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A Private Seaside Town at the Jupiter Inlet
An incorporated town of 231 homes on the southern tip of the barrier island, bounded by the Atlantic, the Jupiter Inlet and the Intracoastal. The colony is single family only, with its own government, its own police department and a voluntary beach club at the mouth of the inlet. Homes here rarely trade, and when they do they trade at the top of the north county market.
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Jupiter Inlet Colony closed sales by price tier, trailing twelve months, data through July 1, 2026. Source: Beaches MLS. · Updated September 4, 2026
Closed sales, Beaches MLS. Select any tier to view its recent sales. Tiers with fewer than three sales list each sale but show no median.
The Town
Jupiter Inlet Colony is its own town, and that is the first thing to understand about it. Incorporated in 1959, it occupies the southern tip of the barrier island at the Jupiter Inlet, a fifth of a square mile with water on three sides. The colony is single family only, 231 homes on a simple grid of quiet streets, with its own government and its own police department.
The second thing to understand is the scarcity. The county’s 2025 tax roll records 231 homes and just six vacant lots, with no room to plat more. Turnover runs to a handful of homes in a typical year. When the colony trades, it trades at the top of the north county market, and an October 2024 sale reached $30.2M.
| Setting | Incorporated seaside town, southern tip of the barrier island at the Jupiter Inlet |
|---|---|
| Residences | 231 single family homes, per the county's 2025 tax roll |
| Incorporated | 1959 |
| Area | 0.2 square miles |
| Water | The Atlantic, the Jupiter Inlet and the Intracoastal, on three sides |
| Government | Own town commission and police department |
| Beach Club | Private and voluntary, at the mouth of the inlet |
| How It Trades | Scarce, with oceanfront and inlet-front setting the ceiling |
| Town Site | jupiterinletcolony.gov |
The colony began in 1953, when developer Charles Martyn bought 86 acres at the island's southern tip from owners including Jock Whitney, Joan Whitney Payson and Michael Phipps. Oceanfront lots sold for $7,500. Six years later the residents incorporated as a town, and the colony has governed itself ever since.
That independence is not a formality. The town runs its own commission and its own police department, and safety has been part of its identity for decades. Early residents included the golfer and club designer Toney Penna, and Perry Como lived on Lighthouse Drive for 29 years.
The Atlantic runs the colony's eastern edge, the Jupiter Inlet wraps its southern point, and the Intracoastal borders it to the west. No home sits more than a few hundred yards from water, and the inlet puts the ocean minutes from a dock. The lighthouse stands directly across the inlet, close enough to read from the beach.
At the mouth of the inlet sits the colony's private beach club, with membership voluntary and separate from home ownership. A small private marina operates beside the colony on the Intracoastal side.
The original colony was built as modest seaside cottages in the 1950s and 1960s, and a generation of rebuilding has been replacing them with new construction estates. Both markets trade side by side. Renovated cottages open the market, while new oceanfront and inlet-front estates set its top.
Lighthouse Drive is the signature address, running the ocean side of the grid. The premium rows face the Atlantic and the inlet, and they are where the colony's records are set.
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Common Questions
No. Jupiter Inlet Colony is a separate incorporated town at the southern tip of the barrier island, self-governing since 1959 with its own police department. The two markets trade very differently and we track them separately. The town of Jupiter sits across the inlet and the Intracoastal.
Renovated cottages open the market and waterfront new construction sets its top, with an October 2024 sale reaching $30.2M. Current medians, sale counts and price per square foot are in the market table on this page, and it updates from closed sales automatically.
The county’s 2025 tax roll records 244 parcels inside the town: 231 single family homes, six vacant residential lots and seven held by the town, the beach club, the marina and the inlet district. Buyers can read 237 as the full count of private home sites, with no way to plat more.
It has repriced more sharply than almost any market we track. Closings from 2015 through 2020 carried a median of $1.575M, and closings from 2021 through mid 2026 carried a median of $5.1M. The ceiling moved with them, to $21.4M in 2023 and $30.2M in 2024, with a $22.3M sale in late 2025 confirming the level.
No. The colony is single family only, and every closed sale in the MLS record is a single family residence. Buyers wanting a condominium at the inlet look across to Jupiter or south along the beaches.
A private club at the mouth of the inlet, facing the ocean, the inlet and the lighthouse. Membership is voluntary and separate from home ownership, so owning in the colony does not require joining. Terms and admission come from the club directly.
Homes along the colony’s Intracoastal side carry private docks, and a small private marina operates beside the town. The inlet is minutes away by water, which puts the open Atlantic closer here than almost anywhere in the county.
Rarely, and that scarcity does much of the pricing. From 2015 through mid 2026 the MLS recorded 114 closings across 231 homes, a handful to a dozen in a typical year. The best oceanfront and inlet-front homes sometimes trade quietly before they are ever listed.
Both ends of the spectrum trade side by side. Original and renovated cottages from the colony’s first decades open the market, while new construction estates set its top. On the strongest lots, buyers increasingly price the land and the position rather than the structure standing on it.
Perry Como lived on Lighthouse Drive for 29 years, and the golfer Toney Penna was among the first residents. The colony was developed by Charles Martyn on land bought from owners including Jock Whitney and Michael Phipps. It has stayed a quiet, private town ever since.
They share the same barrier island and nothing else. Jupiter Island is a town of large estates on generous acreage and a club culture, while the colony is a compact grid of 231 homes at the island’s tip. The colony offers the inlet position and a truer neighborhood feel, at entry prices well below the island’s.
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