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How walkable is Balingasa?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Balingasa has a walkability score of 91 out of 100 across the 500 m 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 Quezon City, which scores 90 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
816 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Balingasa. The nearest grocery is Puregold Extra, about 8 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping and schools.
- Puregold A. Bonifacio8 min
- Robinsons Supermarket9 min
- Melrose Barbeque Ihawan5 min
- Andok's6 min
- Eleven Hardware Company4 min
- 7-Eleven5 min
- Café Mary Grace8 min
- Black Scoop Cafe8 min
- PNB Grace Village8 min
- BPI8 min
- Grace Christian Park8 min
- Damar Village Park9 min
- Brilliant Kids Christian Child Development Center5 min
- Ramon Magsaysay Elementary School E-Library5 min
- Biblio8 min
- National Book Store10 min
- OWNDAYS Ayala Malls Cloverleaf10 min
- Wow Toy Museum12 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Balingasa at 14.6505, 121.0017. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 95 street intersections per km², and blocks average 93 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Balingasa
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 500 m around the centre of Balingasa. Rings mark 250 m and 500 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Quezon City
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bagong Pag-asa | 3.7 km | 94 |
| Barangay Pansol | 8.6 km | 70 |
| Batasan Hills | 11.2 km | 82 |
| Marikina Heights | 12.4 km | 95 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Quezon City page.
Questions about walking in Balingasa
Is Balingasa walkable?
Yes. Balingasa in Quezon City has a walkability score of 91 out of 100 across the 500 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Balingasa more walkable than the rest of Quezon City?
Balingasa is about as walkable as Quezon City as a whole: it scores 91, against 90 for the 5 km around Quezon City's centre. It ranks 3rd of the 5 Quezon City neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Quezon City?
Of the 5 Quezon City neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Marikina Heights (95), Bagong Pag-asa (94) and Balingasa (91).
How is the walkability score of Balingasa 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 Balingasa it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 500 m 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.