How walkable is Albuquerque, New Mexico?

Is Albuquerque, New Mexico a walkable city?

Partly. Albuquerque, New Mexico has a walkability score of 55 out of 100 across the 5 km around its center, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. Its center scores 86. The score covers about 80 km² around the busiest point rather than the whole city, and suburbs further out are usually less walkable, so check a specific address on the map. It ranks 50th of 58 cities in the United States and joint 520th of 690 worldwide on How Walkable.

What is the most walkable city in the United States?

New York City is the most walkable of the 58 cities ranked in the United States, with a score of 93. Albuquerque, New Mexico ranks 50th with 55.

How does Albuquerque, New Mexico compare with nearby cities?

Albuquerque, New Mexico sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 55, against El Paso, Texas (68, 371 km away), Ciudad Juárez (71, 375 km away) and Colorado Springs, Colorado (52, 448 km away).

Which part of Albuquerque, New Mexico is most walkable?

Albuquerque's most walkable area is its center, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 86. Walkability averages 81 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the east (averaging 59) and falls most to the north-west (38).

Why is Albuquerque, New Mexico's score different from its Walk Score?

Walk Score's city scores average every neighborhood within the city limits, weighted by where people live, so they count outer suburbs that the 5 km around Albuquerque, New Mexico's center leaves out, and they are usually lower. Address by address the two agree closely: across 46 addresses in the United States and Canada, How Walkable's scores were 5.9 points from Walk Score's on average, as the accuracy study at howwalkable.com/accuracy shows.

How is Albuquerque, New Mexico's walkability score calculated?

For Albuquerque, New Mexico it is the average of 80 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 19 of them score 70 or more. Each point counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and loses up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long, using open map data from Overture Maps (release 2026-09-23.1) 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.