Pennell Park Area — street view
Neighborhood91.1 acres

Pennell Park Area

Strong schools draw families here

🏙️4 mito Downtown GR
🏞️31 mito Lake Michigan
🎓Top 12% school access🏷️Below-average home prices
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🎓Schools
37

Below average schools

  • Godwin Heights Public Schools
  • 43 rated schools nearby
  • Best nearby: 7/10
💰Home Values

$250K median

  • 9 sales in last 12mo
  • $67K median household income
  • 67% owner-occupied
🌲Nature & Outdoors

Park-rich area

  • 6 parks within 1 mile
  • Plaster Creek Trail: 8 min bike
  • Plaster Creek Trail: 10 min bike
🧑‍🌾Farmers market nearby

Pennell Park Area sits in the middle of Wyoming's commercial density—28th Street runs nearby, and you're steps from a transit stop when you need it—but the neighborhood itself is residential enough that you wake up to a normal street rather than storefront hustle. A restaurant is a three-minute walk away, and there are 48 within a mile, which means you're never negotiating takeout menus with the same three chains; Godwin Heights Public Schools serves the area. Homes here run around $250K, and Plaster Creek park is close enough for an actual errand-run walk. Downtown Grand Rapids is 8.8 minutes away when you need real city, and the airport sits 18.4 minutes out. What keeps people here isn't proximity alone—it's that 91-acre patch where you get both the infrastructure hum of a second-tier commercial corridor and actual residential quiet, without pretending one cancels out the other.

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Median Rent

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

Nearby Schools

3.7
/10 avg
Below average schools

Based on 43 rated schools nearby

Range: 1/10 to 7/10

Elementary

26

K-5 nearby

Middle

8

6-8 nearby

High School

14

9-12 nearby

School District: Godwin Heights Public Schools

5Godwin Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 06-08 · 389 students · 17:1 · 0.0 mi
5Godwin Heights Senior High SchoolHigh · 09-12 · 689 students · 19:1 · 0.0 mi
4North Godwin Elementary SchoolElementary · 03-05 · 407 students · 16:1 · 0.0 mi

Environment & Amenities

Flood Risk

None

Not in flood zone

Nearest Park

Plaster Creek

0.6 mi

Parks Nearby

6

within 1 mile

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

Data sources: schools · Updated 4/19/2026