Wellen Park vs Lakewood Ranch
These are the two master plans our buyers compare most, and the answer is almost never about the houses. It is about how finished you want your neighborhood to be, how close you want to be to the water, and how much monthly cost you are willing to carry.
The numbers side by side
| Wellen Park | Lakewood Ranch | |
|---|---|---|
| Communities we track | 13 | 15 |
| Lowest starting price | $400 | $200,000 |
| Average HOA per month | $382 | $390 |
| Average drive to a beach | 15 min | 40 min |
Averages across the communities in our verified database, so they move as builders change pricing.
Choose Wellen Park if
You want Gulf beaches in about half an hour, a walkable downtown built around a lake, and more house for the money. Wellen Park is younger, so you are buying into something still taking shape, with the upside that comes with that and the construction traffic that comes with it too. Spring training at CoolToday Park, kayaking and trail miles are the daily lifestyle here.
Choose Lakewood Ranch if
You want finished. Mature landscaping, completed amenity centers, established schools, Waterside and Main Street, and a deep resale history. You are closer to Sarasota and Tampa, further from a beach, and you will pay more per square foot for the certainty.
Where they are genuinely similar
Both are CDD-funded, both are dominated by national builders, and in both the monthly payment is decided as much by HOA and CDD as by price. Neither one is cheap to carry, and in both the builder incentive of the month is usually worth more than anything you will negotiate off list.
Wellen Park communities
| Community | From | HOA / mo | CDD / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashcombe D.R. Horton | $250,000 | $250 | $2,000 |
| Sunstone Lakeside Mattamy | $400 | $319 | $2,790 |
| Boca Royale Golf & Country Club Neal Communities | $400,000 | $550 | $2,000 |
| Brightmore at Wellen Park (55+) Mattamy Homes | $390,000 | $350 | $2,000 |
| Everly John Cannon Homes, Lee Wetherington Homes, Neal Signature Homes | $700,000 | $310 | $2,000 |
| Esplanade at Wellen Park Taylor Morrison | $450,000 | $300 | $2,000 |
| Grand Palm Neal Communities | $390,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Lakespur Pulte, Mattamy Homes | $400,000 | $320 | $2,900 |
| Oakbend ICI Homes, Toll Brothers | $750,000 | $450 | $2,000 |
| Palmera David Weekley Homes, Homes by Towne, ICI Homes | $350,000 | $500 | $2,000 |
| Sunstone at Wellen Park Mattamy Homes | $390,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Wellen Park Golf & Country Club Lennar | $250,000 | $570 | $2,150 |
| Wysteria Neal Communities | $400,000 | $250 | $2,000 |
Lakewood Ranch communities
| Community | From | HOA / mo | CDD / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azario Esplanade Taylor Morrison | $400,000 | $450 | $1,900 |
| Calusa Country Club Lennar | $200,000 | $400 | $2,200 |
| Cresswind Lakewood Ranch (55+) Kolter Homes | $490,000 | $429 | $1,700 |
| Del Webb Catalina (55+) Del Webb | $350,000 | $400 | $2,200 |
| Monarch Acres John Cannon Homes | $3,000,000 | $350 | $2,200 |
| Monterey at Lakewood Ranch Toll Brothers | $700,000 | $362 | $1,800 |
| Palm Grove Neal Communities | $300,000 | $300 | $2,200 |
| Star Farms D.R. Horton, Homes by WestBay, Perry Homes | $300,000 | $305 | $2,100 |
| Stillwater Lennar | $500,000 | $350 | $2,000 |
| The Isles at Lakewood Ranch Toll Brothers | $800,000 | $450 | $2,200 |
| Waterbury Park Neal Signature Homes | $1,300,000 | $400 | $2,200 |
| Waterside Bungalow Walk Dream Finders Homes | $400,000 | $350 | $2,200 |
| Waterside King Fisher Estates John Cannon Homes | $3,000,000 | $400 | $2,200 |
| Waterside Wild Blue Anchor Builders, AR Homes, John Cannon Homes | $900,000 | $500 | $2,200 |
| Windward Neal Communities | $400,000 | $400 | $2,200 |
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