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Sunflower Estates is a small single-family subdivision off Green Briar Road west of Route 47 on Yorkville’s south side, built 2000–2007 with quarter-acre lots and common areas maintained through a city special service area.
Sunflower Estates is a compact single-family subdivision on Yorkville’s south side, west of Route 47 in the Green Briar Road area. Homes went up between roughly 2000 and 2007 across seven floor plans — the Fairfax, Hawthorne, Jamesmoore, Pinehurst, Ravinia, Rembrandt, and Willow — running from about 1,700 to 3,600 square feet with three to five bedrooms, most on lots around a quarter acre.
This is a conventional neighborhood rather than an amenity community: sidewalks, curbs, street lights, playground space, and open areas with detention ponds. What’s distinctive is how the common ground is maintained — the City of Yorkville administers Special Service Area 2006-119 for Sunflower Estates, so mowing and basin upkeep are funded through a line on the property tax bill rather than a large association fee. MLS feeds also show a small HOA charge of about $12 a month. Downtown Yorkville, the riverfront, and the Route 71 corridor are all within about a five-minute drive.
For buyers, Sunflower Estates trades on space per dollar and scarcity. Recent closings have run from about $380,000 to $542,000 — the lone 2026 sale hit $542,000, a subdivision high — which keeps it below Yorkville’s newer large-format communities on a price-per-foot basis. Turnover is the real constraint: the subdivision has averaged only one to three sales a year since 2023, so buyers targeting it should be pre-approved and ready when a listing appears, and sellers here often benefit from off-market interest.
Pricing reflects Sunflower Estates sales and active listings as of mid-2026.
Seven two-story and ranch plans from roughly 1,700 to 3,600 square feet, mostly 3–5 bedrooms with 2.5–3.5 baths and two-car garages on quarter-acre lots. Average property taxes run in the $7,800–$9,700 range depending on the home. The larger plans give move-up buyers four-bedroom space at a price below Yorkville’s newer big subdivisions.
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Common ground here is funded through Yorkville Special Service Area 2006-119, billed on the property tax bill, with only a small association charge on top. Owners get maintained open space without a large monthly HOA.
Lots average around a quarter acre with two decades of tree growth, sidewalks, curbs, and street lighting throughout — a more established streetscape than newer south-side phases.
The subdivision includes playground and park space plus open areas around its detention ponds, and Raintree Village’s larger city park network is a short drive east.
The Green Briar Road area connects straight to Route 47, putting downtown Yorkville, the riverfront, the courthouse district, and the Route 71 corridor within about a five-minute drive.
Sunflower Estates is served by Yorkville Community Unit School District 115. Verify current attendance boundaries with the district, as they can change.
MLS-fed sources list Circle Center Grade School, located south of the river off Mill Street; confirm the current attendance boundary with CUSD 115 before writing an offer.
Yorkville Middle School sits off Route 47 on the south side of town, one of the closer district campuses to the neighborhood.
Yorkville High School is on Game Farm Road near downtown, roughly a five-to-ten-minute drive north via Route 47.
Sunflower Estates sits in the Green Briar Road pocket west of Route 47, minutes from downtown Yorkville, Bicentennial Riverfront Park, and the Marge Cline Whitewater Course. The Route 34 retail corridor and Kendall Marketplace are about 10 minutes north.
Route 47 runs north to Route 34 toward I-88, while Route 71 and Route 126 connect east to Oswego, Plainfield, and the I-55 corridor. Aurora, Naperville, and Fox Valley job centers are generally 25–40 minutes.
Drivers typically connect to I-55 via Route 126 or to I-88 via Route 47 and Route 34 — roughly 55 miles to the Loop. Metra’s BNSF express service runs from the Aurora Transportation Center, about a 25-minute drive, into Union Station.
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