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How walkable is Downtown El Paso?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Downtown El Paso has a walkability score of 93 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the most walkable of 2 neighbourhoods ranked in Ciudad Juárez, which scores 71 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
756 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Downtown El Paso. The nearest grocery is Red Line Performance, about 8 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Arsa Distributing Inc11 min
- Ruidoso Market13 min
- Juicery Plus1 min
- Los Colorines1 min
- Cortez Parking Garage2 min
- Sunland Park Mall2 min
- Java Bean1 min
- Kaffa1282 min
- Bank of America Financial Center1 min
- Bank of America ATM1 min
- Cleveland Square Park3 min
- John R. Karr Park11 min
- Socorro High School10 min
- Newman Elementary School El Paso Texas10 min
- El Paso City Government Main Library2 min
- UTEP University Writing Center3 min
- Plaza Classic2 min
- The Plaza Theatre3 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Downtown El Paso at 31.7603, -106.4890. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 96 street intersections per km², and blocks average 96 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Downtown El Paso
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Downtown El Paso. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Ciudad Juárez
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Kern Place | 2.7 km | 68 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Ciudad Juárez page.
Questions about walking in Downtown El Paso
Is Downtown El Paso walkable?
Yes. Downtown El Paso in Ciudad Juárez has a walkability score of 93 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Downtown El Paso more walkable than the rest of Ciudad Juárez?
Downtown El Paso is more walkable than Ciudad Juárez as a whole: it scores 93, against 71 for the 5 km around Ciudad Juárez's centre. It ranks 1st of the 2 Ciudad Juárez neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
How is the walkability score of Downtown El Paso 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 Downtown El Paso it is the average of 61 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.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.