St. Joseph, MI Real Estate

St. Joseph is a bustling deepwater port city 90 miles from Chicago, with a residential population of a little over 8,000 living in its nearly five square miles; it’s also the Berrien County seat and home base for several large corporations, so the population triples on a typical workday.

It also grows in the summertime, when second-home owners and travelers from Chicago and beyond come to enjoy the “Riviera of the Midwest.

St Joseph’s Silver Beach was recently chosen by Parents magazine as one of the ten finest in the United States, with 1600 feet of sugary white sand shoreline surrounded by even more fun: a pier to walk, a carousel, a fountain, Michigan’s tallest kaleidoscope and the Curious Kids Discovery Zone.

With the aforementioned corporations providing ample employment and a healthy tax base, St. Joseph can afford to keep its beach- in fact, its entire system of fourteen parks- in top-notch condition, along with providing excellent public safety, schools, sanitation and similar services.

The city funds a public art expo that peppers downtown with sculpture, and there’s always something going on- concerts, regattas, antique shows on the bluff, food and wine festivals, new exhibits and events at the Krasl Art Center.