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Lock Plat

Strong schools draw families here

🏙️6 mito Downtown GR
🏞️35 mito Lake Michigan
💰Top 14% home values
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🎓Schools
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Top-rated schools

  • Forest Hills Public Schools
  • 14 rated schools nearby
  • Best nearby: 10/10
💰Home Values

$580K median

  • 1 recent sale
  • $118K median household income
  • 88% owner-occupied
🏡Space & Property

17,015 sq ft avg lots

  • 11 homes
🛝Walk to a playground

If someone asks where Lock Plat is, the honest answer is: it's a six-acre platted subdivision in the Vineyard Area where lots average just under half an acre and homes hover around $431K. The real story is access—you're eleven minutes from downtown Grand Rapids, less than fifteen from Gerald R. Ford Airport, and somehow still close enough to walk to a grocery store or one of eighteen restaurants within a mile. Forest Hills Park sits a six-minute walk away, and when you want actual distance, Hidden Lake is less than two miles out. Forest Hills Public Schools serves the area. The subdivision itself is small and straightforward, the kind of place where the appeal isn't what someone stamped onto the land but what was already there: location that doesn't force you to choose between convenience and not living on top of everyone else.

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Median home price in Lock Plat

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Median home price: $580,000

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Your budget of $447,891 covers many homes here — Lock Plat has options below median too

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Median Rent

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

Nearby Schools

8.6
/10 avg
Above average schools

Based on 14 rated schools nearby

Range: 6/10 to 10/10

Elementary

6

K-5 nearby

Middle

5

6-8 nearby

High School

4

9-12 nearby

School District: Forest Hills Public Schools

9Northern Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 07-08 · 546 students · 18:1 · 0.0 mi
9Northern High SchoolHigh · 09-12 · 1,134 students · 19:1 · 0.0 mi
9Northern Trails 56 SchoolMiddle · 05-06 · 478 students · 17:1 · 0.0 mi
7Collins Elementary SchoolElementary · PK-04 · 358 students · 18:1 · 0.0 mi

At a Glance

Recent Sale Price

$580K

1 recent sale

Parcels / Units

11

Median Lot Size

0.38 ac

0.36 ac – 0.53 ac

Median Income

$118K

Household

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

Data sources: parcels, sales, schools · Updated 4/22/2026