Walker is a city in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

A suburb of Grand Rapids, Walker borders the city to the north and west.

It initially comprised all of the land in the county north of the Grand River.

However, the area where the township hall was annexed into Grand Rapids in 1959.

Walker was established as a city in 1962 to prevent further annexation of the area into Grand Rapids.

[8] The city gained national attention when Gwendolyn Graham and Cathy Wood committed their murders as workers at a nursing home in Walker in 1987.

[17] The district previously operated Fairview Elementary School in Walker.

One Grandville school, Cummings Elementary, is in the city limits.

The Delta Plex closed and is now mixed use commercial facility and the Grand Rapids Gold play home games at the Van Andel Arena[22] As of the 2020 United States census,[23] the city had a population of 25,139 people.

30.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

30.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.