Florida 55+ Communities

55+ Communities We’ve Researched

• Del Webb Stone Creek

  Stone Creek is a large, golf-anchored Del Webb 55-plus community southwest of Ocala, built around the roughly 3,800-home community’s Reflection Bay amenity complex and the Terry Doss-designed Stone Creek Golf Club.

• Del Webb eTown

  Del Webb eTown is a sold-out, 346-home, 55-plus gated village within Jacksonville’s larger eTown master-planned community, built around a roughly 13,000-square-foot clubhouse and genuine proximity to Mayo Clinic Jacksonville and other major hospital systems.

• Del Webb Lakewood Ranch

  Del Webb Lakewood Ranch is a 1,286-homesite, 55-plus gated community within the larger Lakewood Ranch master plan, anchored by a 21,000-square-foot clubhouse, six tennis courts, and eight pickleball courts, roughly 17 miles from Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.

• Del Webb Orlando

  Del Webb Orlando is a fully built-out, 830-home, 55-plus gated community in Davenport within the Ridgewood Lakes master plan, anchored by the 30,800-square-foot Montecito clubhouse and notable for carrying no CDD fee.

• Del Webb Oasis

  Del Webb Oasis is a newer, 422-home, 55-plus guard-gated community in Winter Garden’s Horizon West/Hamlin area, built 2022-2026, with reported distances to Walt Disney World that vary significantly by source and should be independently verified.

• Del Webb Sunchase

  Del Webb Sunchase is a newer, roughly 1,000-home, 55-plus gated community under active construction in Parrish, anchored by the Solara amenity center and priced from the $300,000s.

• Del Webb Spruce Creek Preserve

  Del Webb Spruce Creek Preserve is a built-out, 810-home, 55-plus gated community south of Ocala in Dunnellon, anchored by the Terry Doss-designed Preserve Golf Club and reporting notably low HOA fees.

• Del Webb Tradition

  Del Webb Tradition is a 550-home, 55-plus gated village within Port St. Lucie’s larger Tradition master plan, offering villas and single-family homes within close proximity to Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital.

• Cypress Falls at The Woodlands

  Cypress Falls at The Woodlands is a mixed-builder, 55-plus gated community in North Port that began under Lennar in 2005 and was completed by Del Webb starting in 2012, anchored by a 23,000-square-foot clubhouse roughly 17 miles from Punta Gorda Airport.

• Four Seasons at Orlando

  Four Seasons at Orlando is a sold-out, 530-home, 55-plus gated community by K. Hovnanian in Kissimmee, built around access to Mystic Dunes Resort & Golf Club and within about 9-10 miles of Walt Disney World.

• Four Seasons at Wylder

  Four Seasons at Wylder is a newer, K. Hovnanian-built, 55-plus gated neighborhood within the 1,970-acre Wylder master plan in Port St. Lucie, anchored by the Audubon Club and priced from roughly $325,000.

• Latitude Margaritaville Watersound

  Latitude Margaritaville Watersound is a large, still-expanding, Minto/Margaritaville/St. Joe 55-and-better community near Panama City Beach, planned for roughly 3,700 homes across five collections priced from the $300,000s to over $1.1 million.

• Cresswind at PGA Village Verano

  Cresswind at PGA Village Verano is a 249-home, 55-plus gated Kolter Homes community in Port St. Lucie built around the 27,000-square-foot Club Talavera and a 27-court private pickleball complex, with special access to PGA Golf Club’s 54 holes.

• Delray Trails

  Delray Trails is a new-construction, 55-and-better, gated Lennar community on the former Villa Delray Golf Club site in Delray Beach, anchored by a roughly 28,000-square-foot Grand Clubhouse and 13 tennis courts, with Villas priced from $437,990.

• The Timbers at Everlands

  The Timbers at Everlands is a new-construction, 450-home, 55-and-better gated Lennar community in Palm Bay offering multiple collections from $261,990, roughly 6-8 miles from Melbourne Orlando International Airport.

