Community location

Emerald Lakes, Central Naples West · Naples, Florida

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Sold $213,600 – $1,000,000 past 18 months
Asking now $285,000 – $550,000
Annual fees $5,600 – $6,600 middle range
Property tax rate 0.94% about $2,400 a year on a $309,500 condo, $5,300 on a $700,000 single-family home, no exemptions applied
Homes built 1989–1995 across 525 homes
Primary residence 39% of homes claimed as one
My community rating 3.5

Sold, property tax rate, homes built and primary residence are from county records.

Type, amenities & maintenance

Community type

Amenities

What your fees pay for in Emerald Lakes — the amenities available here, and the maintenance and services behind them.

Subdivisions and buildings in Emerald Lakes may also have amenities of their own.

Maintenance

Fees in Emerald Lakes typically cover street lighting.

Building types, pets & leasing

Building types

Pets

Pets are allowed in Emerald Lakes. The terms, such as how many pets and what size, can differ from one subdivision or building to the next.

Homes here allow pets with limits. Where limits are stated they run to 20 lb.

Leasing

The minimum lease is 30 or 90 days, depending on the home, and up to 3 leases are allowed each year.

Homes for sale in Emerald Lakes

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Subdivisions & buildings in Emerald Lakes

What each part of Emerald Lakes is, what it costs, and what is available there now.

Subdivisions and buildings in Emerald Lakes, with type, asking and sold prices, and the annual fee. Sortable by any column.
Emerald Lakes 2 for sale House Low-rise condo $395,000–$550,000 $285,000–$806,500 $2,400 + $2,500 one-time
Villages at Emerald Lakes 6 for sale Low-rise condo $285,000–$359,900 $213,600–$395,000 $6,400 + $2,500 one-time

Asking prices are for homes for sale now. Sold prices are closings in the past 18 months. Annual fees are the typical fees across homes on the market, under contract, or sold in the past 18 months.

Destinations & driving times from Emerald Lakes

From Emerald Lakes, the nearest beach access is Vanderbilt Beach Park, 3.8 miles, about 8 minutes by car. Downtown at Fifth Avenue South is 8.6 miles, about 17 minutes by car. Galleria Shoppes at Vanderbilt is 0.7 miles away for dining and shopping. It is 9 minutes to Artis—Naples for the performing arts and 10 minutes to North Collier Regional Park for parks and recreation. Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) is about 37 minutes away.

Every destination named here is described in the Destinations chapter of the 2027 Naples Buyer’s Guide.

Driving times are estimated from the community’s mapped center or primary access point, using OpenStreetMap road data.

Dining & Shopping near Emerald Lakes, by driving distance
NameMilesETA
Galleria Shoppes at Vanderbilt 0.7 mi
Mercato 2.9 mi 7 min
Waterside Shops 4.3 mi 9 min
Venetian Village 5.8 mi 12 min
Coastland Center 6.7 mi 14 min
Fifth Avenue South 8.6 mi 17 min
Third Street South 9.8 mi 20 min
Coconut Point 13.4 mi 22 min
Miromar Outlets 16.2 mi 24 min
Gulf Coast Town Center 20.6 mi 27 min

Sales history · 18 months

Over the past 18 months the county recorded 26 condo sales at a median of $309,500 and 7 single-family sales at a median of $700,000 in Emerald Lakes.

Condo and single-family homes trade in different markets here, so each is reported on its own.

Condo
$309,500 1,022 sq ft
median of 26 sales · 380 homes
25th $250,000 75th $345,000
May 2025 $213,600 – $395,000 monthly median Oct 2026
Single-family
$700,000 1,640 sq ft
median of 7 sales · 145 homesa thin sample
25th $640,000 75th $806,500
May 2025 $620,000 – $850,000 monthly median Oct 2026

Types follow county records, which classify by how a home is owned rather than how it is built. Attached villas and townhouses appear within them according to how each home is deeded.

Source: Collier County Property Appraiser · 18 months to September 2026 · October 2026 from closed sales reported to M.L.S. of Naples, Inc.; county records for those months are still being finalized.

Flood zones & evacuation

0% of homes in Emerald Lakes sit on a lot mostly inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area, where a federally backed mortgage requires flood insurance — measured across 525 mapped homes, and 7% sit on a lot that crosses the line, so it varies from home to home. For hurricane evacuation Emerald Lakes is in Collier Zone B.

Two different things, measured by two different agencies. Evacuation zones are about storm surge and who leaves first. Flood zones are FEMA’s insurance rating, and they vary from home to home.

Hurricane evacuation zone

Zone B Collier

Called in the second wave, for stronger storms.

Called firstCalled last
FEMA flood zone
0% sit on a lot mostly inside a Special Flood Hazard Area, where a federally backed mortgage requires flood insurance.

By kind of home: Single-family 0% · Condo 0%

Villas and townhouses count under one or the other, by how each is deeded.

In the Special Flood Hazard AreaOutside it
X shaded 340 homes 0.2% annual chance — moderate risk
X 185 homes Minimal mapped flood hazard
7% of homes here sit on a parcel that crosses the line. On those, the answer depends on where the home stands, not which community it is in — so check the specific address.

FEMA flood maps and Collier County Emergency Management. A revised Collier County flood map is in preparation and may change these zones.

Flood zone varies by home — each home’s page shows its own.
A starting point, not a determination. Your lender will require its own flood zone determination before closing, and your insurer will normally require an elevation certificate — a surveyor’s measurement of how high the building actually sits — before quoting. Those documents govern; this does not replace either. Zones can also be amended individually through FEMA.

Flood zones, evacuation, and insurance are explained in the Risk, Resilience & Insurance chapter of the 2027 Naples Buyer’s Guide.

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