Byron Center village
The unincorporated village around 84th Street and Byron Center Avenue, counted by the Census as a place of about 7,400 people, with the township offices, library and Bicentennial Park on Byron Center Avenue. About three in four of its homes are detached houses. Its Census tract shows an owner median near $384,800, a typical build year of 2002, and Buck Creek's flood zone on about 9% of its land.
Railside, Hightree and Planters Ridge
The newer subdivisions around the village, from Burlingame Avenue west past Ivanrest Avenue between 76th and 92nd streets, many with railroad street names such as Conrail and Penn Station drives. In the assessor's 2026 sales study, Railside's 36 valid sales had a median near $736,000, Planters Ridge's 21 near $685,000 and Hightree and Planters Row's 59 near $540,000, with 36 condo sales there near $375,000.
North Byron and Van Singel Lake
The northwest quarter, north of 76th Street and west of Burlingame Avenue, around the old North Byron crossroads, Van Singel Lake and Byron Lake, with M-6 crossing its north end. Its tract has the latest typical build year in the township, 2004, about two thirds of its homes date from 2000 or later, and the owner median is near $394,000. Assessor sales here ran near $510,000, about $520,000 in Ravines at Railside and near $675,000 on Byron Lake.
Burlingame Avenue to US-131
The northeast blocks between Burlingame Avenue and US-131, north of 76th Street, part of the Census area called Cutlerville. About 950 of the tract's 2,400 homes are attached condos or townhomes and about 390 more are apartments in buildings with five or more units. Census owner median near $327,500, typical home from 1997. Assessor sales: Sierrafield condos near $266,000, the Amber condos near $280,000, Rolling Meadows near $515,000 and Providence Lake near $699,000.
Division Avenue, the Cutlerville side
The strip between US-131 and Division Avenue north of 76th Street, where mailing addresses read Grand Rapids and Kentwood Public Schools serves most parcels. About 1,100 of its 1,700 homes are manufactured homes, most in the communities shown on the township's utility map, which is why the Census owner median reads near $46,200. Site-built homes on the older plats and condos such as Silverleaf sold near $250,000 in the assessor's study. Buck Creek crosses it, and FEMA maps about a quarter of its land as high-risk flood area.
Carlisle and the 84th Street corridor
The east side between Burlingame Avenue and Division from 76th to 92nd Street, around the old Carlisle crossroads at 76th Street and Clyde Park Avenue. SpartanNash's offices, Tanger Outlets on 84th Street and the industrial streets along US-131 share it with newer subdivisions: Copperfield's sales in the assessor's study ran near $585,000 and the single homes in Carlisle Crossings near $485,000. Sales on this side had a median near $450,000.
Ivanrest Avenue west to Kenowa
The western sections between 76th and 92nd streets, out to Kenowa Avenue and the Ottawa County line. The township's utility map shows few water or sewer mains west of its sanitary sewer district line here, so ask early whether a house has a private well and a septic system. The block group's Census owner median is near $383,900, with a typical home from 1987, and the assessor's 13 sales on this side had a median near $475,000.
The rural south, 92nd to 108th streets
The southern third of the township, from 92nd Street to the Allegan County line at 108th Street, with Ross and Hilton lakes near 100th Street, the old Corinth crossroads at Division Avenue and a Kent County landfill near US-131. The utility map shows almost no water or sewer mains here. Its Census block group has a typical home from 1984 and an owner median near $342,300 with a wide margin, and the assessor's 38 sales in these sections had a median near $384,000.
