Market file · Grand Traverse County, Michigan

Kingsley home appraisals

Paradise Township

Paradise Township, which includes the village of Kingsley, had a median owner occupied home value of $265,800 in Census ACS estimates for 2020 to 2024. It is the county's largest township by land area, so acreage and the drive to Traverse City matter.

$265,800Median owner occupied home value, 2020 to 2024 ACS (Census QuickFacts)

4,952Township population, 2020 census (Census QuickFacts)

1,431Village of Kingsley population, 2020 census (Wikipedia)

52.9 sq miLand area, largest township in the county by land (Wikipedia)

Kingsley prices below the county

Census QuickFacts puts the median owner occupied home value in Paradise Township at $265,800 for 2020 to 2024, against $339,400 for Grand Traverse County. The township had 4,952 people in 2020, and the village of Kingsley inside it had 1,431. About 80.2% of homes were owner occupied, and median household income was $74,084 in 2024 dollars.

In the county's biggest township by land, parcel size and road access can weigh as much as the house.

The most land of any township in the county

Land is the variable here. The township covers 52.9 square miles of land, the most of any township in the county per Wikipedia, with the Boardman River crossing the north. M-113 runs east to west and serves as Kingsley's Main Street. The mean commute was 27.7 minutes in ACS 2020 to 2024, longer than the county's 20.6. Kingsley Area Schools runs its elementary, middle and high school from the village and enrolled 1,430 students in 2024 to 2025. Village lots and rural acreage rarely make good comparables for each other.

Areas, lakes and neighborhoods in this file

Kingsley
Mayfield
Summit City
Boardman River

Landmarks around Kingsley

Kingsley ClubGolf course
Arbutus LakeInland lake chain

Common questions

Which school district serves Kingsley and Paradise Township?

Kingsley Area Schools serves Kingsley, Paradise Township and parts of Blair, Fife Lake, Grant, Green Lake, Mayfield and Union townships, per Wikipedia. It runs Kingsley Elementary, Kingsley Middle and Kingsley High, with 1,430 students in 2024 to 2025. An appraisal reports the district but does not add a fixed amount for it.

How is a rural acreage home near Kingsley appraised?

The appraiser looks for sales with similar acreage, road access and outbuildings, then adjusts for differences. With 52.9 square miles of land and a village of 1,431 people, the township holds both small village lots and large rural parcels, so the search for comparable sales often has to reach farther in distance or time.