Westside

Some of the most affordable housing in Jacksonville (starting in the $200s) can be found on the Westside, a large expanse of land that encompasses dozens of subdivisions. The Westside is also home to a number of new construction developments including

• Adams Lake [KB homes]
• Dawson’s Creek [Watson Custom homes]
• Glenda’s Meadow [Drees homes]
• Pinecrest [by Adams Homes]
• Winchester Ridge [D.R. Horton homes]
• Watermill [SEDA homes]
• Taylor Ridge [Lennar homes]
• Creekside Oaks [Mercedes homes]

Westside neighborhoods are convenient to the Naval Air Station Jacksonville and the general aviation Herlong airport as well as to a great variety of shopping and dining options. The Westside comprises Argyle, Avondale, Cedar Hills, Confederate Point, Dinsmore, Jacksonville Heights, Lake Shore, Marietta, Maxville, Murray Hill, Normandy, Paxon, Ortega, Venetia, Lackawanna, Sweetwater, Pickettville, Riverside, Whitehouse and West Jacksonville. In addition to its numerous neighborhoods, the Westside includes four small incorporated cities: Baldwin, Marietta, Maxville and Whitehouse.

A good deal of the land adjacent to the Westside’s cities is undeveloped and used for hunting, boating and fishing. Baldwin is the final stop on the 14.5-mile Jacksonville-Baldwin Rail Trail, which follows abandoned railroad lines and is used by cyclists, inline skaters, walkers and horseback riders. The area is also home to the 509-acre Westside Regional Park which offers a nature center, outdoor classrooms, picnic areas, biking trails and an elevated platform from which to view the extensive wetlands.