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.
Located in Nocatee, part of the Jacksonville & the First Coast region.
- 55+ Age-Restricted
Del Webb Nocatee is a 55-plus active-adult community within Nocatee, the fast-growing master-planned town spanning St. Johns and Duval counties documented in depth on this site’s own Nocatee page, which itself calls Del Webb Nocatee "a newer, smaller, and quieter sibling development" to Del Webb Ponte Vedra (also called Del Webb Riverwood), the original, larger, and now well-established Del Webb community elsewhere within Nocatee, opened back in 2007 and documented separately on this site. Del Webb Nocatee is planned for 845 attached and single-family homes and opened in late 2021, anchored by the Canopy Club, a dedicated clubhouse offering a zero-entry resort-style pool, a fitness studio, pickleball courts, and a Tavern & Grill with wine lockers — a genuinely different, smaller-scale amenity footprint than Del Webb Ponte Vedra’s roughly 38,000-square-foot Anastasia Club, reflecting the two communities’ different sizes and eras of development. Del Webb Nocatee is now sold out for new construction, and Del Webb has redirected further new-buyer interest in the broader Jacksonville/St. Johns area to a subsequent, larger community, Del Webb St. Johns, farther south; a buyer specifically wanting a home within Del Webb Nocatee itself must therefore purchase on the resale market rather than directly from the developer, a genuinely different buying process than a still-selling new-construction community would offer. Governance runs through the same two-layer structure documented across Nocatee generally on this site’s own Nocatee page: a neighborhood-level HOA covering the Canopy Club and Del Webb Nocatee’s own private amenities, and the Tolomato Community Development District’s broader assessment (roughly $1,315-$3,539 per year on the St. Johns County side for fiscal year 2026, varying by neighborhood, lot width, and bond series), on top of which Nocatee’s general village-level HOA dues (roughly $100-$250 per month) may separately apply — this page states honestly that it could not fully resolve, from available sourcing, whether Del Webb Nocatee’s own neighborhood dues are charged in addition to or in place of that broader village-level figure, and buyers should confirm the specific fee structure directly before purchasing. For healthcare, Del Webb Nocatee residents rely on the same outpatient-only infrastructure documented across Nocatee generally: Baptist HealthPlace at Nocatee and a UF Health – Valley Ridge location provide primary and specialty outpatient care within the Nocatee Town Center area, but no inpatient hospital sits directly within the community, and residents needing hospital-level or trauma care travel into Jacksonville proper. Unlike Del Webb Ponte Vedra, which markets access to TPC Sawgrass and other nearby golf courses, this research did not identify a comparable golf-access marketing angle specific to Del Webb Nocatee, and no golf course was confirmed as a bundled or nearby-marketed amenity for this particular Del Webb community. What Del Webb Nocatee offers instead is direct residency within the broader Nocatee master-planned town’s own amenity base, a genuine point of distinction from a standalone age-restricted community built in isolation: residents can access Splash Water Park and more than 30 miles of golf-cart-rated Greenway Trails, both documented in depth on this site’s own Nocatee page, without leaving the larger community their own neighborhood sits inside. For a retiree who values an active, trail-based, family-adjacent lifestyle over a golf-and-country-club identity, this broader access may functionally substitute for the golf amenity that Del Webb Ponte Vedra markets instead, and buyers weighing the two Del Webb options within Nocatee should consider which amenity profile better fits their own daily recreation preferences before assuming one option is simply a smaller or newer version of the other.
Age Restriction
Del Webb Nocatee is a confirmed 55-plus, age-restricted active-adult community, a newer and smaller sibling development to Del Webb Ponte Vedra (also called Del Webb Riverwood), the original, larger Del Webb community elsewhere within the broader Nocatee master-planned town, documented separately on this site. The two communities carry different opening dates, different clubhouses, and, as of this research, different resale-versus-new-construction market status, and should not be confused with each other.
Housing Types
- Attached single-family homes
- Detached single-family homes
Pricing
Del Webb Nocatee is planned for 845 attached and single-family homes and opened in late 2021, per this site’s own Nocatee research. The community is now sold out for new construction, with Del Webb directing further new buyers to a subsequent, larger community, Del Webb St. Johns, farther south; prospective buyers wanting a home specifically within Del Webb Nocatee itself must therefore work the resale market rather than purchase directly from the developer. Specific current resale price figures were not independently confirmed in this research, and buyers should confirm directly with a local agent, since a community this recently sold out (2021) would likely show meaningfully less price appreciation baked into resale listings than the much older Del Webb Ponte Vedra community elsewhere in Nocatee. Given its relatively small planned total of 845 homes compared with Del Webb Ponte Vedra’s more than 1,900 residences, buyers should also expect a genuinely smaller, tighter resale inventory at any given time, meaning patience or a wider search radius within the broader Nocatee/First Coast area may be necessary for a buyer with specific floor-plan requirements.
Fees & Assessments
HOA Dues: Del Webb Nocatee residents pay a neighborhood-level HOA fee covering the Canopy Club and the community’s own private amenities, layered on top of Nocatee’s broader Community Development District assessments and, per this site’s own Nocatee research, a separate village-level HOA fee applicable within the larger Nocatee master-planned community generally (roughly $100-$250 per month depending on the specific village). Buyers should confirm whether Del Webb Nocatee’s own neighborhood dues are charged on top of or in place of this broader village-level figure, since this research could not resolve that distinction with certainty.