• Valencia Falls

  Valencia Falls is a 724-home, 55-plus gated GL Homes community in West Delray, built 2001-2004 and now resale-only, with a full amenity center including tennis, pickleball, and an on-site restaurant.

• Valencia Palms

  Valencia Palms is a roughly 600-home, 55-plus gated GL Homes community on Jog Road in West Delray, built 2005-2007, anchored by a resort-style clubhouse with six Har-Tru tennis courts and stocked fishing lakes.

• Valencia Cay at Riverland

  Valencia Cay at Riverland is a 1,071-home, 55-plus gated GL Homes village and the first Valencia neighborhood built within Riverland, a roughly 4,000-acre master plan in Port St. Lucie with no CDD fee.

• Valencia Grove at Riverland

  Valencia Grove at Riverland is a 1,000-home, 55-plus gated GL Homes village within Port St. Lucie’s Riverland master plan, offering five distinct design collections and no CDD fee.

• Valencia Walk at Riverland

  Valencia Walk at Riverland is a 720-home, 55-plus gated GL Homes village in Port St. Lucie’s Riverland master plan, anchored by its own 36,000-plus-square-foot clubhouse in addition to Riverland’s shared amenity campus.

• Veranda Preserve

  Veranda Preserve is a 310-home, 55-and-better Lennar community in southwest Port St. Lucie near Becker Road, offering three home collections priced from roughly $339,490 to $555,990.

• Valencia Lakes

  Valencia Lakes is GL Homes’ original, first-ever Valencia community, a 696-home, 55-plus gated development in Boynton Beach built out by 1999 and anchored by the 27,000-square-foot Excelsior Club.

• Valencia Reserve

  Valencia Reserve is a roughly 1,043-home, 55-plus gated GL Homes community at Lyons Road and Boynton Beach Boulevard, anchored by a 41,000-square-foot clubhouse and nine Har-Tru tennis courts.

• Valencia Sound

  Valencia Sound is a 412-home, 55-plus gated GL Homes community on Lyons Road in Boynton Beach, notable for its dedicated 20-plus-court Racquet Club with lighted tennis, bocce, and pickleball courts.

• Valencia Grand

  Valencia Grand is GL Homes’ 11th and most expensive Boynton Beach Valencia community, a roughly 660-to-710-home, 55-plus gated development priced from $1.1 million, anchored by a 44,000-square-foot clubhouse with an indoor pickleball court.

• Esplanade at Highland Ranch

  Esplanade at Highland Ranch is a sold-out, 475-home, 55-plus gated Taylor Morrison community in northern Clermont near Minneola, offering resort-style amenities and current resale pricing averaging around $533,000.

• Esplanade at the Heights

  Esplanade at the Heights is a 55-plus, gated Taylor Morrison community off State Road 70 in Bradenton, largely built out by 2024 within the larger Heights master plan, with reported pricing spanning a genuinely wide $435,000-to-$2.45-million range.

• Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes

  Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes is a sold-out, 443-home, 55-plus gated Taylor Morrison community in southeast Naples, anchored by a 6,500-square-foot clubhouse and a genuinely extensive outdoor amenity package.

• Esplanade Golf & Country Club of Naples

  Esplanade Golf & Country Club of Naples is a sold-out, 1,100-plus-home, bundled-golf Taylor Morrison community in North Naples, one of the company’s most amenity-dense Esplanade developments with six tennis courts, a Culinary Center, and a Bahama Bar.

• Heritage Palms Golf & Country Club

  A 1,662-home, 55-plus bundled-golf community in Fort Myers built by U.S. Homes (later a Lennar subsidiary) with two full 18-hole courses, where every homeowner’s dues fund golf regardless of whether they play, and where reported total annual costs across two conflicting fee breakdowns both land near roughly $9,400-$9,900.

