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Riverside Heights

Strong schools draw families here

🏙️27 mito Downtown GR
🏞️2 mito Lake Michigan
🌳Top 10% park access🎓Top 14% school access
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🎓Schools
63

Above average schools

  • Grand Haven Area Public Schools
  • 15 rated schools nearby
  • Best nearby: 9/10
💰Home Values

$485K median

  • Assessor estimate
  • $94K median household income
  • 82% owner-occupied
🌲Nature & Outdoors

Park-rich area

  • 8 parks within 1 mile
  • Comstock Street & Waverly Avenue Area Trail: 6 min bike
  • Sluka Park: 7 min bike

Life here moves at the pace of a forty-acre-lot neighborhood masquerading as a subdivision—fourteen acres carved into half-acre plots where you've got actual land but not so much that the mailbox becomes an expedition. The routine is suburban in the clearest sense: Mercury Park is a three-minute walk away, eight parks dot the immediate radius, and a dozen restaurants sit within a mile, so "what's for dinner" stops being philosophical pretty fast. Grand Haven Area Public Schools serves the area, and homes run around $485K, which buys you proximity to Grand Haven's beach in under six minutes while keeping downtown Grand Rapids at a reasonable forty-seven-minute drive for the people who need it. Groceries are 1.3 miles out, and the nearest coffee shop sits about a mile away—close enough that you're not rationing caffeine, far enough that the place doesn't feel like a strip mall with houses. You're technically in Dermshire Forest Area, but Riverside Heights itself is where the mail goes.

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Median home price: $484,925

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$1,196/mo

Median Rent

93%

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Nearby Schools

6.3
/10 avg
Above average schools

Based on 15 rated schools nearby

Range: 2/10 to 9/10

Elementary

9

K-5 nearby

Middle

4

6-8 nearby

High School

4

9-12 nearby

School District: Grand Haven Area Public Schools

8Grand Haven High SchoolHigh · 09-12 · 1,732 students · 18:1 · 0.0 mi
8White Pines Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 05-08 · 762 students · 15:1 · 0.0 mi
6Ferry SchoolElementary · PK-04 · 204 students · 10:1 · 0.0 mi
6Lakeshore Middle SchoolMiddle · 07-08 · 760 students · 16:1 · 0.0 mi

At a Glance

Est. Home Value

$485K

Assessor estimate

Parcels / Units

28

Median Lot Size

0.32 ac

0.27 ac – 0.68 ac

Homeowner Rate

92.9%

Principal residence

Median Income

$94K

Household

Environment & Amenities

Flood Risk

None

Not in flood zone

Nearest Park

Mercury Park

0.2 mi

Parks Nearby

8

within 1 mile

Data sources: parcels, schools · Updated 4/19/2026