Carlton

Driving east from downtown on Wealthy Street, you slip into a stretch of early-1900s brick and wood-frame homes set close to the sidewalk—the kind with original trim still holding decades of paint, front porches that actually face the street, and the feeling that someone designed this block to be walked. A Walk Score of 93 means the farmer's market, restaurants, and Wilcox Park are genuinely near enough to become part of your routine, not a destination. Aquinas College sits less than a mile away, and the restored Wealthy Theatre anchors the commercial spine nearby. The mix here runs real—investors holding rentals alongside owner-occupants, dogs everywhere, a few affordable housing options woven into the blocks. Newer construction is planned for Wealthy Street through 2026, which will shift how this stretch feels, but for now it's the kind of place where a century-old home and contemporary living haven't quite fought each other into a winner yet.