Three Mile Road and Provin Trails
The largest block group by land, north of Knapp Street on the East Beltline's east side up to Four Mile Road, with Hoag and Maguire avenues, Mason and Evergreen lakes, Kuyper College at 3333 East Beltline, Corewell Health's care center at 2750 East Beltline and the Kent County park at Provin Trails. Census owner values sit near $495,600 with a wide margin, the typical home dates from 1999, and owners hold about 1,500 of its homes. Roughly a fifth of its homes, on the north side toward Four Mile Road, are in Northview Public Schools.
Celadon and Leffingwell Avenue
West of the East Beltline between Knapp Street and Three Mile Road: the Celadon New Town development at Knapp and Leffingwell, the apple-named streets of Apple Valley such as Winesap and McIntosh, Lenwood Hills and Orchard View Elementary. About five in six homes are detached and about four in five are owner-occupied, with a typical home from 1982 and owner values near $369,300. The cinema at 2121 Celebration Drive and the shops off Peregrine Drive, inside the same Census block group, are City of Grand Rapids parcels.
Perch Lake and Dean Lake Avenue
North of Three Mile Road between Dean Lake Avenue and Leffingwell Avenue, up to Four Mile, around Perch Lake and the Kensington Woods site condominium. Nearly every home is a detached, owner-occupied house, and the typical one dates from 1968, two decades older than the township as a whole. Owner values run near $377,700 with a wide margin. A few dozen homes at the north end are in Northview Public Schools.
Plainfield Avenue and Emerald Lake
The northwest corner, from Plainfield Avenue east to Dean Lake Avenue between Three and Four Mile roads, with Emerald Lake and Lamberton Creek. Township and city land interleave here: about two thirds of the block group's homes are township homes, and the Lamberton Lake Fen preserve next door belongs to the City of Grand Rapids. Detached houses and apartment buildings share the area, owner values sit near $282,800, well under the township median, and the typical home dates from 1984. Close to half of the township homes here are in Northview Public Schools, and the township's plan places Plainfield Township's water and sewer service in this northwest part of the township.
Shadow Lake and the 49505 corner
West of Dean Lake Avenue between Knapp Street and Three Mile Road, around Shadow Lake, Sandrel Drive, Deer View Estates and Indian Ridge Drive. Most of the township's Grand Rapids 49505 addresses are here, in a ZIP that is otherwise mostly city: the Census geocoder places 2099 Sandrel Dr NE in the township and in Forest Hills Public Schools. On the Shadow Lake side a little under half of the block group's homes are township homes, renters and owners split about evenly, owner values sit near $428,200 with a wide margin and the typical home is from 1993. Farther west, around Indian Ridge, the block group is mostly city.
Township Hall, Crahen Valley and Knapp's Corner
From Leonard Street up to about Knapp Street, and from Leffingwell Avenue east to the Ada Township line: the Township Hall and its 58-acre park at 1836 East Beltline, Crahen Valley Park, Knapp Forest Elementary on Knapp Valley Drive, Knapp Charter Academy on Leffingwell and Forest Hills Northern High School. Condos and townhomes such as Ledgestone, Eaglecrest and Grand Ridge sit near the Beltline, with site condos such as Flowers Mill and Winterwood farther east. Owners hold about seven in ten homes, the typical home dates from 1997 and the owner median, near $389,300, carries a very wide margin. The Meijer at Knapp's Corner and the homes around it, about a quarter of the block group's housing, are in the City of Grand Rapids, and a few streets at the east end use Ada 49301 addresses.
Meijer Gardens and the Beltline line
From Leonard Street south toward Michigan Street around the East Beltline, home to the 158-acre Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, opened in 1995 at 1000 East Beltline. The boundary runs right along the road here: the Gardens are township land in Forest Hills Public Schools, while Cornerstone University across the Beltline at 1001 and homes on streets such as Bradford Place are in the City of Grand Rapids and Grand Rapids Public Schools. Only about two in five of the block group's homes are township homes, around Bradford Hollow and Bradford Greens east of the Gardens. Owner values sit near $376,900 with a very wide margin, typical home from 1986.
Bradford Farms and the Ada line
The township's east edge between Crahen Avenue and the Ada Township line, from about Fulton Street north to Leonard, with Whitewood Farms, Canterwood, Quail Ridge and Bradford Farms off Bradford Street. Every home in the Census count is a detached, owner-occupied house, the typical one from 2001, later than in any other part of the township, and owner values run near $579,600. Much of it uses the Ada ZIP code 49301: the Census geocoder places 4469 Hickory Grove Ct NE, Ada in Grand Rapids Township and in Forest Hills Public Schools.
East Lake and the Fulton Street side
Between Fulton and Michigan streets, from the East Beltline east to Crahen Avenue, where I-96 crosses on its way to the Beltline interchange. East Lake and the Bridgehampton, Chevy Chase and Nottingham streets sit here, with the Aspen Trails condominiums on the north side of Fulton. About nine in ten homes are owner-occupied and a little over a fifth are attached, the typical home is from 1991 and owner values run near $388,800.
Cascade Hills and Cook Valley
South of Fulton Street and east of the Beltline, around Cascade Hills Country Club on Cascade Road, Hidden Lake and the Cook Valley and Reeds Crossing streets, with I-96 cutting through. The housing is mixed: about half detached houses, about a sixth attached homes and about a third units in buildings of five or more. Owners hold about two thirds of homes, the typical home dates from 1979 and owner values sit near $428,100.
Forest Hill Avenue and Echo Lake
The southeast corner along Forest Hill Avenue and Cascade Road down to Hall Street, in two block groups. Around Collins School on Heather Lane, the township's Fulton Street fire station and the St. Andrews and Carnoustie streets, nearly every home is owner-occupied, the typical one from 1979, with owner values near $456,100 and a tighter margin than most. Around Echo Lake, Forest Hills Park and Medical Park Drive the homes are older, typically from 1964, apartments stand beside detached houses, and owner values sit near $373,200.
Reeds Lake's east end and Cascade Road
The southwest edge beside East Grand Rapids, along Cascade Road, Robinson Road and Reeds Lake Boulevard, with Elmhurst Avenue, Morningside Drive and Alta Vista Drive and John H. Bonnell Park on the lake. About 330 township homes sit here, mostly detached and from the 1950s, inside three block groups that are mainly East Grand Rapids, where owner values run from about $462,500 to $799,000. Homes such as 72 Elmhurst Ave SE are in East Grand Rapids Public Schools, while Reeds Lake Boulevard homes such as 3933 are in Forest Hills. Every point our FEMA map sample flagged as high-risk flood ground in the township sits along this shore.
