Mercer and Durkee Add.
Convenient location
Walkability 5.6/10·Schools 4.0/10
—and what makes it click is the density of actual things around you: 36 restaurants within a mile, a grocery within a six-minute walk, a transit stop four minutes on foot. Mercer and Durkee Add. sits in the Southeast, just six minutes from downtown Grand Rapids, where the subdivision itself spans about an acre and feeds into Grand Rapids Public Schools. The neighborhood has teeth—ten parks within a mile, Rasberry Field a ten-minute walk away, a coffee shop at 1.2 miles. You're close enough to hit downtown for work or dinner (Gerald R. Ford is about 22 minutes out), but the subdivision itself is defined by what's immediately around it: eighteen grocery stores within two miles, restaurants on every block, the kind of corner-store access that actually shapes how you move through a day.
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Why people love it here
Walkable for daily errands
- Madison/Garden (SB): 4 min walk
- 17 places within a 10 min walk
Park-rich area
- 50 parks within 1 mile
- Rasberry Field: 13 min walk
- Dickinson Buffer Park: 8 min bike
Walkability
Fair
Overall walkability score out of 10
Based on actual walk/bike/drive times to nearby amenities via Mapbox
El Especial Supermarket & Bakery
+1 more
Taqueria San Jose
+1 more
Blossom Cafe GR
+1 more
My Place Bar
+1 more
Rasberry Field
+1 more
Unnamed playground
Battjes Lake
+1 more
Unnamed beach
Plaster Creek Trail
dog_park
+1 more
Clemente Park Trail
Butterworth Park Launch
Planet Fitness
+1 more
Madison/Garden (SB)
+1 more
CVS Pharmacy
Madison Square Library
+1 more
Kelloggsville Early Childhood Learning Center
Celebration Cinema Studio Park
Flood Risk
None
Not in flood zone
Nearest Park
Rasberry Field
0.5 mi
Parks Nearby
50
within 1 mile
Based on 25 rated schools nearby
Range: 1/10 to 8/10
School District: Grand Rapids Public Schools
Crime in Mercer and Durkee Add. 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 →Expected Rent
$1,175/mo
$1,050 – $1,325 · wider-area estimate
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
~$884/yr in electricity from a typical rooftop solar system
Produces ~6,451 kWh/yr · offsets ~61% of a typical home's use
City of Grand Rapids Water System
Regional water provider serving ~280,000 across Kent and Ottawa counties.
City of Grand Rapids Environmental Services (Water Resource Recovery Facility)
WRRF treats ~40 MGD of wastewater.
City of Grand Rapids Refuse & Recycling
City-run refuse/recycling cart program for residents.
Consumers Energy Co · ~13.7¢/kWh
Investor-owned utility serving the region.
Confirm by addressDTE Energy
DTE Gas serves much of Grand Rapids natural gas; verify by address.
Confirm by addressServices for Grand Rapids · Source: grandrapidsmi.gov
Utility, solar, and service details for Mercer and Durkee Add. 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)
Grocery Store
Great Giant Supermarket
Grocery Store
Hall Street Party Store
Grocery Store
+27 more within 5 miles
🍕 Restaurants(12)
Taqueria San Jose
Restaurant
Restaurant
Keke’s Kitchen
Restaurant
Ke ke & Kitchen
Restaurant
Fast Food
+7 more within 5 miles
☕ Coffee(13)
+10 more within 5 miles
🍺 Bars(15)
+12 more within 5 miles
🏫 Schools(28)
Jefferson School
South High School
School
Our Lady of Sorrows School
Saint Francis Xavier School
Dickinson School
+23 more within 5 miles
💪 Gyms(13)
Fitness Center
8th Day Gym
Fitness Center
Fitness Center
+10 more within 5 miles
🐕 Dog Parks(8)
Wyoming Dog Park Dog Park
Dog Park
Dog Park in Kragt Plat Area
Dog Park
Downtown Westside Dog Park
Dog Park
+5 more within 5 miles
🚴 Trails(4)
Clemente Park Trail
Bike Path
Grandville Trail
Bike Path
Unnamed bike_path
Bike Path
+1 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(16)
+13 more within 5 miles
👶 Childcare(3)
📚 Libraries(12)
+9 more within 5 miles
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Frequently asked about Mercer and Durkee Add.
- What schools serve Mercer and Durkee Add.?
- Mercer and Durkee Add. is served by Grand Rapids Public Schools. Its highest-rated assigned school is Center for Economicology (8/10).
- Is Mercer and Durkee Add. walkable?
- Mercer and Durkee Add. scores 5.6/10 for walkability — a measure of walking, biking, and driving access to groceries, dining, parks, schools, and transit.