Glencairn
Between Grand River Avenue and Saginaw Street just east of Harrison Road, on Roxburgh, Clarendon, Northlawn, Audubon and Sunset Lane, with Glenhaven Park and Robert S. Shaw Park. Its block group is about 320 detached houses with a typical build year of 1947, and owners put the middle value near $334,000, with a margin of about $51,000. Four Glencairn sections have voted themselves into rental restriction overlays.
Hillcrest Village
Hillcrest Avenue, Clifton Boulevard, Ardson Road and Marshall Street, just north of Grand River Avenue on the west side of downtown, where Hillcrest Village is one of the city's six historic districts. About 241 homes, all detached, with a typical build year of 1938. The owner median of about $401,000 carries a wide margin of about $66,000.
Chesterfield Hills
Chesterfield Parkway, Cresenwood, Kensington and Huntington roads off Harrison Road, north of Grand River Avenue. Chesterfield Hills is a historic district and also an overlay neighborhood under Ordinance 1098. The block group counts about 282 detached houses, typically built in 1938, with an owner median near $277,100 (margin about $63,000).
Oakwood and the Bailey Street blocks
The blocks just north of downtown on Ann, Grove, Division, Bailey, Orchard and Collingwood, plus Oakwood around Valley Court Park. Bailey and Oakwood are both historic districts, and houses here typically date to 1938. Most are rented: in the block group along Bailey and Division, about 22 of 101 occupied homes are owner-occupied, too few for a Census value. 602 Grove Street and 429 Bailey Street are on the city's deed-restricted list.
Bailey, Marble and Lantern Hill
Between Abbot and Hagadorn roads south of Saginaw Street, around Bailey Park, John M. Patriarche Park and Marble Elementary, on Alton, Kedzie, Chittenden, Lantern Hill Drive and Snyder Road. About 642 homes, about two in three of them detached, with a typical build year of 1960 and an owner median near $291,400 (margin about $29,000). Central Bailey and Lantern Hill are overlay neighborhoods.
Whitehills
East of Abbot Road and north of Saginaw Street around Whitehills Elementary and Albert A. White Memorial Park, on Northgate, Dennison, Foxcroft, Walbridge, Kendale and Woodland Pass. Census tract 39.01 counts about 960 homes with a typical build year of 1974. Owners put the middle value near $475,300, with a margin of about $74,000. Old, East and West Whitehills each have a rental restriction overlay.
Pinecrest and Farwood
The northwest corner around Green Elementary, Henry Fine Park and Wolf Court Park, on Pinecrest, Farwood, Ramblewood, Fox Hills and Wembley Way. About 510 homes, typical build year 1974, and an owner median near $275,900 (margin about $43,000). South Pinecrest and Farwood are overlay neighborhoods.
Shaw Estates and Chartwell
Around Gordon Guyer Park, where Shaw Estates runs along streets named for poets, Whitman, Longfellow, Whittier and Bryant, beside the attached homes of Chartwell Carriage Way and Somerset Close. About 665 homes, roughly half detached, and nearly every occupied one is owner-occupied. Typical build year 1973, owner median near $217,400 (margin about $37,000).
Brookfield and Hidden River
East of Hagadorn Road and north of Grand River Avenue, along Burrwood, Moorland, Melrose, Mount Vernon, Wayland and Brookfield Circle, with Hidden River Park. About 431 homes, most of them detached, with a typical build year of 1965 and an owner median near $252,300 (margin about $24,000). Brookfield and West Brookfield are overlay neighborhoods.
Avondale and Southeast Marble
Around Hagadorn Road between Grand River Avenue and Saginaw Street, on John R, Stoddard, Lexington, Spartan, Gunson and Cahill, near Stoddard Park. About 560 homes with a typical build year of 1960 and an owner median near $229,800 (margin about $15,000). Southeast Marble is an overlay neighborhood, and the city's deed-restricted list includes houses on Snyder Road, Melrose Avenue and Spartan Avenue.
Red Cedar and Ivanhoe
West of campus near Trowbridge and Harrison roads, on Ivanhoe Drive, Rowena Road, Tanager Lane, Arbor Drive and Scott Drive, with Emerson Park. About 208 homes, typical build year 1956, owner median near $263,600 (margin about $29,000). Red Cedar and Ivanhoe share one overlay ordinance, number 1101.
Hawk Nest and the golf course streets, Clinton County
North of Coleman Road, where bird names such as Whimbrel, Avocet, Kiskadee and Shearwater and horse names such as Palomino, Mustang and Quarterhorse sit beside Falcon and Eagle Eye golf courses. Typical build year 2005, owner median near $292,500 (margin about $31,000), a block group that also takes in homes in DeWitt Township. The district changes by street: the Census geocoder puts 3675 Whimbrel Way in East Lansing schools and 555 Quarterhorse Road in Lansing's.
