000. The median just value on the tax roll is $564,400, and the middle half of those values runs $178,300–$1,045,900. A tax value is not a sale price. This address-city scope includes ocean lots, marsh-side lots, and larger acreage. Ocean setbacks, a VE or AE flood zone, a dune, road access, and whether county sewer is available all move the offer. We check utilities, access, and title on every parcel before offering. The only contingency is our land inspection, and a failed inspection costs the seller nothing. [1]
Common situations
Selling land in Ponte Vedra Beach in these situations
The lot faces the ocean and may cross the state line
You can sell an ocean lot without first obtaining a coastal permit. The coastal construction control line limits construction near the beach; it is not a ban on transferring the land. If a future house would sit seaward of that line, the buyer needs a DEP permit unless the work is exempt, and the county will not start a building review until the clearance sheet records that line. Some ocean lots inside the zoning district also use the 1988 coastal line as the oceanside building limit when no oceanside line is on the plat. Those design costs can change what a buyer pays. They do not stop the current owner from selling. [6],[4],[5]
You own a large empty lot and never planned to build
Yes. You can sell a large empty lot even if you never plan to build. The most common vacant-lot size here is a mini-estate (2-3 acres), at 15% of 391 vacant residential parcels, and the median lot is 0.54 acres. Holding that land still means county property taxes. For fiscal year 2027 the countywide fire district rate is 1.4700 mills, and the named beach dune-and-beach MSTU is 0.0000 mills. A mill is $1 of tax for each $1,000 of taxable value, and a zero millage means that named unit is not adding a beach tax this year. Other units can still appear on a bill if the parcel sits inside them. We buy vacant lots with no water, sewer, or road work, so you do not have to install utilities before a sale. [1],[9]
You live outside Florida and have not seen the lot
Yes. You can sell from outside Florida without visiting the lot. 89% of vacant-lot owners in this address-city group have a Florida mailing address, 11% live in another state, and 0% are outside the United States. You can sign electronically and close by mail through an independent, licensed title company. Payment is by check or wire. Liens or back taxes can be paid from the sale proceeds at closing, with the seller's consent. [1]
A private covenant and the county code disagree
The stricter limit is the one that governs. The beach zoning code says it does not cancel private easements or covenants, but if the county rule demands more open yard or a tighter use than the deed does, the county rule controls. Inside the Ponte Vedra Zoning District, variance requests go to the Ponte Vedra Zoning and Adjustment Board, which the county commission appoints. That board does not replace the building permit. County building staff still review the permit, and the clearance sheet still has to clear zoning, flood, driveway, and the coastal line. A recorded covenant can also limit a buyer even when the county would allow the use, so the title company reads the restrictions before closing. [4],[3],[5]
Step by step
How do I sell my land in Ponte Vedra Beach?
From your first message to money in hand, with nothing left out. Requesting an offer costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
See every detail of the process-
Tell us about your land
Fill out the short form (about 60 seconds) or email us. A land specialist reaches out to confirm the details, usually the same business day.
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Get your cash offer within 24 hours
We review the property and send a written, no-obligation cash offer within 24 hours. It is a real number, not a range. Take it or leave it, with no pressure either way.
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Sign electronically
If you accept, everyone signs the purchase agreement electronically. There is nothing to print or mail at this stage.
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We inspect, the title company verifies
Our team inspects the land and an independent title company runs a title search for liens or taxes owed. If the land does not pass inspection, you are never charged anything.
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Close and get paid
The title company prepares the closing documents for notarization and issues your funds by standard check, overnight check, or wire transfer. A typical sale closes in 10 days.
Questions
Selling land in Ponte Vedra Beach: common questions
Is Ponte Vedra Beach a city with its own permit office?
No. It is an unincorporated community, and St. Johns County issues the building permits. The county's own government page names only two cities, St. Augustine and St. Augustine Beach, and lists Ponte Vedra with the unincorporated places. Houses inside the Ponte Vedra Zoning District also follow Ordinance 2020-38, including the two-story, 35-foot height cap.
Can I sell my lot if it sits seaward of the coastal line?
Yes. You can sell even if the lot is seaward of the coastal construction control line. That line is the state's limit on construction near the beach, not a ban on a sale. DEP requires a permit for building or digging on the seaward side unless the work is exempt. You do not need that permit in order to sell, but a buyer who plans to build will, and that cost can change the offer.
Do empty lots pay a beach restoration tax this year?
Not through the named beach unit, based on the adopted rate. For fiscal year 2027 the county set the Ponte Vedra Beach dune-and-beach MSTU at 0.0000 mills. An MSTU is a county unit that can bill a beach-restoration tax, and a zero rate means that unit is not adding one this year. The countywide fire district rate on the same resolution is 1.4700 mills, and ordinary property taxes still apply.
Can I sell a lot here that has no county sewer?
Yes. A missing sewer hookup does not block a sale. If county sewer is available, the fiscal year 2027 tariff effective October 1, 2026 lists a new single-family sewer connection at $6,106.03, plus $3,026.47 for water. If it is not available, a future house may need a septic permit from the county health department, and the zoning code allows extra fill only for an elevated septic system.
