--- title: "Calacoto, La Paz walkability score: 89/100 · How Walkable" description: "Calacoto in La Paz scores 89/100 for walkability (Very Walkable). What's within a walk, its street layout, and how it compares with the rest of La Paz." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/bolivia/la-paz/calacoto updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [Bolivia](https://howwalkable.com/cities/bolivia) 3. [La Paz](https://howwalkable.com/cities/bolivia/la-paz) 4. Calacoto # How walkable is Calacoto, La Paz? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 Calacoto has a walkability score of 89 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the only neighbourhood ranked in La Paz, which scores 43 as a whole. 89 out of 100: Very Walkable Most errands can be accomplished on foot. * 100% of its area scores 70+ * 43 La Paz overall * 95 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=-16.53920&lon=-68.08419&q=Calacoto%2C%20La%20Paz) ## What's within walking distance 555 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Calacoto. The nearest grocery is about 7 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, parks, schools and culture & entertainment. ### Groceries 2.7 of 3 points * Hipermaxi, 7 min * Tienda MARKA, 9 min * Delicor, 11 min ### Restaurants & bars 3.0 of 3 points * ACAI BAR Superfood / La Paz, 2 min * Takumi Ramen House, 2 min * Tacobar Town, 2 min ### Shopping 2.0 of 2 points * Optica Vision, 1 min * Ketal - calacoto, 1 min * Shopping Plast, 1 min ### Coffee 2.0 of 2 points * Vainilla Bistro, 2 min * Café Epico, 3 min * Café Buena Vista, 4 min ### Banks 0.8 of 1 point * Red Enlace, 9 min * Banco Union Los Pinos, 16 min * Banco BISA Agencia Achumani, 30 min ### Parks 1.0 of 1 point * Plaza Miguel Tejada Velasco, 3 min * Plaza Balaguer, 6 min * Plaza de las Américas, 8 min ### Schools 0.9 of 1 point * Unidad Educativa del Ejercito, 7 min * U.E. Santa Rosa La Florida B, 10 min * Colegio Calvert La Paz, 11 min ### Books & libraries 0.8 of 1 point * Solo-Libros, 9 min * Alquimista, 9 min * Librería Bagu, 23 min ### Culture & entertainment 1.0 of 1 point * Círculo De Oficiales Del Ejército Bolivia, 2 min * Carrusel el Bosque, 3 min * Karaokenti Karaoke Bar, 4 min Measured from the mapped centre of Calacoto, La Paz at -16.5392, -68.0842. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route. ## Street layout Within 800 m of the centre there are about 112 street intersections per km², and blocks average 83 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced. ## Walkability across Calacoto, La Paz ![Walkability scores across the 1 km around the centre of Calacoto. 100% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 71, is 900 m to the west.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/bolivia/la-paz/calacoto.svg?v=b969b6cf6e7b) Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Calacoto, La Paz. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets. ## Questions about walking in Calacoto, La Paz ### Is Calacoto walkable? Yes. Calacoto in La Paz has a walkability score of 89 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. ### Is Calacoto more walkable than the rest of La Paz? Calacoto is more walkable than La Paz as a whole: it scores 89, against 43 for the 5 km around La Paz's centre. It is the only neighbourhood ranked in La Paz on How Walkable. ### How is the walkability score of Calacoto calculated? The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Calacoto it is the average of 58 points spread evenly across the 1 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap. It measures what is within a walk, not what the walk is like: pavements, traffic, safety, hills and heat are not part of the score. This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the [methodology](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata. 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