Pond, golf course, and beach — the neighborhood where island life actually happens.
Miacomet sits on the south-central side of the island, between Cisco and Surfside and inland of the south-shore beaches. Its spine is Miacomet Pond — a long, narrow kettle pond running nearly to the ocean — and its best-known landmark is the island’s public golf course, Miacomet Golf Club, owned and run by the Nantucket Islands Land Bank. From most of the neighborhood you’re a short ride to Surfside and the other south-shore beaches, and Bartlett’s Farm is essentially around the corner.
If Town is Nantucket’s historic heart and ’Sconset its storybook edge, Miacomet is the part of the island where a lot of real life happens: bigger lots, quieter streets, newer housing stock, and a year-round pulse — lights on in January, kids at the bus stop — that keeps it feeling like a neighborhood rather than a seasonal address.
What Miacomet real estate really means
Miacomet has a different texture than the historic district. Lots tend to be larger, the streets quieter, and much of the housing stock newer — this is one of the areas where you’ll find recent construction and room to build rather than eighteenth-century cottages under close historic review. The golf course gives the neighborhood a green, open center that keeps it from ever feeling built out, and the pond adds a stretch of calm water for kayaks and evening walks that most south-shore neighborhoods simply don’t have.
It suits a wide range of buyers: year-round families who want to be near the schools and bike paths, summer owners who want the beach without the Town crowds, and buyers building a forever home who value a blank canvas over a restoration project. That range shows up in the market itself — Miacomet runs from relatively attainable, by Nantucket standards, to genuine high-end, often on the same few streets.
Why buyers choose Miacomet
What you're actually buying in Miacomet
The neighborhood’s streets sort into three recognizable products, and the spread between them is wider than most buyers expect.
The newer family homes
The core product: shingle-style homes from recent decades on generous lots — Rudder Lane, Pond View Drive, and the streets around them. Modern layouts, real yards, and the room for a pool or an addition that the historic core can’t offer.The pond-side properties
Homes near Miacomet Pond trade on water without surf — calm frontage, protected views, and a wilder, quieter feel than the beach rows a mile away. They come up rarely and hold their owners for decades.The golf-course edge
Properties bordering the course get the permanent green view and the guarantee that it stays that way — the Land Bank isn’t selling. For golfers, the walk-to-first-tee life; for everyone else, protected open space next door.The market here
Miacomet has been one of the island’s quietly busy markets. In June 2026 alone, four homes traded here — a notable cluster for a single month on an island this size: 5 Rudder Lane at $2,652,000, 20 Rudder Lane at $2,650,000, 10 Rudder Lane at $4,150,000, and 17 Pond View Drive at $4,400,000 (source: LINK Nantucket sales history, June 2026).
That spread — mid-$2 millions to mid-$4 millions in one neighborhood in one month — is the honest portrait of Miacomet: attainable-for-Nantucket and genuine high-end share the same streets. The 10 Rudder Lane sale closed at more than four times its assessed value, the classic fingerprint of new construction on a lot the town hadn’t yet revalued — and a reminder that assessed value tells you almost nothing about market price here.
The live listings above show what’s available right now. The pattern behind them: newer construction sets the pace, pond and course frontage carry durable premiums, and well-priced family homes draw fast competition from both year-round and summer buyers — two demand pools most neighborhoods only get one of.
How I’d shop Miacomet
Decide which Miacomet you’re buying: the family neighborhood near the schools and bike path, the pond side, or the course edge. They price differently, live differently, and rarely compete for the same buyer — knowing your lane keeps you from overpaying for features you won’t use.
Check assessed-versus-market history on anything newer — recent construction here routinely trades far above assessment, and misreading that gap is the most common pricing mistake I see. And if buildable space matters to you, verify lot coverage and septic capacity early: Miacomet’s room to grow is real but parcel-specific.
Buying in Miacomet: what to know
Two demand pools
Assessed vs. market
Pond and conservation edges
Rental posture
Miacomet homes for sale
All Miacomet listings →3 active · $2,200,000 – $2,895,000 · median ask $2,200,000 · 1 house · 1 condo · 1 other
Live from the Nantucket MLS · updated July 22, 2026 (preview — refreshed automatically by listings-sync)
Miacomet — the questions I get
Where exactly is Miacomet?
South-central Nantucket — between Cisco and Surfside, inland of the south-shore beaches, with Miacomet Pond running through it and the public golf course at its center. Town is eight to ten minutes; the beach is a short ride or a good bike.Can I swim at Miacomet Pond?
The pond is better for kayaks, paddleboards, and fishing than swimming — for ocean swimming, Surfside and the south-shore beaches are minutes away. The pond’s real gift to the neighborhood is quiet water and the wildlife corridor around it.What does Miacomet cost?
Recent trades ran from the mid-$2 millions to the mid-$4 millions — often on the same streets. The live listings above show today’s range; where a specific property should sit inside it is exactly the conversation to have before you offer.Is the golf course public?
Yes — Miacomet Golf Club is the island’s public course, owned by the Nantucket Islands Land Bank. No membership hurdle, and the course’s protected status doubles as a permanent open-space guarantee for the neighborhood around it.Is Miacomet good for year-round living?
One of the best on the island. Schools, bike paths, and services are close, the housing stock is winter-tight, and the neighborhood keeps a genuine off-season community — it’s one of the parts of Nantucket that stays lived-in.Miacomet or Surfside?
Surfside is the beach-first classic; Miacomet trades a few minutes of sand-proximity for bigger lots, newer homes, the pond, and the course. Families who plan to live in the house — not just weekend it — often land here.Thinking about Miacomet?
Sean Kalman is a sixth-generation Nantucketer who knows the island the way only a native can — its neighborhoods, its seasons, and the difference between visiting and truly living here. Through The Kalman Co. (brokered by eXp Realty), he pairs a hospitality background with sharp market insight, guiding buyers and sellers with calm, concierge-level service from Town to 'Sconset to Madaket. sean@thekalmanco.com · thekalmanco.com
Sean Kalman, REALTOR® · The Kalman Co., brokered by eXp Realty. Equal Housing Opportunity.