• Pelican Preserve

  A large, fully built-out 2,498-home, 55-plus guard-gated community in Fort Myers built by WCI Communities, anchored by a roughly 70,000-square-foot "Town Center" amenity campus and 27 holes of optional (not bundled) golf, now operated by Heritage Golf Group since its February 2022 acquisition.

• Alamanda Key

  A gated, 300-home, 55-plus community in South Melbourne built around two lakes and a Florida Keys-inspired coastal architectural theme, developed in phases from 2004 through roughly the late 2010s.

• Indian River Colony Club

  A 55-plus, gated golf community in Viera founded in 1986 by retired military officers, with membership eligibility historically tied to military service and a maintenance program covering appliances, roofs, and HVAC systems.

• Lamplighter Village

  A 55-plus, land-lease manufactured-home community in Melbourne operated by Cal-Am Properties, notable for a well-documented 2008 Tropical Storm Fay flooding event and a genuine, resident-sourced record of lot-rent and management complaints.

• Palm Bay Estates

  A 55-plus, resident-owned manufactured-home co-op in Palm Bay with direct canal access to the Indian River Lagoon, currently at the center of an unresolved 2026 dispute with the City of Palm Bay over who pays to repair a collapsed private access road.

• On Top of the World

  One of Florida’s largest and longest-established 55-plus communities, developed since 1975 by the Colen family on a former cattle ranch southwest of Ocala, with three golf courses, an on-site town square, and a distinctive land-lease ownership structure in its original section.

• Cascades at World Golf Village

  A gated, 55-plus community of roughly 450 homes within World Golf Village near St. Augustine, built out under a second developer after the original builder’s 2007-2008 bankruptcy, with an extensive standalone clubhouse but golf access sold separately.

• Seven Lakes

  One of Southwest Florida’s first 55-plus communities, built starting in 1971 with its own executive golf course, notable for a multi-year, well-documented post-Hurricane-Ian lockout dispute that drew sustained local TV news investigation.

• River Towers

  A 1973-1974-era, 108-unit, age-restricted waterfront condominium property on the Caloosahatchee River in Cape Coral’s original, centrally located Caloosahatchee neighborhood.

• Del Webb Naples

  A 55-plus, gated enclave with its own golf course and two large clubhouses, located not in Naples but roughly 30 miles inland in Ave Maria, a planned Catholic-identity Collier County town co-developed by Barron Collier Companies and the Ave Maria Foundation.

• Valencia Trails

  A now sold-out, 55-plus GL Homes community of roughly 850 single-story homes on Immokalee Road in North Naples, notable for carrying no CDD and for a real, sourced 2025 land-use dispute residents engaged with on the community’s only access corridor.

• Heritage Cove

  A 529-unit, 55-plus, non-golf gated community in south Fort Myers built by U.S. Home Corporation starting around 1999, centered on a large clubhouse and 10 heated pools rather than golf.

• Cinnamon Cove

  A 770-unit, non-golf 55-plus community in south Fort Myers built by U.S. Home Corporation between 1981 and 1992, centered on three lakes and 10 heated pools, with age restriction that varies by sub-association rather than applying uniformly.

• Brandywine

  A 351-unit, 55-plus condo and villa community in South Fort Myers built in phases from 1980 to 1988, adjacent to but not bundled with two nearby golf clubs, with a reported no-pets policy and strict one-lease-per-year rental limit.

• Carousel Cove at Bonita Fairways

  The sole age-restricted neighborhood within the larger Bonita Fairways development in Bonita Springs, paired with an 18-hole executive golf course that carries no mandatory membership, though this research found real, unresolved conflicts in the community’s basic size figures.

• Old Bridge Village Co-Op

  A resident-owned manufactured-home cooperative on the Caloosahatchee River in North Fort Myers, dating to 1972, whose private marina and roughly 60 moored boats were devastated by Hurricane Ian in September 2022.

• Riviera Golf Estates

  A mixed-housing 55-plus community in East Naples developed from 1967 to 2003, whose named Arnold Palmer-designed golf course has been closed since April 2022 and is the subject of a multi-year lawsuit that a Florida appellate court decided against the homeowners association in April 2026.

