Gardentown Village
Walkable and connected
Walkability 6.2/10·Schools 4.1/10
Look, it's seven acres of a planned community where you're genuinely close to things—downtown Grand Rapids is eleven minutes away, and there's a restaurant basically at your doorstep, plus a grocery within a seven-minute walk. Prairie Park is a short walk too, and you've got seventy-eight restaurants and eighteen grocery stores within a mile, which means you're not hunting for dinner or milk. Transit stops nearby as well. Wyoming Public Schools serves the area. Homes run in the mid-$200s, and the whole setup is part of the Prairie View Estates Area, which is the kind of place where you get suburban land without the commute penalty—close enough to the city that you're not sacrificing access, far enough out that you can actually breathe.
Why people love it here
Very walkable
- Bojangles: 5 min walk
- 11 places within a 10 min walk
Park-rich area
- 15 parks within 1 mile
- Prairie Park: 15 min walk
- Unnamed bike_path: 8 min bike
Walkability
Good
Overall walkability score out of 10
Based on actual walk/bike/drive times to nearby amenities via Mapbox
Supermercado La Esmeralda
+1 more
Bojangles
Starbucks
+1 more
Frankie V's Sicilian Pizza & Grill
+1 more
Prairie Park
+1 more
Prairie Park Playground
Battjes Lake
+1 more
Millennium Park Beach
Tennyson Drive Southwest
dog_park
Unnamed bike_path
Grandville Launch
Anytime Fitness
Prairie/Prairie Creek Apartments (WB)
+1 more
CVS Pharmacy
KDL Wyoming Branch
Kelloggsville Early Childhood Learning Center
Celebration! Cinema RiverTown Crossings
Flood Risk
None
Not in flood zone
Nearest Park
Prairie Park
0.6 mi
Parks Nearby
15
within 1 mile
Based on 7 rated schools nearby
Range: 3/10 to 5/10
School District: Wyoming Public Schools
Crime in Gardentown Village is reported at the city level, not the neighborhood level. The FBI doesn't publish reliable crime rates for individual neighborhoods, and within any community crime varies street to street. For an accurate, comparable picture, see the jurisdiction-wide figures for Kent County.
Kent County crime & safety stats →Association and local-government details are compiled from public records, municipal sites, and state registries, and can change. Confirm directly with the association or municipality before relying on them.
Solar potential
~$870/yr in electricity from a typical rooftop solar system
Produces ~6,348 kWh/yr · offsets ~60% of a typical home's use
Resident-arranged private hauler
Garbage supplied by individual contractors to homeowners; city runs yard-waste drop-off.
Wyoming Department of Public Safety (Police)
Police/fire administration merged into Dept of Public Safety in 2014.
Services for Wyoming · Source: wyomingmi.gov
Utility, solar, and service details for Gardentown Village are compiled from public records, municipal sites, and NREL / U.S. data.gov, and can change. Electric/gas can vary by address — confirm with the provider before relying on them.
🛒 Grocery(30)
Supermercado La Esmeralda
Grocery Store
Family Fare Supermarket
Grocery Store
Korting Outlet
Grocery Store
+27 more within 5 miles
🍕 Restaurants(13)
Bojangles
Restaurant
Lindo Mexico Restaurante Mexicano
Restaurant
Antojitos Veracruzanos Rincon Catracho
Restaurant
La Jefa Taqueria
Restaurant
+8 more within 5 miles
☕ Coffee(19)
+16 more within 5 miles
🍺 Bars(21)
Park Center Lanes
Bar
Frankie V's Sicilian Pizza & Grill
Bar
Anazeh Sands Billiards
Bar
+18 more within 5 miles
🏫 Schools(26)
Wyoming High School
School
Gladiola Elementary School
School
Wyoming Intermediate School
+21 more within 5 miles
💪 Gyms(12)
Anytime Fitness
Fitness Center
Transformation Personal Fitness
Fitness Center
Fitness Center
+9 more within 5 miles
🐕 Dog Parks(4)
Dog Park in Kragt Plat Area
Dog Park
Wyoming Dog Park Dog Park
Dog Park
Downtown Westside Dog Park
Dog Park
+1 more within 5 miles
🚴 Trails(7)
Bike Path
Bike Path
Unnamed bike_path
Bike Path
Travista Park Area Trail
Bike Path
+4 more within 5 miles
⛵ Boat Launches(3)
Boat Launch
Boat Launch
Boat Launch
🚌 Transit(30)
Transit Stop
Transit Stop
Transit Stop
+27 more within 5 miles
💊 Pharmacies(11)
+8 more within 5 miles
👶 Childcare(2)
🏥 Hospitals(5)
+2 more within 5 miles
📚 Libraries(7)
+4 more within 5 miles
Frequently asked about Gardentown Village
- What schools serve Gardentown Village?
- Gardentown Village is served by Wyoming Public Schools. Its highest-rated assigned school is Wyoming High School (5/10).
- Is Gardentown Village walkable?
- Gardentown Village scores 6.2/10 for walkability — a measure of walking, biking, and driving access to groceries, dining, parks, schools, and transit.