Riley Street & 22nd Avenue Area

You'll know you're in the Riley Street & 22nd Avenue area when the lots open up and the ranch homes spread across tree-lined streets with real space between them—this is where Jamestown charter township feels most like itself, rural and grounded. A grocery store and restaurants are right there at your doorstep, and three parks sit within a mile, including an unnamed one just a short walk away if you want to stretch your legs. Downtown Grand Rapids is about 21 minutes away, and Gerald R. Ford airport sits another few minutes beyond that, so you're close enough to the city without being in it. Homes here run around $430K and tend toward ranch-style construction, and kids feed into Hudsonville Public School District. The real draw, though, is the pond—waterfront access that gives this pocket of the township something most suburban sprawl never gets.