At 46 addresses across the United States and Canada, How Walkable's scores were 5.9 points from Walk Score® on average.
29 were within 5 points and 39 within 10.
5.9
points apart on average
39 of 46
within 10 points
29 of 46
within 5 points
How the comparison was made
Walk Score is the best-known walkability score, and How Walkable follows the method it publishes, so it is the natural benchmark.
We chose 46 addresses to cover dense downtowns, inner neighbourhoods, suburbs and small towns, read each one's Walk Score from walkscore.com on 11 October 2026, and scored the same coordinates with How Walkable.
The scores below are recalculated from the current data every time this page loads, so they always match the live site.
Where the scores agree and differ
Agreement is closest in walkable places, where both scores reach the top of the scale.
The largest differences are in car-oriented suburbs: Walk Score routes along the real street network, which finds long detours around cul-de-sacs and highways, while How Walkable estimates the detour from how dense the streets are.
A positive bias means How Walkable scores higher than Walk Score.
Addresses
Count
Average difference
Bias
Walk Score 90 or more
30
2.4
+0.8
Walk Score 70 to 89
9
10.8
+7.0
Walk Score below 70
7
14.9
+14.9
Every address
Largest differences first.
Open any address on the map to see the places that make up its score.
Walk Score mainly covers the United States, Canada and Australia, so there is no benchmark elsewhere.
There, accuracy depends on how completely shops and restaurants are mapped in open data: where they are missing, scores are too low.
City rankings leave out cities with too few mapped places to score fairly.
The methodology explains the limits in full.
Walk Score is a registered trademark of Redfin. How Walkable is an independent project and is not affiliated with Walk Score or Redfin.