• Aberdeen

  Aberdeen is a large, mostly age-restricted, gated golf community in unincorporated Boynton Beach built out by developer UDC between 1983 and 1990, combining 25 separate residential villages — some under mandatory country-club membership, some not — around the private Aberdeen Golf & Country Club.

• Cascades at River Hall

  Cascades at River Hall is the age-restricted, 55-and-over neighborhood within the larger River Hall master-planned community in rural Alva, in eastern Lee County, offering single-family homes behind a 24/7 gated entrance roughly 25-35 minutes from downtown Fort Myers. Reported as sold out by builders as of December 2024, it now trades primarily as a resale market.

• Valencia Harbor

  Valencia Harbor is a newly launched, age-restricted 55-plus gated community by GL Homes in eastern Fort Myers, planned for 986 single-family detached homes from the mid-$300,000s; as of late 2026 it is still actively selling and still under construction on two of its three planned amenity centers.

• Valencia Sky

  Valencia Sky is a new, gated, age-restricted 55-plus single-family community developed by GL Homes in East/South Naples, currently under active construction and sales as of 2026 as GL Homes' successor project to the now sold-out Valencia Trails.

• Solivita

  A genuinely massive, roughly 4,300-acre gated 55-plus golf community in the Poinciana area near Kissimmee, with approximately 5,900 homes, two golf courses, 14 pools, and more than 250 resident clubs, governed by two separate Community Development Districts.

• Latitude Margaritaville Daytona Beach

  A sold-out, roughly 3,763-home Jimmy Buffett/Margaritaville-branded 55-plus community built by Minto Communities on LPGA Boulevard in Daytona Beach, with a private beach club and shuttle, distinct from the adjacent, non-age-restricted LPGA International golf community.

• Del Webb Ponte Vedra

  The original, established Del Webb 55-plus community within the Nocatee master-planned development, opened in 2007 with a roughly 38,000-square-foot Anastasia Club clubhouse and marketed access to TPC Sawgrass and nearby golf courses.

• Del Webb Nocatee

  A newer, smaller Del Webb 55-plus community within the Nocatee master-planned development, opened in late 2021 with 845 homes and the Canopy Club clubhouse, now sold out for new construction with buyers directed to Del Webb St. Johns.

• Century Village at Boca Raton

  Century Village at Boca Raton is one of four separately governed Century Village communities across Florida, a large, fully built-out 55-plus condominium community of 7,500 units across 105 buildings on 700 acres in western Boca Raton, built between 1970 and 1995 and organized as 16 separate neighborhood associations.

• Century Village at Deerfield Beach

  Century Village at Deerfield Beach, also marketed as Century Village East, is the largest of Florida’s four Century Village communities by unit count, with 8,508 condominium units built between 1970 and 1995, a 145,000-square-foot main clubhouse, a 1,600-seat theater, and 15 satellite pools.

• Wynmoor Village

  Wynmoor Village is a large, age-restricted 55-plus gated condominium community in Coconut Creek with 5,260 units built from 1978 to 1999, anchored by its own 18-hole Wynmoor Golf Club, a 50,000-plus-square-foot clubhouse, 19 pools, and an on-site medical center.

• Kings Point in Delray Beach

  Kings Point in Delray Beach is a large, age-restricted 55-plus gated condominium community of 7,200 units built between 1973 and 1985, organized into three sections (Brittany, Flanders, and Monaco) and anchored by two Robert Trent Jones-designed golf courses.

• Valencia Bonita

  Valencia Bonita is a GL Homes 55-plus gated community in Bonita Springs planned for 997 single-family and villa homes across 347 acres, anchored by a 45,000-square-foot waterfront clubhouse, resort-style pools, eight tennis and eight pickleball courts, and a full-service spa.

