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Property snapshot
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Living area
1,566 sq ft
Year built
1973
Property type
Single Family Residence
Only the fields realMLS carries for this listing are shown. Anything the listing broker did not report is left off rather than guessed at.
What would the monthly payment be on 8743 S BEN ROWE Circle?
At 20% down, a 6.5% fixed interest rate and a 30-year term, the estimated monthly payment on 8743 S BEN ROWE Circle at its $265,000 asking price is about $1,715 a month — $1,340 principal and interest, $265 property tax and $110 homeowners insurance. That is an illustration, not a quote and not a loan approval: your own rate, taxes, insurance and any association or CDD dues will differ.
Estimated total monthly payment
Est. $1,715/mo
Principal & interest
$1,340/mo
Property tax (est.)
$265/mo
Homeowners insurance (est.)
$110/mo
20% down payment
$53,000
Assumes 20% down ($53,000), a 6.5% fixed interest rate and a 30-year term. Property tax is 1.2% of the asking price a year, because realMLS carries no tax figure for this listing. Homeowners insurance is estimated at 0.5% of the asking price a year. Mortgage insurance, flood insurance and closing costs are not included. The interest rate is an assumption for illustration and is not a rate quote — a lender quotes the rate you would actually be offered. Run your own numbers in the mortgage calculator.
About this property
Charming brick ranch home with 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths on nearly half an acre! This property offers a fully fenced backyard, carport, and a spacious addition that creates the perfect family room for entertaining or relaxing or a primary suite. Conveniently located near I-10, shopping, dining, and everyday amenities, this home offers both comfort and convenience with plenty of outdoor space to enjoy.
Property description above is the listing broker's own public remarks as filed with realMLS by WATSON REALTY CORP.
How this price compares in Macclenny
8743 S BEN ROWE Circle is asking $169 per square foot, which is 4% below the Macclenny median of $177 per square foot across the 61 active listings in this data set. Those are asking prices, not sold prices.
Active listings
61
Median asking price
$339,000
Median asking price per sq ft
$177
Every figure here is calculated from the same realMLS result set these listing pages are built from, on the date shown at the foot of this page. They describe what sellers are ASKING today. They are not sold prices and not an appraisal.
How far is it to the airport, the base and the hospital?
Calculated from the latitude and longitude realMLS carries for 8743 S BEN ROWE Circle. The landmark positions are approximate reference points for each campus, base or airfield, so figures are rounded to the nearest mile.
Airports
| Cecil Airport (VQQ)Jacksonville, Duval County | 16 milesstraight line |
| Herlong Recreational Airport (HEG)Jacksonville, Duval County | 20 milesstraight line |
| Lake City Gateway Airport (LCQ)Lake City, Columbia County | 26 milesstraight line |
| Jacksonville International Airport (JAX)Jacksonville, Duval County | 32 milesstraight line |
Military installations
| Camp Blanding Joint Training CenterStarke, Clay County | 23 milesstraight line |
| Naval Air Station JacksonvilleJacksonville, Duval County | 27 milesstraight line |
| Naval Station MayportJacksonville, Duval County | 44 milesstraight line |
Hospitals
| Northeast Florida State HospitalMacclenny, Baker County | 1 milestraight line |
| Ed Fraser Memorial HospitalMacclenny, Baker County | 3 milesstraight line |
| Lake Butler HospitalLake Butler, Union County | 20 milesstraight line |
From 8743 S BEN ROWE Circle, Cecil Airport (VQQ) is about 16 miles away; Camp Blanding is about 23 miles away; Northeast Florida State Hospital is about 1 mile away. Every one of those figures is a straight-line distance calculated from the coordinates realMLS carries for this listing. Not one of them is a drive time, and the road route will be longer.
Living in Macclenny
Macclenny is the Baker County seat and the closest thing the county has to a full town, with a population of roughly 6,500 and an actual working downtown. It sits about 35 to 40 minutes west of downtown Jacksonville, with both US 90 and Interstate 10 running through, which is what makes the commute survivable for the families who buy here on purpose.
Day-to-day life in Macclenny is short-radius even though the county is not: the supermarket, the Walmart Supercenter, Heritage Park and all of the school campuses sit within a couple of miles of the middle of town. What you give up is variety - restaurants are mostly local places and the familiar chains, and anything beyond everyday retail is a drive toward Jacksonville. What you get back is land, a lower price per square foot than equivalent Clay or St. Johns County inventory, and neighbors who know your name.
Living in Baker County
Baker County is the rural western edge of the Jacksonville metro: roughly 589 square miles of pine, pasture and creek bottom stretched along Interstate 10 between Duval County and the Georgia line. The Okefenokee sits off the northern boundary and Osceola National Forest takes up much of the west, which is a large part of why the county still has fewer than about 30,000 residents and why so much of its housing sits on un-subdivided acreage rather than in platted subdivisions.
That shapes what is for sale here. Alongside the small-town subdivisions in Macclenny and Glen St. Mary, a normal Baker County listing is a single-family house on one to twenty acres, or a manufactured home on land that the owner has held for years. Work is anchored locally rather than in Jacksonville for a good share of the county - the school district, Northeast Florida State Hospital and the county's distribution and forestry employment - but I-10 makes a Jacksonville commute genuinely workable, which is the trade most buyers here are actually making.
What to check before you write an offer in Baker County
- Most rural Baker County property is on a private well and a septic system rather than city utilities. Budget for a separate septic inspection and a water test - both are routine, and neither is worth skipping.
- Flood exposure is real along the St. Marys River and the creek systems that feed it. Pull the FEMA flood determination before writing an offer, because flood insurance can move a monthly payment by hundreds of dollars.
- Home internet varies street by street outside the towns. If you work from home, confirm what is actually available at the address before you fall in love with it.
- Manufactured and modular homes are common here and lenders do not all treat them the same way. The financing question is worth settling before the offer, not after.
Schools — Baker County School District
- Westside Elementary
- Macclenny Elementary
- Macclenny VI (5th and 6th grade transition campus)
- Baker County Middle School (7th and 8th)
- Baker County High School (9th through 12th)
Baker County is a single school district, so the county's whole feeder pattern is short. Zoning is set by the district, changes from time to time, and should be confirmed with the district for a specific address.
Amanda Kinard was born and raised in Baker County and lives here now - her church and her children's school are in Macclenny. When she tells you what a road, a school zone or a flood line is really like, it is first-hand rather than from a data feed.
Where this home is
City
Macclenny
County
Baker County
ZIP code
32063
Subdivision
Macclenny
The pin is placed at the latitude and longitude realMLS carries for this listing (30.247815,-82.140429). MLS coordinates are usually a parcel centroid rather than a surveyed corner, so treat the pin as the neighborhood, not the property line. Open this location in Google Maps.
Similar homes in Macclenny
There are 6 other active listings in Macclenny on this site priced within 25% of $265,000, from $259,900 to $279,900. Each has its own page here, and Amanda Kinard can show you any of them on the same visit.
Selected from the same realMLS result set these pages are built from: same city, asking price within 25% of this home's, nearest in price first. They are not comparable sales and they are not an opinion of value.
Curious what nearby homes actually sold for?
Not on this page. realMLS rules limit the sold data a public website may display, so Amanda Kinard sends recent comparable sales directly instead. Ask for the comps around 8743 S BEN ROWE Circle and you will get the recent nearby sales realMLS holds, with the asking-versus-sold gap, at no cost and with no obligation to list or buy.
A comparable-sales report is an opinion of value based on recent MLS activity. It is not an appraisal, and it is not a promise of what any home will sell for.
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