THE WALKER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lake Michigan Moraines setting.
Walker city has 24.6 square miles of land in Kent County. Its Census reference point is in Lake Michigan Moraines, within Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains.
Lakes, marshes and complex glacial deposits create a varied landscape around southern Michigan and northern Indiana. Moraines, beach ridges, dunes, kettles and meltwater channels occur across the region.
Regional context: Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Walker and Kent County
Walker is associated with Kent County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Walker by land and water
The Census records 0.57 square miles of water within Walker, or 2.3% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points lower than the 2.6% recorded for Kent County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Walker city has 76.4% of the land area of nearby Tallmadge charter township (32.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

