Rio Grande is a 1950s neighborhood in south Orlando, in the 32839 zip code. Homes are block and concrete, predominantly single story. Most homes fall between about 1,000 and 1,500 square feet under air, and the median lot is roughly a fifth of an acre.
Most of Rio Grande carries no mandatory HOA.
What the homes are
Built Essentially all built in the 1950s.
Construction Block and concrete. Shingle roofs on 65% of homes.
Size Most homes fall between about 1,000 and 1,500 square feet under air.
Bedrooms Three bedrooms is the most common plan.
Lot The median lot is roughly a fifth of an acre.
HOA Most of the neighborhood carries no mandatory HOA. Confirm on a specific parcel before relying on it.
Where Rio Grande is
Rio Grande, centered at 28.501396, -81.398736. Drag to explore.Street level, inside the neighborhood. Drag to look around.
Drive times below are measured on the road network from the center of Rio Grande, not straight-line distance, in free-flowing traffic. Treat them as the floor rather than the school-run average.
Driving to
Time
Miles
Downtown Orlando
8 min
3.4
Walt Disney World
22 min
18.6
Orlando International Airport
22 min
9.8
Universal Orlando
15 min
7.2
Public schools nearby
Pineloch Elementary School 3 min, 0.8 mi
Catalina Elementary School 5 min, 1.4 mi
Millennia Gardens Elementary 7 min, 2.1 mi
Palmetto Elementary School 7 min, 2.2 mi
Private schools nearby
Legacy Christian Academy And Child Care 4 min, 0.9 mi
Nearest is not the same as zoned. The schools above are the closest ones to Rio Grande by distance. School attendance zones are set by the district, change from year to year, and can differ street to street inside one neighborhood. Confirm the assignment for a specific address with Orange County Public Schools before it matters to a decision.
Places and drive times from Google, checked 9 November 2026. Businesses open and close; if something here has changed, tell me and I will correct it.
This page tracks what homes in Rio Grande actually sold for over the last twelve months, how long they took, and what moved the price. It is built from 6 verified closed sales in the Stellar MLS feed, not from public estimates. Every figure is a net-of-concessions number, which is explained at the bottom. Updated November 2026.
Read this one loosely. Fewer than eight homes closed here in the last year, so every median on this page rests on a small sample and can swing on a single sale.
What homes sold for in Rio Grande
$235,450Median sale price
$215Median per square foot
10 daysMedian days to contract
6Homes sold in 12 months
Sale prices ran from $149,000 to $284,000, which is a wide spread and the reason a single neighborhood median is a starting point rather than an answer.
By size
Home size
Sales
Median price
Median $/sq ft
Median days
Under 2,000 sq ft
6
$235,450
$215
10 days
A price per foot taken from the whole neighborhood should never be applied straight to one house.
Price cuts and time to contract
Median days to go under contract. Shorter is better.
Never reduced 5 sales, closed at 98.2% of asking5 days
Reduced at least once 1 sale, closed at 93.1% of the reduced price217 days
Sellers who held their number went under contract in a median 5 days. Sellers who had to reduce took 217 days and still closed at 93.1% of their already reduced price, after a typical cut of $41,000.
Seller concessions
50%Of sales included a seller credit
$5,000Typical credit when there was one
3 of 6Sales carrying a credit
A seller credit covers part of the buyer's closing costs and comes off the seller's proceeds, so the headline sale price overstates what the seller kept. Budget for it if you are selling, and ask for it if you are buying.
How buyers paid
Cash 2 sales33%
FHA 2 sales33%
Private 1 sale17%
Conventional 1 sale17%
Cash was 33% of purchases. A high cash share means a seller has buyers who do not depend on an appraisal, and a buyer using a loan is competing against offers that can close faster.
Questions about a specific home in Rio Grande, or want to know what yours would sell for? Call or text Brenden Rendo at 407-616-9019 or send a message.
About this data. Source is the Stellar MLS feed for Rio Grande in Orlando, Orange County, covering closed sales from 14 November 2025 through 9 November 2026, refreshed monthly and current as of November 2026. Prices are net of seller concessions, so they reflect what the seller actually received rather than the headline number. Data believed accurate but not guaranteed; listings and closings change daily.
