South Beacon Boulevard & Taylor Avenue Area

The South Beacon Boulevard & Taylor Avenue area is dominated by contemporary block construction homes that run around $416K, which means you're living within actual walking distance of 186 restaurants and a grocery store that's a 7-minute stroll away—the kind of density that makes errands feel less like a chore and more like a reason to leave the house. Duncan Park sits an 11-minute walk off, one of the largest sections of unspoiled virgin forest in Michigan's lower peninsula, and the beach is just 4 minutes by car, so you get both the weight of old growth and the sound of waves without the drive. Grand Haven Area Public Schools serves the area, and downtown Grand Rapids is roughly 46 minutes out if you need it—close enough to matter, far enough to forget about on weekends when you've got boats launching from Scott Flahive Memorial just over a mile away and 186 reasons to stay put for dinner.