Beachwood-Bluffton
The western tip of the city, where Muskegon Lake, the channel and Lake Michigan meet, with Pere Marquette Park, Kruse Park and Lake Michigan Park, and Bluff Street, Edgewater Street, Beach Street and the Harbour Towne circles inside it. It is one Census tract, and owners occupy 552 of its 585 occupied homes. The owner median is near $361,700, the highest of any tract in the city, with homes typically built in 1969. It is also the one short-term rental zone the city lists as full, with a waitlist.
Lakeside
The Lakeshore Drive corridor from Addison Street west toward the Muskegon Country Club, between Sherman Boulevard and Muskegon Lake, with its own small shopping district and the restored Grand Trunk car ferry dock on the bike path. Mostly detached houses on streets such as Morton Avenue, Crozier Avenue and Harrison Avenue. The tract's owner median is near $164,500 with a tight margin, and the typical house dates from 1946.
Glenside and McGraft Park
Oak-shaded streets platted in 1923 as a Muskegon Township subdivision and later joined to the city, along Glenside Boulevard, Wildwood Lane, Glen Avenue and Ridge Avenue, around McGraft Park and its community building on Wickham Street. The main block group's owners put the median near $177,800, the typical home was built in 1949, and about two thirds of its occupied homes are owner-occupied.
Campbell Field
West of Business US-31, where the city meets Muskegon Heights and Roosevelt Park, around the Campbell Field playground, Muskegon Catholic Central High School and Young Avenue, Barclay Street and West Hackley Avenue. The block group along Young Avenue has an owner median near $161,700 with a wide margin and homes typically from 1955. The tract's western block group holds about 390 homes in buildings of five or more units.
Nims
Older houses on the Muskegon Lake side just west of downtown, from Lakeshore Drive and Webster Avenue south past Grand and Southern avenues to Laketon Avenue, near Nims School, Lakeshore Yacht Harbor and Hartshorn Municipal Marina. At least half of the tract's homes predate 1940, and its owner median is near $135,200. The block group along McGraft Street and Ruddiman Street runs higher, near $162,500, with houses typically from 1950.
Nelson and downtown
The neighborhood that holds the whole downtown, from Muskegon Lake south to Laketon Avenue between Seaway Drive and Terrace Street, with City Hall, the Hackley Public Library, the Frauenthal Center and Hackley Park. Along Shoreline Drive and Terrace Point Drive, about 490 of the 850 homes in one block group are in buildings of five or more units, and its owner median, near $169,300, carries a wide margin. South of Muskegon Avenue, the block group on Jefferson Street and Sanford Street has an owner median near $162,800, with the typical house older than 1940.
Jackson Hill
The city's northern edge between Muskegon Lake, Ryerson Creek and Getty Street, home to Fisherman's Landing and Richards Park, with streets such as Ottawa Street, Jackson Avenue, Sumner Avenue and Erickson Street. Owners hold about 269 of its 374 occupied homes, the typical one built before 1940, and the owner median sits near $151,100 with a wide margin.
McLaughlin
South and east of downtown along Peck Street, Terrace Street, Spring Street and Pine Street, between Apple Avenue and the blocks below Isabella Avenue, with Hackley Hospital at its southern edge. Part of it lies in one of the city's historic districts, with preserved Victorian houses beside two-family and apartment buildings. Its two block groups carry owner medians near $183,900, with a wide margin, and $123,300, with typical build years of 1946 and before 1940.
Marsh Field
The southern edge of the city between Peck Street and Wood Street, from Laketon Avenue down through Dale, Larch and Holbrook avenues to Keating Avenue, with the Marsh Field playground, Moon School and the walking trail on the north side of Laketon. Owner medians across its four block groups run from about $79,100 to $165,300, two of them with wide margins, and typical build years range from before 1940 to 1962.
Angell
The middle of the east side, bounded by Ryerson Creek, Wood Street, Apple and Forest avenues and Getty Street, on streets such as Orchard Avenue, Kenneth Street, Ada Avenue and Catawba Avenue. Detached houses make up most of the tract, typically from before 1940, and owners and renters are close to evenly split. The two block groups with published values put the owner median near $81,400 and $69,300, both with wide margins.
Oakview, Sheldon Park and Steele
Three neighborhoods east of Getty Street, running from Steele north of Apple Avenue through Sheldon Park to Oakview between Evanston and Laketon avenues, with Creston Street and US-31 on the east. Nearly every home is a detached house, 1,918 of 1,996 in the tract, typically from 1950, and owners hold about 1,090 of the 1,746 occupied homes. Block group owner medians run from about $65,700 to $141,400.
Marquette
The northeast corner between Getty Street and US-31, north of Ryerson Creek, along Marquette Avenue, Wesley Avenue and Ducey Avenue, with Marquette School on Bennett Street. The tract mixes houses with apartment complexes off Harvey Street, Glen Oaks Drive and Village Drive, so renters hold most homes. The owner median is near $152,300 and the typical home was built in 1973. About 120 homes at its east end, near Harvey Street, are in Orchard View Schools.
