Three-Bedroom Country Home with Pole Barn on 3 Acres – Rives Junction, MI – $175,000

Area Overview

Rives Junction is an unincorporated community within Rives Township in Jackson County. Rives Township is a rural community in the north-central portion of Jackson County, with Jackson and Lansing serving as nearby urban centers for shopping, employment, education, healthcare, and other services. The Region 2 Planning Commission identifies Rives Township as approximately 36.28 square miles and reports a 2020 population of 4,750.

Jackson County had an estimated population of 159,552 as of July 1, 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Safety & Crime

Crime statistics for the area should be interpreted at the reporting-jurisdiction level rather than as characteristics of an individual property. Michigan’s Incident Crime Reporting program is the state’s repository for crime data, while the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting program publishes participating-agency statistics through the Crime Data Explorer.

Current address-specific crime statistics for 9237 Easton Rd were not established from an official source. Buyers seeking the most current incident information should review the applicable law-enforcement jurisdiction and the latest state and federal reporting data.

Schools & Education

The property is identified with the Northwest School District. Nearby public schools associated with the property include Northwest Elementary School, R.W. Kidder Middle School, and Northwest High School. Current enrollment eligibility and attendance boundaries should be confirmed directly with the district before making school-related decisions.

Northwest Community Schools serves grades kindergarten through 12 and operates Northwest Early Elementary, Northwest Elementary, Northwest Middle School, and Northwest High School.

Healthcare & Hospitals

Rives Township does not have a full-service hospital within the township. Regional healthcare services are available in Jackson, including Henry Ford Jackson Hospital at 205 N East Ave. The hospital provides emergency care 24 hours a day, seven days a week, along with inpatient and outpatient medical services.

Henry Ford Medical Center – Jackson, located at 1201 E Michigan Ave, provides additional outpatient services including imaging, laboratory services, orthopedics, neurology, physical rehabilitation, and other specialty care.

Housing Market History

For a consistent historical market comparison, the following table uses the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s annual All-Transactions House Price Index for Jackson County, with 2000 equal to 100. The index rose from 137.05 in 2021 to 184.41 in 2025, an increase of approximately 34.6% over the period. Annual changes shown below are calculated from the published annual index values.

Transportation & Access

US-127 is a major transportation corridor serving the Jackson area, and the property’s location provides access to that highway network. MDOT has conducted multiple US-127 improvement projects in the Jackson area during 2026, including work between Parnall Road and Bellevue Road and improvements around Jackson-area interchanges.

Because construction conditions can change, current lane restrictions and travel conditions should be checked with MDOT before traveling.

Shopping & Everyday Services

Rives Township has a rural development pattern, so many larger shopping and everyday-service options are concentrated in nearby Jackson. The Jackson area provides grocery, food, financial, automotive, healthcare, home-improvement, retail, and other everyday services.

The township also operates a residential recycling and waste collection site at 10123 State Road near the US-127/Berry Road exit. Current hours and accepted materials are published by the township.

Parks & Recreation

Outdoor recreation is readily available throughout the wider Jackson area. The City of Jackson maintains 28 public parks and several pedestrian trails. Ella Sharp Park, a 562-acre public park along the Grand River, includes hiking and nature trails, sports fields, golf facilities, gardens, a playground, and other outdoor amenities.

The rural acreage at 9237 Easton Rd also provides private outdoor space for gardening, gatherings, projects, and enjoying the mature-tree setting.

Utilities & Connectivity

The property itself is served by a private well and septic tank. Rives Township planning materials describe the broader township as predominantly dependent on individual wells and septic systems, with some areas receiving sanitary sewer service. The same planning materials identify Consumers Energy for electricity and natural gas and list Frontier and AT&T among telecommunications and internet providers serving the township at the time of the plan.

Area-level provider availability can change and does not establish service at this particular address beyond the property-verified well and septic systems. Buyers should confirm current internet, utility, and service availability directly with providers.

Development & Planning

Rives Township continues to maintain an active planning and zoning process. Township planning materials identify a Rives Township Master Plan, while 2026 Planning Commission agendas have included review of Chapter 17 of the zoning ordinance, consideration of data-center ordinance language, and review of the master plan.

These are municipal planning and ordinance activities rather than a development project tied to this property. No specific proposed development affecting 9237 Easton Rd was established in the sources reviewed.