Holt's center and the tree-named streets
The triangle of Cedar Street, Holt Road and North Aurelius Road that the township's 2023 master plan calls its urban center: the Community Services Center at 2074 Aurelius, with the township offices, a fire station and the CADL library branch, plus Veterans Memorial Gardens and the sheriff's Delhi Division on Cedar. South of Holt Road the short grid of Chestnut, Walnut, Elm and Maple streets runs toward Kiwanis Park. Both Census block groups here have a typical build year of 1958, the earliest in the township, with about half to six in ten homes detached and the rest duplexes, small multiplexes and apartments. Owner medians run about $122,000 to $144,000, the lower figure on a wide margin.
Elliott Elementary, Keller Road and Park Lane
North of Holt Road and east of Aurelius up to Willoughby Road, around Elliott Elementary, Park Lane and Keller Road. Multi-unit communities such as Cricket Ridge, Pheasant Hollow and Sugar Pine sit beside 1960s houses, so only about a third of homes are detached and renters outnumber owners about three to two. Typical home from 1967, Census owner median near $131,000 with a fairly wide margin.
Jaycee Park and Tolland Avenue, west of Cedar
Between Cedar Street and Eifert Road from Holt Road north to Willoughby, with Jaycee Park at the end of Wemple Street, Tolland and Dean avenues, Cedar Park Boulevard and the South Square apartments near Cedar. Just under half the homes are detached, about one in five attached and about a quarter in larger buildings. Typical home from 1977, owner median near $183,000. The Alton Drain puts a small share of the land, about 6%, in the high-risk flood zone.
Wilcox Road and Pageant Way, south of Holt Road
South of Holt Road between Eifert and Aurelius roads, along Wilcox Road, Pageant Way, Sycamore Drive and Dogwood Drive. Mostly detached houses, about four in five in the eastern block group and more than nine in ten in the western one, built around 1970 and 1971. Census owner medians run about $193,000 to $199,000, and FEMA's map, as we sampled it, shows no high-risk flood zone here.
Horizon Elementary and Washington Road
West of Holt's center, around Horizon Elementary and along Washington and Horstmeyer roads, where the township assessor lists subdivisions such as Houghton Hollow Estates, Loch Woode Estates and Moorwood Farms. Every home the Census counts here is a detached house, typically from 1997, with an owner median near $305,000. Mailing addresses split roughly evenly between Holt 48842 and Lansing 48911, and the Gilbert Drain floodplain covers about a sixth of the land.
Bishop and Gilbert roads on the Waverly Road side
The northwest corner, east of Waverly Road along Gilbert and Bishop roads, where Delhi's second fire station stands at 6139 Bishop Road. Homes here carry Lansing 48911 addresses but sit in Delhi and in Holt Public Schools. About two thirds are detached houses and the Census counts about 190 manufactured homes. The Census owner median, about $214,000, has a wide margin of error, and its median build year is 1991. The Gilbert Drain and West Town Drain put about a third of the land in FEMA's high-risk zone, more than anywhere else in Delhi.
Sycamore Creek, River Pointe and Dell Road
The northeast corner north of Willoughby Road and east of Aurelius, toward College Road and the I-96 corridor, with Sycamore Creek winding through and Holt and Lansing addresses mixed together. The north half, around Sandhill Road and River Pointe Drive, is all detached houses with an owner median near $332,000, the highest figure among Delhi's block groups, give or take about $52,000. The south half, along Dell and Pine Tree roads and streets such as Laureate Drive and Scholar Lane, typically dates from 2001, and about four in ten of its homes are in larger buildings. Tract-wide the owner median is about $318,000, and the creek's floodplain covers about a fifth of the north half.
Valhalla Park, Esker Landing and the east side
The east side between Aurelius and College roads, from Willoughby Road south toward Harper Road: Valhalla Park, the township's largest at 45 acres, Esker Landing's kayak launch on Cedar Lake, John Taylor Memorial Park, Holt Junior High and Sycamore Elementary. It holds more homes than any other block group in Delhi, about 2,200: a little over four in ten detached, about three in ten in larger buildings and about 250 manufactured homes, with renters outnumbering owners. Typical home from 2002, owner median near $236,000.
Holt Road between Washington and Eifert roads
Between Washington and Eifert roads from Willoughby Road south to McCue Road, along Holt and Gunn roads, with Willoughby Park, the West Holt Road trailhead and newer streets such as Witherspoon Way, Runnymede Drive and Royal Crescent. Typically built around 2000, with a mix: just under half detached, about a fifth attached and about a fifth in larger buildings. Owner median near $245,000. The Alton Drain floodplain covers about a seventh of the land.
Grovenburg Road, Burchfield Park and the Grand River
The rural southwest, about a fifth of the township's land, from Holt Road south to Nichols Road and from Waverly Road east to Washington and Onondaga roads. The Grand River runs through Burchfield Park, Ingham County's largest park at 540 acres, and Delhi's wastewater treatment plant sits at McCue and Grovenburg roads. Nearly all homes are detached and owner-occupied, typically from 1993, with an owner median near $304,000. FEMA maps about a sixth of the land as high-risk, mostly beside the river. Holt schools serve most homes, Eaton Rapids the western edge and Mason the far south, and addresses can read Holt, Dimondale or Mason.
Harper Road from Onondaga to Aurelius
South of McCue Road along Harper Road, from North Onondaga Road east to Aurelius Road, near Wilcox Elementary and the Iron Links golf course, with subdivisions off Applecroft Lane and Glenberry Drive and streets such as Amsterdam Avenue and Windmill Boulevard just west of Eifert. The eastern block group, between Eifert and Aurelius, is about 83% detached, with a typical home from 1980 and an owner median near $213,000 on a wide margin. The western one, between Onondaga and Eifert, counts about 280 manufactured homes among roughly 450, and the Census publishes no owner median for it. Harper Road is the township's urban service boundary, and Mason Public Schools covers most of the land here, though most homes are in Holt's district.
Centennial Farms and the Mason-schools southeast
The southeast between Aurelius and College roads down to Howell Road: Centennial Farms and its 10-acre park on Aurelius Road at Garden Gate Drive, Catalina Drive, Edgar and Harper roads and the El Dorado golf course near Howell Road. About 96% of homes are detached and nearly all owner-occupied, typically from 1993, with an owner median near $265,000. Mason Public Schools covers about nine tenths of the land, and homes split about evenly between the Holt and Mason districts. Most of the land carries Mason 48854 addresses, though about seven in ten homes still use Holt 48842.
