Ada Village and the covered bridge
The village sits on flat ground where the Thornapple meets the Grand, along Ada Drive, River Street and Headley Street, with Legacy Park and the 125-foot Ada Covered Bridge, first built in 1867 and rebuilt after a 1979 fire. Much of it lies in the floodplain. The 2023 Master Plan lists Village East, a 92-unit development east of River Street, and Oxbow, an approved 88-unit mix south of the Thornapple on Fase Street. Census figures for these blocks are counted with the Thornapple River Drive area.
Thornapple River Drive and Hall Street
South and west of the village, from Thornapple River Drive and its bluffs above the river out to Forest Hills Central on Hall Street, with Thornapple Club Drive, Dogwood Meadows and Ada Park. Its block group, which takes in the village, counts about 440 owner homes, roughly a quarter of them attached, a typical home from 2003 and owner values near $605,700, the middle half from about $511,800 to $699,700. About a quarter of its land carries Grand Rapids 49546 addresses, and about a fifth, mostly near the rivers' meeting point, is high-risk flood zone.
Adacroft and Alta Dale Avenue
Between Ada Drive and Fulton Street west of the village, around Adacroft Drive, Adaway Avenue and Alta Dale Avenue, with Ada Elementary and Ada Vista Elementary at its east end. The township's plan calls the 1970s Adacroft Commons neighborhood its largest subdivision. All 711 homes counted are detached, the typical one from 1976, and owner values cluster tightly near $375,800, the lowest of any block group in Ada, and half of owners report values between about $331,700 and $471,500. This is the public water and sewer side of Ada, and the FEMA sample shows no high-risk flood zone here.
Clements Mill and Cascade Road
The southwest corner, from Spaulding Avenue and Clements Mill Drive to the five-lane Cascade Road, where offices, drive-through banks and medical buildings line the street. Clements Mill, built in the 1990s, holds more than 200 houses. This block group has the widest housing mix in the township: about 940 detached houses, 230 attached homes and 240 units in larger buildings, with about 310 renter households. Typical home from 2002, owner values near $465,600, and about a fifth of the land on Grand Rapids 49546 addresses.
Grand River Drive and Roselle Park
The west bank of the Grand north of Fulton Street, along Grand River Drive and Michigan Street, with Roselle Park on the river and steep ravines beside the road. The RP-2 rural district in this northwest part requires 3 acres for a new lot. Its block group, shared with the east bank card, shows about 610 owner homes, nearly all detached, a typical home from 1994 and owner values near $674,600 with a wide margin. About two fifths of this side is high-risk flood zone, and its northern tip uses Grand Rapids 49525 addresses and Northview schools. In May 2025 the county Drain Board voted to proceed with a project sending stormwater from the Knapp Street and East Beltline area into the river here, between Three Mile and Four Mile roads.
Grand Valley Estates and the east bank
The low ground on the Grand's east bank north of Fulton Street, along Pettis Avenue, Knapp Street and Grand Valley Drive, with Chief Hazy Cloud Park on the river. Grand Valley Estates has its own township-owned water system, two wells about 120 feet deep that also serve the Forest Hills Eastern campus, separate from the Grand Rapids supply. Close to three fifths of this strip is high-risk flood zone. A finished pathway now runs along Pettis Avenue from Chief Hazy Cloud Park to Vergennes Street.
Pettis Avenue, Knapp Street and Egypt Valley
The rolling middle of the township east of the river, between Pettis and Honey Creek avenues up to Four Mile Road, with Egypt Valley Country Club on Knapp Street and the Cannonsburg State Game Area along the north line. All of its roughly 1,060 homes are detached houses, the Census counts no renters, the typical home dates from 2001 and about half of owners value theirs at $750,000 or more. The owner median, near $756,000, is the highest in the township but carries a wide margin. A little under a quarter of the land, in the northeast, is in Lowell Area Schools.
Honey Creek Avenue and Chase Lake
The northeast corner, north of about Leonard Street to the Vergennes Township line, along Honey Creek and McCabe avenues and Two Mile and Three Mile roads. Chase Lake, about 50 acres, sits in a marsh fed by Egypt Creek, and the far corner keeps working farms the county named a farmland preservation priority in 2010. The RP-1 rural district north and east of the Grand requires 5 acres and 270 feet of frontage for a new lot. Most of this corner is in Lowell Area Schools, and some homes near the east line use Lowell 49331 addresses.
Bailey Drive and Fulton Street east
The east side from about Leonard Street south, along Bailey Drive, Conservation Street, Vergennes Street and the stretch of Fulton Street that follows the river flats toward Lowell, with Seidman Park at the north edge. Ranch houses and cul-de-sacs went up along Honey Creek and Bailey from the early 1970s. Its block group, which also covers the Chase Lake corner, counts about 1,070 homes, about nine in ten of them detached, a typical home from 1980 and owner values near $540,800 with a wide margin. Schools split close to six to four between Forest Hills and Lowell here, and FEMA's high-risk zone takes about 8% of the land, near the Grand.
