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Satsuma, Florida.

Typical home $200,219 (-2.3% in a year). Palatka, FL metro.

What it costs per month · Satsuma $1,051/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$610 (+138%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $4,626 -2%
$204,845$200,219 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $28,492 +17%
$171,727$200,219 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Satsuma $1,051 Florida $1,970 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Satsuma$1,051
  • Florida$1,970
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 23 years.

Typical home values in Satsuma, FL fell 2.3% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

Living in Satsuma, Putnam County, Florida

The Census does not count Satsuma on its own, so the figures here are Putnam County's. Half the county's households earn more than $47,934 a year and half less; 23% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 75% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 25% are rented. Unemployment in Putnam County was 5.6% in August 2026, and the county had 1.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Putnam County work in schools and health care, then construction.

People 75,000 about, in Putnam County: the Census does not count Satsuma on its own
Household income $47,934 the median in Putnam County, give or take $2,163
Unemployment 5.6% Putnam County, August 2026; 5.2% a year before
Homes 75% lived in by their owners; 25% rented

Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.

What it’s like

The place. Satsuma sits in Putnam County, where residents are older than the typical American and a larger share of households live below the poverty line than across most of the country. Across the county, most homes are lived in by their owners, and incomes run below the national level. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, while summers are hot and the year brings a great deal of rain.

Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, or in the building trades, with retail and professional and business services also employing people. Unemployment is a little higher than a year earlier, though the county added jobs over the past year. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than across the country, and relatively few people work from home.

Things to do. The Ravine Gardens State Park is a protected area a short drive away. The Ocklawaha River, also a short drive away, offers a river setting, and Fort Matanzas National Monument, a fort a longer drive off, is another option.

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  • 31,360households
  • 45.0median age
  • 14%of adults have a degree
  • 23%below the poverty line
  • 30 mintypical commute
  • 10%work from home

What people in Putnam County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care21%
  • Building trades13%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%
  • Manufacturing9%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Putnam County had 17,617 jobs in 2025, 1.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 68° and 47°; warmest in July, 91° and 74° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 68° 47° F M A M J J 91° 74° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 68° and 47°; warmest in July, 91° and 74° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 68° 47° F M A M J J 91° 74° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 68° and lows near 47°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 74°. About 50 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Crescent City weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).

Largest employers in Putnam County

  1. Putnam County School District (K-12)1,527
  2. Georgia -Pacific, Palatka Operations982
  3. Putnam County Government756
  4. St. Johns River State College489
  5. Wal-Mart408
  6. Putnam Community Medical Center378
  7. Eaze Florida LLC360
  8. St. Johns River Water Management District321

From Putnam County’s annual financial report for 2025, its schedule of principal employers (its source: “FYE 2024 - Sources & Notes:”), as Florida’s Auditor General publishes it: the report. Employees as the report counts them.

Natural hazards

  1. HurricanesRelatively high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. WildfireRelatively moderate
  4. TornadoesRelatively moderate
  5. Inland floodingRelatively moderate
  6. Strong windRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Putnam County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Putnam County and the Palatka, FL metro.

Satsuma home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Satsuma $200,219 Florida $375,361 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2022 2026
  • Satsuma$200,219
  • Florida$375,361
  • United States$366,157

Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Satsuma listings — the market is roughly in balance.

When this market ran hot

Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.

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falling flat warming hot overheating runaway

Market heat, inside the city limits

Share of listings with a price cut

The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.

22% 24% 26% 2026 Satsuma 21.81% United States 26.90%
22% 24% 26% 2026
  • Satsuma21.81%
  • United States26.90%

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

15 20 25 30 35 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Satsuma 22
15 20 25 30 35 2018 2022 2026
  • Satsuma22

New listings per month

Sellers arriving at the market.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Zip codes with a Satsuma address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Satsuma — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.

Zip codes in Satsuma