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Subdivision41.1 acres

J. Penney'S Add.

Strong schools draw families here

🏙️0.9 mito Downtown GR
🏞️30 mito Lake Michigan
💰Top 14% home values🌳Top 5% park access🎓Top 1% school access
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🎓Schools
45

Average schools

  • Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center
  • 49 rated schools nearby
  • Best nearby: 9/10
💰Home Values

$580K median

  • 5 sales in last 12mo
  • $62K median household income
  • 55% owner-occupied
🌲Nature & Outdoors

Park-rich area

  • 22 parks within 1 mile
  • Mooney Park: 3 min walk
  • Grandville Trail: 9 min bike
🧑‍🌾Farmers market nearby

You're living on forty-one acres of what used to be someone's catalog empire, now carved into parcels where homes hover around $521K and you're basically standing on downtown's doorstep—a three-minute drive and you're there. The daily rhythm here means stepping out to coffee in four minutes or grabbing dinner in five, with over 400 restaurants within a mile if you're feeling indecisive; transit access is right there too, which is the kind of thing that matters more than people admit. Heritage Hill wraps around you—all that Frank Lloyd Wright and nineteenth-century architecture that makes the whole district famous—but J. Penney's Add. itself is smaller-lot, more contemporary, the kind of subdivision where you get actual proximity to things rather than the grand-home-on-a-big-plot situation. Mooney Park is essentially your backyard, and there are twenty-two parks within walking distance if you count the way locals count distance.

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Nearby Schools

4.5
/10 avg
Average schools

Based on 49 rated schools nearby

Range: 1/10 to 9/10

Elementary

26

K-5 nearby

Middle

8

6-8 nearby

High School

21

9-12 nearby

School District: Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center

8City MiddleHighHigh · 07-12 · 908 students · 23:1 · 0.0 mi
8Center for EconomicologyMiddle · 06-06 · 59 students · 22:1 · 0.0 mi
6Blandford SchoolMiddle · 06-06 · 60 students · 23:1 · 0.0 mi
5John Ball Park Zoo SchoolMiddle · 06-06 · 59 students · 26:1 · 0.0 mi
5Grand Rapids Public Museum HighHigh · 09-12 · 273 students · 17:1 · 0.0 mi
4Martin Luther King Leadership AcademyElementary · PK-08 · 296 students · 16:1 · 0.0 mi
4Innovation Central HighHigh · 09-12 · 523 students · 16:1 · 0.0 mi
2Ottawa Hills High SchoolHigh · 09-12 · 369 students · -1:1 · 0.0 mi
2Alger Middle SchoolMiddle · 06-08 · 342 students · 20:1 · 0.0 mi

At a Glance

Median Sale Price

$580K

5 sales in last 12mo

Parcels / Units

152

Median Lot Size

0.17 ac

3215 sq ft – 0.50 ac

Median Income

$62K

Household

Environment & Amenities

Flood Risk

None

Not in flood zone

Nearest Park

Mooney Park

0.1 mi

Parks Nearby

22

within 1 mile

5 sold in the past 12 months — homes here go fast

Data sources: parcels, sales, schools · Updated 4/23/2026