Hickory Ridge

Hickory Ridge sits on the southeast side of Grand Rapids, tucked into Ken-O-Sha Park, where you're about 12 minutes from downtown and 16 minutes from Gerald R. Ford airport—which means you get suburban breathing room without sacrificing access. The subdivision spans 58 acres of mid-century ranch and raised ranch homes clustering on modest lots (averaging 0.31 acres), with a median value around $301K. You're a nine-minute walk from Ken-O-Sha Park itself, where the Plaster Creek Trail kicks off and there's a wooden "Amplifier" structure that actually channels creek sounds if you climb into it—the kind of detail that makes a neighborhood feel less like a grid and more like a place. Forty-eight restaurants and 42 grocery stores sit within a mile or two, and a transit stop is five minutes on foot. Grand Rapids Public Schools runs the schools here.