Kent Hills

Early evening in Kent Hills, when the last light hits the brick and the block settles into its rhythm, is when this twenty-one-acre subdivision shows what it is: a collection of modest homes on tree-lined streets, part of the larger Creston neighborhood just eight and a half minutes from downtown Grand Rapids. The median sale price hovers around two hundred sixty-nine thousand dollars, and homes here sit within walkable distance of about ninety restaurants—most of them concentrated along Plainfield Avenue, where the real action is. There's a transit stop five minutes on foot, and Aberdeen Park shows up after a ten-minute walk if the kids need a place to burn off energy.