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The most walkable neighborhoods in Parañaque
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
12 neighborhoods of Parañaque ranked by walkability, each scored across the area around its own center. Baclaran leads with 94/100, then Vitalez (89) and Sun Valley (86). All 12 score 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot, and the lowest we rank is San Dionisio (70).
| # | Neighborhood | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baclaran | 94 |
| 2 | Vitalez | 89 |
| 3 | Sun Valley | 86 |
| 3 | San Martin de Porres | 86 |
| 3 | San Antonio | 86 |
| 6 | Tambo | 83 |
| 7 | BF Homes | 82 |
| 8 | San Isidro | 81 |
| 9 | Moonwalk | 80 |
| 10 | Merville | 79 |
| 11 | Don Galo | 78 |
| 12 | San Dionisio | 70 |
"From the center" is the distance from Parañaque's busiest point to the neighborhood's center. "Area scoring 70+" is the share of points across the neighborhood where most errands can be done on foot.
The top 5 up close
Baclaran
Baclaran is the most central of these five, 1.1 km north-east of Parañaque's busiest point, and scores 94/100. It has the most cultural venues of the five: 31 within a 30 minute walk, the nearest Baclaran Cinema, about 2 minutes away. More on Baclaran.
Vitalez
Vitalez scores 89/100, 2.4 km south-east of Parañaque's busiest point. 524 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 4 minutes away. Its thinnest category against the others is parks, with 17.
Sun Valley
Sun Valley scores 86/100, 5.9 km south-east of Parañaque's busiest point. Parks are where it leads the others, 93 of them within a 30 minute walk, starting with Sun Valley Park, about 7 minutes away. It has the fewest cafés of the five, 31.
San Martin de Porres
San Martin de Porres scores 86/100, 6.3 km south-east of Parañaque's busiest point. 570 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 9 minutes away.
San Antonio
San Antonio lies the furthest out of these five, 6.9 km south-east of Parañaque's busiest point, and scores 86/100. 521 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 2 minutes away. It has the fewest libraries and bookshops of the five, none. 96% of its area scores 70 or more. More on San Antonio.
Center and outskirts
The 4 neighborhoods within 3 km of Parañaque's center average 86, and the 8 further out average 81, so walkability holds up away from the center. The nearest to the center, Tambo, 800 m away, scores 83, and the farthest, BF Homes, 9.5 km out, scores 82.
Each dot is a ranked neighborhood, numbered by rank and colored by score, placed by its distance and direction from the center of Parañaque.
Parañaque as a whole scores 83 out of 100 across the 5 km around its center. Other cities in the Philippines with ranked neighborhoods: Quezon City, Manila, Taguig.
Questions about Parañaque's neighborhoods
What is the most walkable neighborhood in Parañaque?
Baclaran is the most walkable of the 12 neighborhoods we rank in Parañaque, with a walkability score of 94 out of 100 (Walker's Paradise). It is followed by Vitalez (89) and Sun Valley (86).
How are Parañaque's neighborhoods ranked?
Each neighborhood is scored at points 100 m to 500 m apart across a circle around its center, sized to its area, and its score is the mean of those points. Each point's score counts the groceries, restaurants, shops, schools, parks and other everyday places within a 30 minute walk, as described in the methodology. Parañaque scores 83 across the 5 km around its center.
This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighborhoods and where they lie from Overture Maps and Wikidata.