CDD Assessment: Del Webb Nocatee sits inside the larger Nocatee master-planned community, governed primarily through the Tolomato Community Development District (TCDD), per this site’s own Nocatee research, which documents total annual CDD assessments running roughly $1,315-$3,539 per year on the St. Johns County side for fiscal year 2026, varying by neighborhood, lot width, and bond series. Buyers should confirm the specific assessment tier applicable to a Del Webb Nocatee address directly, since a community that opened as recently as 2021 may carry a different bond-repayment schedule than Nocatee’s older, more established neighborhoods.
Amenities
- The Canopy Club, the community’s dedicated clubhouse
- A zero-entry resort-style pool
- A fitness studio
- Pickleball courts
- A Tavern & Grill with wine lockers
- Resident-organized clubs and social programming typical of an established Del Webb community
- Access to Nocatee’s broader amenity base, including Splash Water Park and more than 30 miles of Greenway Trails, as a resident of the larger master-planned community
Getting Around
Healthcare: No inpatient hospital sits directly within Nocatee, per this site’s own Nocatee research. Baptist HealthPlace at Nocatee (Baptist Primary Care, Brooks Rehabilitation, Wolfson Children’s Rehabilitation) and a UF Health – Valley Ridge location (UF Health Heart & Vascular, Family Medicine and Pediatrics, Medical Lab) both maintain outpatient and primary-care presences in the Nocatee Town Center area, but residents needing hospital-level or trauma care travel into Jacksonville proper.
Airport: Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) sits roughly 25 miles from Nocatee, per this site’s own Nocatee research; on-site Nocatee Town Center retail and schools reduce daily-errand driving relative to some other master-planned communities, a genuine practical benefit for Del Webb Nocatee residents even without a dedicated commercial airport of their own.
Similar Communities to Consider
- 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 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.
- 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.
How Nocatee Compares
- Celebration vs Nocatee for Retirement: Disney’s New Urbanist Town vs Fast-Growing CDD Trail Community Compared
Celebration and Nocatee are both large, master-planned Florida communities with genuine architectural or amenity distinction, but their governance structures and founding stories point in opposite directions. Celebration is The Walt Disney Company’s purpose-built New Urbanist town in Osceola County, master-planned from scratch starting in 1994 by architects Robert A.M. Stern and Jacquelin T. Robertson, with a walkable Town Center whose civic buildings carry real pedigree — a Michael Graves-designed post office, a Philip Johnson-designed original town hall. It is governed entirely through a homeowners association (CROA), not a Community Development District, a genuine structural distinction from most large Florida master-planned communities. Nocatee, spanning St. Johns and Duval counties near Jacksonville, is the opposite model: a CDD-financed community (the Tolomato Community Development District) that has grown explosively, from 4,524 residents in 2010 to over 27,000 by 2025, built around more than 30 miles of golf-cart-rated Greenway Trails and Splash Water Park rather than architectural pedigree. Neither community is age-restricted as a whole, though Nocatee contains two distinct Del Webb enclaves while Celebration has none; both rely on nearby hospitals rather than an in-community full-service facility, though Celebration’s AdventHealth campus offers deeper on-site tertiary care than anything documented at Nocatee. The choice between them is largely a choice between Celebration’s fixed, already-built architectural showpiece and Nocatee’s still-expanding, trail-and-amenity-driven growth story. Both communities sit near, but administratively separate from, a larger metro area — Celebration near Orlando and Walt Disney World in Osceola County, Nocatee near Jacksonville and St. Augustine spanning St. Johns and Duval counties — and both rely on walkable or golf-cart-friendly internal infrastructure to reduce daily car dependence within their own footprints, even though the underlying transportation philosophy differs: Celebration’s Town Center was designed from the start for pedestrians, while Nocatee’s more sprawling, still-growing layout leans on its Greenway Trail network and golf-cart approval to connect neighborhoods spread across a much larger land area. Celebration’s roughly 11,000 residents occupy an essentially finished town first opened in 1996, while Nocatee’s more than 27,000 residents occupy a community that did not exist in its current form as recently as 2010 and continues adding new neighborhoods in its southern expansion areas today.
Guides Worth Reading Before You Buy
- Is 55+ Community Living Actually Right for You?
A lifestyle-fit guide, not a fee guide — this covers whether age-restricted living actually matches how a specific retiree wants to spend their days, how to genuinely test that fit before buying, and the real tradeoffs of choosing age segregation over an age-mixed neighborhood.
- HOA Fees and Governance in Florida
A statewide explainer on how Florida homeowners associations and condominium associations are legally structured, funded, and regulated, and what buyers are entitled to review before closing.
- Community Development District (CDD) Fees in Florida
A Community Development District (CDD) is a Florida unit of local government, created under Chapter 190, financing a development’s roads, utilities, and amenities through bond and O&M assessments billed with property taxes.
Sources
- Del Webb Nocatee — Del Webb / Pulte Homes
- Nocatee — Nocatee
- Nocatee News — Nocatee
- Tolomato Community Development District — Tolomato CDD
- Nocatee, FL Housing Market — Move with Momentum
Last reviewed 2026-09-28.