Community location

Palm River Estates, North Naples West · Naples, Florida

Updated
Sold $550,000 – $1,937,000 past 18 months
Asking now $650,000 – $1,959,900
Annual fees $0 – $400 middle range · varies by subdivision
Property tax rate 1.00% about $5,500 a year on a $672,500 single-family home, no exemptions applied
Homes built 1961–2025 across 452 homes
Primary residence 73% 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

Community type

Gulf access

4 of the 32 homes for sale, under contract or sold here in the past 18 months have Gulf access by boat.

Amenities

No amenities are available here

Building types, pets & leasing

Building types

Pets

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

Homes here allow pets without approval.

Leasing

The minimum lease is 1 or 180 days, depending on the home.

Homes for sale in Palm River Estates

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Subdivisions & buildings in Palm River Estates

What each part of Palm River Estates is, what it costs, and what is available there now.

Subdivisions and buildings in Palm River Estates, with type, asking and sold prices, and the annual fee. Sortable by any column.
Greenwood 1 for sale House $650,000 — $4,900
Palm River Estates 4 for sale House $800,000–$1,959,900 $450,000–$1,937,000 $400
Quail Crossing House — $739,000–$825,000 $500
River Oaks House — $900,000 $400

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 Palm River Estates

From Palm River Estates, the nearest beach access is Vanderbilt Beach at Bluebill Ave., 3.3 miles, about 8 minutes by car. Downtown at Fifth Avenue South is 10.8 miles, about 20 minutes by car. It is 7 minutes to Galleria Shoppes at Vanderbilt for dining and shopping, and 11 minutes to Artis—Naples for the performing arts and North Collier Regional Park for parks and recreation. Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) is about 35 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 Palm River Estates, by driving distance
NameMilesETA
Galleria Shoppes at Vanderbilt 3 mi 7 min
Mercato 3.7 mi 8 min
Waterside Shops 6 mi 11 min
Venetian Village 7.7 mi 15 min
Coastland Center 8.4 mi 17 min
Fifth Avenue South 10.8 mi 20 min
Coconut Point 11.1 mi 19 min
Third Street South 11.5 mi 23 min
Miromar Outlets 14.8 mi 22 min
Gulf Coast Town Center 19.2 mi 26 min

Sales history · 18 months

Over the past 18 months the county recorded 28 single-family sales at a median of $672,500 in Palm River Estates.

Single-family
$672,500 2,041 sq ft
median of 28 sales · 452 homes
25th $600,000 75th $900,000
May 2025 $570,000 – $1,418,500 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

50% of homes in Palm River Estates sit on a lot mostly inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area, chiefly zone AE, where a federally backed mortgage requires flood insurance — measured across 452 mapped homes, and 48% sit on a lot that crosses the line, so it varies from home to home. For hurricane evacuation Palm River Estates is in Collier Zone C.

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 C Collier

Called in the third wave, for stronger storms.

Called firstCalled last
FEMA flood zone
50% sit on a lot mostly inside a Special Flood Hazard Area, where a federally backed mortgage requires flood insurance.
In the Special Flood Hazard AreaOutside it
AE 226 homes 1% annual chance, with a set base flood elevation
X shaded 226 homes 0.2% annual chance — moderate risk
48% 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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Jeffrey Waldman

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