Will deed restrictions block the county beach zoning rules?
No. Private covenants still matter, but they do not weaken a stricter county rule. Ordinance 2020-38 says the zoning code does not cancel easements or covenants, and it also says the county rule governs when it requires larger yards or tighter uses. The title company reviews recorded restrictions as part of closing.
Does the 35-foot height cap apply to every 32082 lot?
No. The two-story, 35-foot limit is a rule of the Ponte Vedra Zoning District. The mailing-city and ZIP scope is not the district boundary, so a parcel outside that district follows its applicable county zoning rules. County staff check the parcel's zoning during permit review.
Owner resources
Guides for your situation
- Can You Build on a Vacant Lot?
Maybe. A vacant lot is buildable only if the proposed use fits the rules that apply to that parcel and the site can satisfy access, utility, environmental, and permit requirements. Start with the local planning or zoning office, confirm that the parcel is a legal lot, and get a written parcel-specific answer. A zoning label or tax parcel number alone is not approval to build.[1][2]
- How Cash Land Buyers Price Offers
A cash-land offer may start with verified sales of land with similar use, then adjust those sales for meaningful differences.[1] Buyers may also account for access, utilities, legal use, size, shape, flood and soil questions, title issues, demand, and costs and risk they will carry. No universal assessed-value percentage applies. Compare each written offer by expected net proceeds, contingencies, seller work, and timing—not one asking price or headline number.
- How to Sell Land During a Divorce
Florida land can be sold during a divorce when the people with authority to convey title sign and the sale follows every applicable agreement and court order. Divorce law may treat land as marital even when only one spouse appears on the deed.[1][2] If ownership, signing authority, or the division of proceeds is unsettled, have a Florida attorney and the closing title company resolve those issues before closing.
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Nearby areas we buy
- Ponte Vedra
551 vacant lots · 2025 median lot sale $669,000
- St. Augustine
8,330 vacant lots · 2025 median lot sale $197,000
- Jacksonville
19,698 vacant lots · 2025 median lot sale $85,000
- St. Johns County
14,416 vacant lots countywide
How we made this page
Parcel Buyers is a land-buying company based in Florida. We buy vacant land directly from owners and publish these local pages so owners can see what land in their area is doing before they sell, to us or anyone else. We count the tax-roll figures ourselves from state data, take local rules and fees from the official sources listed below, and use AI tools to help research and draft the text. Every number links to its source, and we update the page when the data changes.
Method and sources
Tax-roll figures cover parcels whose property address city is Ponte Vedra Beach. Source [1] is our own count of the Florida Department of Revenue's 2026 preliminary property tax roll: "vacant residential" means land-use code 000; lot sizes use the land square footage on the roll; values are the county property appraiser's just (market) value as of January 1, 2026; sale prices count only arm's-length sales of a single lot that was vacant when it sold and was still vacant on January 1, 2026 (bulk and multi-parcel deeds removed). Page updated October 2, 2026. Holding-cost estimates use 2025 taxable values and 2025 millage for FDOR vacant-residential code 000 parcels. They cover ad valorem taxes only, not a parcel-specific bill or non-ad valorem assessments. The reviewed 2026 recorded-sale window runs from January through June 2026; unreviewed recent sales are excluded. County-level figures are used on this place page. Flood and springs-BMAP figures screen tax-roll parcel center points, not parcel boundaries. They are aggregate map screens, not flood-zone, insurance, buildability, elevation, septic, or permitting determinations.
- [1] Florida Department of Revenue (data); Parcel Buyers (analysis), Parcel Buyers analysis of the 2026 preliminary Name-Address-Legal (NAL) property tax roll (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [2] St. Johns County, Your Government (accessed 2026-09-30)
- [3] St. Johns County, Building permits (accessed 2026-09-30)
- [4] St. Johns County Growth Management, Ponte Vedra Zoning District Regulations, Ordinance 2020-38 (accessed 2026-09-30)
- [5] St. Johns County, Development Review (accessed 2026-09-30)
- [6] Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Apply for a Coastal Construction Control Line permit (accessed 2026-09-30)
- [7] St. Johns County Emergency Management, St. Johns County Local Mitigation Strategy (accessed 2026-09-30)
- [8] St. Johns County, County completes the beach restoration project (accessed 2026-09-30)
- [9] St. Johns County Clerk of Court, Fiscal year 2027 final millage rates (accessed 2026-09-30)
- [10] St. Johns County, Water and wastewater usage rates reduced by 3 percent (accessed 2026-09-30)
- [11] St. Johns County Utility Department, Plantation Water Treatment Plant improvement (accessed 2026-09-30)
- [12] St. Johns County Utility Department, Water, wastewater and reclaimed water rate tariff, fiscal year 2027 (accessed 2026-09-30)
- [13] Florida Department of Health in St. Johns County, Onsite sewage disposal (accessed 2026-09-30)
- [14] St. Johns County, County calendar listing a beach address in ZIP 32082 (accessed 2026-09-30)
- [15] NOAA Office for Coastal Management, Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (accessed 2026-10-01)