Fence data for Jacksonville: what the federal numbers say
Free local data for fence work in Jacksonville, taken from federal sources and last pulled October 30, 2026. It covers the Jacksonville, FL Metro Area, starting with the homes and moving on to the local trade.
The housing here
Fences go around detached homes with yards, so the detached share is the pool of properties where the job exists at all. In the Jacksonville, FL Metro Area, 27,317 of 732,419 homes (3.7%) were built before 1940, and 98,243 (13.4%) before 1960. Nationally the shares are 11.7% and 25.6%. The median home across the metro is worth $343,400, against $332,700 nationally. 33.5% of households rent. 63.7% of homes are detached houses.
| Area | Homes | Median year built | Built before 1940 | Built before 1960 | Renters | Detached | Median value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville, FL Metro Area | 732,419 | 1992 | 3.7% | 13.4% | 33.5% | 63.7% | $343,400 |
| Duval County, Florida | 454,740 | 1986 | 4.8% | 18.6% | 41.8% | 59.0% | $303,500 |
| St. Johns County, Florida | 133,504 | 2004 | 2.5% | 4.5% | 17.8% | 72.1% | $489,200 |
| Clay County, Florida | 88,969 | 1996 | 0.8% | 4.2% | 24.1% | 74.0% | $312,500 |
| Jacksonville (city) | 430,825 | 1987 | 4.9% | 18.6% | 42.4% | 59.2% | $293,700 |
| Florida | 10,256,470 | 1988 | 1.9% | 10.2% | 32.4% | 54.7% | $359,000 |
| United States | 143,775,355 | 1980 | 11.7% | 25.6% | 34.8% | 61.3% | $332,700 |
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024. Counties shown are the main ones in the metro (5 in all).
The local market
County Business Patterns counts 366 all other specialty trade contractors across the Jacksonville, FL Metro Area, 5.52 for every ten thousand households. That is roughly one for every 1,812 households. The Census counts locations rather than companies, so a one-truck operator and a national chain's branch each count once. The Census has no code of its own for this trade, so the number is the catch-all for specialty trades and overstates the trade itself.
Home prices
The Federal Housing Finance Agency's house price index for Jacksonville, FL is up 0.5% over the latest year (through 2025). Over five years it is up 54.4%, and over ten it is up 116.3%. The index follows repeat sales of the same houses, so it measures how prices moved, not what any one home sells for this month.
What the trade pays
The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish a metro figure for this occupation, so this uses the statewide figure for Florida. Fence installers (SOC 47-4031) in Florida earned a mean of $21.99 an hour ($45,750 a year) in May 2025, against $24.29 an hour ($50,530) nationally, about 9% below the national mean. The median is $21.90 an hour here and $23.07 nationally. BLS estimates 2,020 people hold that job in Florida.
These are wages paid to workers, not prices charged to customers; a customer's bill also has to cover the vehicle and the insurance.
Where these numbers come from
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024, tables B25034, B25040, B25003, B25024, B25035, B25077, B01003, B11001
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2015-2019 (county trend comparison)
- FHFA House Price Index (all-transactions, annual, NSA), Jacksonville, FL
- U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023, NAICS 238990 (fence installers / specialty trade)
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year 2020-2024, table B11001 (households, density denominator)
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) (OEWS), fence installers (47-4031), Florida, May 2025 (national benchmark: U.S.)
The American Community Survey is a sample, so every housing figure carries a margin of error, and it is widest for small areas. Where a source suppresses a cell to protect individual businesses or because the sample is too thin, we leave it blank rather than estimate it. Jax Fence Line reads these files and does not edit them.