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Neighborhood181.4 acres

Slater Heights Area

Strong schools draw families here

🏙️5 mito Downtown GR
🏞️34 mito Lake Michigan
🏷️Below-average home prices
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🎓Schools
58

Average schools

  • Grand Rapids Public Schools
  • 18 rated schools nearby
  • Best nearby: 9/10
💰Home Values

$144K median

  • 4 sales in last 12mo
  • $67K median household income
  • 59% owner-occupied
🚶Walkability
45

Somewhat walkable

  • Kentwood Station - Woodland: 9 min walk
  • 1 places within a 10 min walk

Look, the main thing you need to know before you get here is that you can walk to basically everything—grocery, coffee, a restaurant, the bus stop, all of it within steps. Slater Heights Area, spread across 181 acres in Kentwood, sits in the thick of things, 12 to 16 minutes from Gerald R. Ford airport and downtown Grand Rapids depending on traffic. The neighborhood has serious bones: 378 restaurants and 48 grocery stores within a mile or so, which sounds ridiculous until you realize it reflects the actual dining scene around here—genuinely global, genuinely good. Homes run around $144K. Grand Rapids Public Schools serves the area, and if you're the type who likes space without the isolation, there's Camelot Park a short drive away. It's dense in the way that actually works—you're not fighting to find what you need.

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Median Rent

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

Nearby Schools

5.8
/10 avg
Average schools

Based on 18 rated schools nearby

Range: 2/10 to 9/10

Elementary

12

K-5 nearby

Middle

3

6-8 nearby

High School

3

9-12 nearby

School District: Grand Rapids Public Schools

5Ridgemoor Park MontessoriElementary · PK-06 · 132 students · 15:1 · 1.0 mi
5Sherwood Global Studies AcademyElementary · PK-06 · 128 students · 12:1 · 2.2 mi
4Mulick Park Elementary SchoolElementary · PK-05 · 244 students · 16:1 · 2.2 mi
2Ottawa Hills High SchoolHigh · 09-12 · 369 students · -1:1 · 2.0 mi

Walkability

4.5

Fair

Overall walkability score out of 10

🛒Daily Errands
3.9
🍽️Dining
6.0
🌳Nature
1.1
🚌Transit
8.0
💪Fitness
3.0

Based on actual walk/bike/drive times to nearby amenities via Mapbox

Nearby Locations

🛒Grocery Stores
Quick drive

Fresh Thyme

7 mindrive· 29 min walk· 15 min bike
Super Green Market
6 mindrive
🌳Parks
Quick drive

Calvin University Ecosystem Preserve

6 mindrive· 17 min bike
🛝Playgrounds
Short drive

Camelot Park Playground

5 mindrive· 24 min walk· 13 min bike
Stanaback Park Playground
7 mindrive
🥾Hiking Trails
Bikeable

Swansea Drive Southeast

11 minbike· 18 min walk· 4 min drive
Reeds Lake Trail
7 mindrive
🚴Bike Paths
Bikeable

East Paris Homesites Area Trail

10 minbike· 23 min walk· 4 min drive
Shaffer Ave & 36th St Area Trail
6 mindrive
Stanaback Park Trail
7 mindrive
🚌Transit Stops
Short walk

Kentwood Station - Woodland

9 minwalk· 7 min bike· 2 min drive
Radcliff/28th (NB)
11 minwalk
28th/Radcliff (WB)
11 minwalk
Radcliff/28th (SB)
11 minwalk

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📚Libraries
Quick drive

Hekman Library

6 mindrive· 22 min walk· 13 min bike
🎬Movie Theaters
Quick drive

Celebration Cinema Studio Park

14 mindrive

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

Data sources: schools · Updated 4/19/2026