East GrandRapids.
Why people choose it
East Grand Rapids
Reeds Lake, Gaslight Village and the city's most established addresses.
- 01
Reeds Lake frontage is the scarcest thing in the market and rarely trades publicly.
- 02
Gaslight Village puts dinner, coffee and the library inside a walk.
- 03
Housing runs from restored prewar homes to new construction on tight, coveted lots.
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Its own school district, its own city services, minutes from downtown.
Things to do
Around the lake.
Named places, not a mood board. Follow any of them through to the people who run it.
Lake
01
Reeds Lake
283 acres, reaching roughly 52 feet at its deepest point.
Business district
02
Gaslight Village
Shops, restaurants and services along Wealthy Street in the city center.
Trail
03
Reeds Lake Trail
4.2 miles of sidewalk, paved path and boardwalk circling the lake.
Park
04
Waterfront Park
Seventeen acres on the west shore, with a 425-foot floating boardwalk.
Park
05
Manhattan Park
The largest city park at 46 acres, with ball fields, courts and nature trails.
Nature area
06
Hodenpyl Woods
Wooded wetland with a 0.9-mile identification trail and a floating bridge.
Boat launch
07
John Collins Park
Nearly three acres on Lakeside Drive, holding the public boat and kayak launches.
Dog park
08
Remington Park
Baseball field plus fenced off-leash areas for large and small dogs.
Hours, seasons and access change. Everything above links to the organization that runs it — check there before you drive out to East Grand Rapids.
By the numbers
East Grand Rapids, measured.
A city of under three square miles built around a 283-acre lake, and effectively finished building. The figures describe a market of existing houses, not new ones.
- Population
11,445
City of East Grand Rapids
ACS 2020–2024 5-year · Census Reporter
- Median home value
$521,300
Owner-occupied. Kent County is $289,900.
ACS 2020–2024 5-year · Census Reporter
- Median household income
$166,610
Michigan is $72,875.
ACS 2020–2024 5-year · Census Reporter
- Bachelor's degree or higher
79.9%
Adults 25 and over. Michigan is 32.5%.
ACS 2020–2024 5-year · Census Reporter
- Reeds Lake
283 acres
About 52 feet at its deepest
City of East Grand Rapids · City of East Grand Rapids
- City land area
2.9 sq mi
3,909 people per square mile
ACS 2020–2024 5-year · Census Reporter
- District enrollment
2,992
East Grand Rapids Public Schools, five schools
NCES 2024–25 · NCES
Owner-occupied homes by value
Of about 3,566 owner-occupied homes. The weight sits between $400,000 and $750,000, with a genuine tail above a million.
- 115
- 220
- 556
- 811
- 950
- 387
- 527
- <$200k
- $200–299k
- $300–399k
- $400–499k
- $500–749k
- $750–999k
- $1M+
ACS 2020–2024 5-year · Census Reporter
Median household income
The city against its metro and its state.
- East Grand Rapids$167K
- Grand Rapids metro$83K
- Michigan$73K
ACS 2020–2024 5-year · Census Reporter
On the map
A ring around Reeds Lake.
The address people mean when they say they want to be in Grand Rapids without being in it. East Grand Rapids wraps a walkable village around Reeds Lake, with a school district families move for and a housing stock that runs from 1920s brick to serious lakefront.
Water · Reeds Lake
- County
- Kent
- Water
- Reeds Lake and Fisk Lake
- Schools
- East Grand Rapids Public Schools
- Land area
- 2.93 square miles
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On the market
East Grand Rapids property.
SampleThe MLS feed is not connected yet. Everything below is demonstration data used to build the search, and none of it is a real property.
Before you buy
What to lookinto first.
Local conditions that change what a parcel is worth or what may be built on it. None of this is legal advice and none of it answers for a specific address — it is what to raise with the municipality, your attorney and your inspector before the offer, not after.
- 01The school boundary is not the city line
East Grand Rapids Public Schools and the City of East Grand Rapids are close to coextensive, but not identical, and a Grand Rapids mailing address near the edge settles nothing either way. The district is the single largest reason people pay to be here, so it is worth confirming rather than assuming. Check the school district recorded against the parcel in Kent County property records.
Kent County- 02Lake frontage is finite
Reeds Lake covers 283 acres in a city with only 2.93 square miles of land, and the shoreline is fully built. Public launching is limited to John Collins Park with limited street parking, and swimming from city property is not permitted because there are no lifeguards. Direct frontage trades rarely, so expect scarcity pricing and a long wait.
City of East Grand Rapids- 03Permits for work on the lake
Docks, seawalls and dredging on an inland lake fall under Part 301 and need a permit from EGLE's Water Resources Division. EGLE assesses whether a project harms the public trust or other riparian rights, and some work gets joint review with the Army Corps of Engineers. Verify what is already permitted rather than assuming an existing structure is legal.
Michigan EGLE- 04Lawn runoff and lake algae
The city ties algae blooms on Reeds Lake to phosphorus running off lawns and hard surfaces. Owners near the water should expect fertilizer choice, shoreline planting and drainage to be live topics with neighbors and the city. Ask about any existing shoreline stabilization or greenbelt before changing a yard.
City of East Grand Rapids- 05A built-out city, not a growing one
The city holds about 11,400 people on 2.9 square miles, close to 3,900 per square mile, and the land is spoken for. Almost nothing here is new construction on raw ground, so buyers are choosing between older houses, renovations and teardown-and-rebuild. Plan for the permitting and cost profile of an existing-home market.
Census Reporter
Check it at the source
Zoning, permitted uses, shoreline rules and school boundaries are set by the governing bodies below and can change. These are the offices that answer for East Grand Rapids.