• Valencia Ridge

  Valencia Ridge is a smaller-scale GL Homes 55-plus guard-gated community in Wesley Chapel, under construction since 2023 and planned for 395 single-family homes, anchored by a resort-style pool with beach entry, eight lighted pickleball courts, and a full-service clubhouse restaurant.

• Kings Point at Sun City Center

  Kings Point at Sun City Center is a large, age-restricted 55-plus gated community developed from 1973 to 2015 with 5,277 homes and villas, governed by more than 100 separate condo associations and anchored by two clubhouses totaling 126,000 square feet, 27 holes of golf, and free internal and external tram service.

• On Top of the World (Clearwater)

  On Top of the World in Clearwater is one of Florida’s longest-established 55-plus condominium communities, with roots dating to 1947, spanning 96 buildings and 4,959 units, and offering residents free access to two on-site golf courses within a notably low, largely all-inclusive HOA fee structure.

• Oak Run

  Oak Run is one of Florida’s largest and most affordable 55-plus communities, with 3,509 homes across 1,400 acres in southwest Ocala, built by Decca from 1985 to 2007 and organized into six villages with five clubhouses, six pools, an 18-hole golf course, and more than 100 resident-run clubs.

• Spruce Creek South

  Spruce Creek South is a 55-plus gated golf community in Summerfield directly across the street from The Villages, built from 1989 to 1995 with nearly 1,700 single-story homes, an 18-hole course winding through the community, a 25,000-square-foot clubhouse, and more than 30 resident clubs.

• Cascades at St. Lucie West

  Cascades at St. Lucie West is a 1,158-home, age-restricted 55-plus gated community within the St. Lucie West master-planned area of Port St. Lucie, ranked #2 nationally for Best Value 55+ Active Adult Community by 55Places.com in 2018, anchored by a 26,000-square-foot clubhouse and a 9-hole pitch-and-putt golf course.

• Vitalia at Tradition

  Vitalia at Tradition is a 55-plus gated community of more than 1,200 single-family homes and villas on 450 acres within the Tradition master-planned area of Port St. Lucie, anchored by the 24,000-square-foot lakefront Captiva Club, eight pickleball courts, and a putting green.

• Heritage Isle

  Heritage Isle is the largest active-adult community in Brevard County, an age-restricted 55-plus gated community of more than 1,400 homes across 478 acres within Viera, built by Lennar since 2005, anchored by a 21,000-square-foot clubhouse and adjacent to the Duran Golf Club’s championship course.

• Esplanade at Wellen Park

  Esplanade at Wellen Park is a Taylor Morrison 55-plus resort-style community under construction since 2025, planned for 877 homes within the larger Wellen Park master-planned area near Venice, anchored by a 16,000-square-foot clubhouse, a zero-entry pool, and a day spa, though without on-site golf.

• Cresswind Lakewood Ranch

  Cresswind Lakewood Ranch is a Kolter Homes 55-plus gated community of 650 planned single-family homes across 250 acres within the Lakewood Ranch master-planned community, under construction since 2018, anchored by a 5.2-acre recreational center and Cresswind’s "Set Yourself FREE" lifestyle program.

• Del Webb Bexley

  Del Webb Bexley is a Pulte-developed, age-restricted 55-plus gated community in Land O’ Lakes offering up to 850 home sites across 489 acres, anchored by The Meridian clubhouse, a resort-style pool, and an outdoor amphitheater.

• Del Webb at Viera

  Del Webb at Viera is a Pulte-developed, age-restricted 55-plus gated community planned for 1,300 homes within the Viera master-planned area on the Space Coast, anchored by a 30,000-square-foot clubhouse and bundled access to the adjacent Duran Golf Club.

• Del Webb BayView

  Del Webb BayView is a Pulte-developed, age-restricted 55-plus gated community in Parrish, one of two Del Webb communities in the area alongside the newer Del Webb Sunchase, anchored by a clubhouse with a performance theater, aerobics and dance studio, and demonstration kitchen.