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How walkable is Paco?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Paco has a walkability score of 96 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 3rd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Manila, which scores 89 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,846 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Paco. The nearest grocery is Ever Supermarket, about a minute away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks and schools.
- Paco Market3 min
- Cli Gan Mart4 min
- Lots A Pizza1 min
- Chowking1 min
- Mercury Drug1 min
- Mahadence Furniture1 min
- Wealth Tea Paco-Manila2 min
- Eiko Coffee Bar4 min
- Paco Savings and Credit Cooperative2 min
- EastWest Bank4 min
- Plaza Dilao8 min
- Paco Park11 min
- Justo Lukban Elementary School5 min
- Dr. Celedonio A. Salvador Elementary School6 min
- National Book Store13 min
- Manila Science High School - Library16 min
- Museo ng Medalya Milagrosa11 min
- Teatro San Pio Decimo11 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Paco at 14.5794, 120.9950. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 150 street intersections per km², and blocks average 80 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Paco
- 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 Paco. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Manila
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| San Miguel | 1.9 km | 94 |
| Santa Cruz | 2.8 km | 99 |
| Binondo | 3.2 km | 98 |
| Tondo | 5.4 km | 88 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Manila page.
Questions about walking in Paco
Is Paco walkable?
Yes. Paco in Manila has a walkability score of 96 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 Paco more walkable than the rest of Manila?
Paco is more walkable than Manila as a whole: it scores 96, against 89 for the 5 km around Manila's centre. It ranks 3rd of the 5 Manila neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Manila?
Of the 5 Manila neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Santa Cruz (99), Binondo (98) and Paco (96).
How is the walkability score of Paco 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 Paco 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.