Wingfield Estates

You might expect a condo community 24 minutes from downtown Grand Rapids to feel like it's stranded at the region's edge, but Wingfield Estates sits on 30 acres in the O. B. Thomas Plat Area where the suburb doesn't thin out—it just spreads differently. The nearest restaurant is about a mile away, and there are six grocery stores within two miles, so daily errands don't require much of a drive. Emmons Lake lies 1.7 miles south, and Lepard Preserve is even closer at 1.2 miles, which means the wooded character of the area isn't theoretical—it's actually there when you step outside. Homes here run in the mid-$300,000s to low-$400,000s range, and you're zoned for Caledonia Community Schools.