Northview, Winding Way and Twin Lake Highlands
Streets north of Ravine Road, between Westwood and Northwood, on Glengarry Avenue, Rockwood Drive, Runnymede Drive, Northview Drive and Winding Way, near the Twin Lakes. The assessor's 2020 to 2022 study counted 12 Northview sales from about $212,500 to $385,000, mostly ranches, and two Twin Lake Highlands houses on Winding Way near $358,000 and $460,000. Census puts the block group's owner median near $264,600, typical home from 1975. It carries a 49004 mailing ZIP but sits in Kalamazoo Public Schools.
Valleywood, Northgate and Nichols Ridge
The north end of Nichols Road, where Valleywood's ranches line Sweet Cherry Lane, Black Oak, Pepper Bush, Cypress Creek and Mandarin Grove, and Northgate and Nichols Ridge add two story houses on Piedmont, Edling and Quarry Ridge. Valleywood had 31 sales in the study, middle near $215,000, and Northgate 11, middle near $218,000. Census puts the block group near $211,000, typical home from 1995, and counts about 430 manufactured homes in it as well. Mostly Parchment School District.
Northwood, Douglas Avenue and Evergreen Meadows
The level ground between Westnedge and Douglas avenues north toward G Avenue, on Edison, George, Waldorf and Taft, plus the North Hills streets and Barney Road nearer Ravine Road. Northwood plat sales in the study ran about $78,500 to $191,500, mostly ranches, and the five bi-level and ranch sales in Evergreen Meadows on Beth Avenue and Christine Street ran near $252,500 at the middle. Several manufactured home parks sit on Douglas Avenue north of the business loop. Census figures for these block groups carry wide margins. Mostly Parchment schools, with Kalamazoo Public Schools toward Ravine Road.
Grand Prairie Estates, Skyline and Prairieview Farms
Between Ravine Road and Grand Prairie Road near Drake Road, on Cumberland, Chaparral, Aspen, Yew and Sagebrush Street, near Stroud Family Park and Kalamazoo Central High School, which sits inside the township on North Drake Road. Grand Prairie Estates and Skyline had 31 sales in the study, nearly all ranches, middle near $180,000, and Prairieview Farms 7 on Sagebrush, middle near $272,500. The Thistle Mill and Leisure Point condos are close by. Census puts the block group near $197,300, typical home from 1979. Kalamazoo Public Schools.
Indian Village and Nichols Landing
Ranch streets between Nichols Road and Grand Prairie Road, on Seminole, Iroquois, Mohawk, Ottawa, Pontiac and Cherokee, with Nichols Landing's two story houses on Rock Valley Drive. Indian Village had 26 sales in the study, middle near $152,500, and Nichols Landing three from about $227,400 to $305,000. Census puts the block group near $215,800, typical home from 1955. The Westwood fire station is on Nichols Road. Kalamazoo Public Schools.
Westlawn, Croyden and Canterbury
The Westlawn plats along Nichols and Old Nichols roads, on Croyden, Grace, Devonshire, Canterbury, Gorham and Olney, almost all ranch houses. The study counted 36 sales here from about $91,000 to $246,500, middle near $188,000, one of the larger groups of sales in the township. Census puts the block group near $232,000, typical home from 1966. Kalamazoo Public Schools.
Huntington Manor, Coolidge and Grand Pre
The streets around Hillside Middle School and Scheid Township Park, on Manor, Bretton, Alamo, Melcrest and Kaywood, then south to Coolidge Avenue, Grand Pre Avenue, Crestview and Jenks Boulevard by Jenks and Grand Pre Park. Huntington Manor had 18 sales in the study, middle near $173,500, Alamo Heights 13, middle near $185,000, and the Coolidge and Grand Pre plats 24, middle near $181,250, nearly all ranches. Census puts the two block groups near $145,700 and $203,300, typical homes from 1952. Kalamazoo Public Schools.
Summit Park, Prospect Park and Academy Park
Older plats on both sides of West Main near the city line, on Clarendon, Dartmouth, Berkley, Arlington, Nelson, Campbell, Pinehurst and Crown, around Academy Park. The Jenks and Fletcher plats had 39 sales in the study, middle near $176,000, a mix of one and a half story, two story and ranch houses, and Summit Park and Prospect Park 36, middle near $155,000. Census puts the two block groups near $193,100 and $187,800, with typical homes from 1946 and 1938. Kalamazoo Public Schools.
The Cloisters, Briarwood and Kendall
The southwest corner along West Main and Kendall Avenue, a short drive from Western Michigan University's main campus. The Cloisters condos on Inverness, Selkirk, Paisley and Falkirk had 27 sales in the study, middle near $128,500, and Briarwood on Merriweather Lane, Pine Cove and Raintree 5, middle near $196,000. Lake Forest Boulevard and Braemar Lane hold houses, and apartment complexes fill much of the rest. Most homes in these two block groups are rented, so Census owner figures carry wide margins. Kalamazoo Public Schools.
Eastwood Heights, Washburn and Homeland
Eastwood south of Gull Road, on Craft, Avondale, Chrysler, Ashley, Dayton, Arthur and Washburn, then Brook, Fairfield, Hilltop and Woodrow north of East Main near the Eastwood Branch Library and Wilson Recreation Area. Eastwood Heights had 21 sales in the study, middle near $125,000, and the area the assessor calls North of East Main 53, more than any other, middle near $115,000. Census puts the block groups near $148,300 and $190,100, typical homes from the 1940s. Kalamazoo Public Schools, with Comstock schools in the northeast part.
Gull Road, Nazareth Road and Barclay Hills
The northeast pieces near Beacon Kalamazoo's Gull Road hospital campus, on Colgrove, Humphrey and Elkerton in the Bixby plat, Silver Hills and Nazareth Road, the Oak Tree condos on Shadow Bend, and Rose Blossom Trails on Sunsprite. Barclay Hills, a separate piece east of the Kalamazoo River on Cimarron, Sonora and Laredo, had 15 ranch sales in the study, middle near $98,000. Census puts the main block group near $124,300, typical home from 1974. Mostly Comstock Public Schools, with Barclay Hills split between Parchment and Kalamazoo.
Lakewood, Sherwood Park and Lake Street
The southeast pieces along Lake Street, Olmstead Road and Sprinkle Road, home to the Kalamazoo County Expo Center and fairgrounds, plus Sherwood Park on Fenimore, Cooper and Chicago avenues. Lakewood is the smallest of the township's four neighborhoods, and the study's sales here were mostly older one and a half story and ranch houses, with the lowest middle prices in the township. Some addresses use 49001. Census figures here carry wide margins. Kalamazoo Public Schools.
