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How walkable is Anaheim, California?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Anaheim, California has a walkability score of 64 out of 100 across the 5 km around its center, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 29th most walkable of the 58 cities ranked in the United States, with 2 others.
What's within walking distance of the center
858 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Anaheim, California. The nearest grocery is about 9 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee and culture & entertainment. It is weakest for schools.
Groceries
- Veeco Liquor, 24 min
- Food 4 Less, 26 min
Restaurants & bars
- Wine Country Trattoria, 2 min
- Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta, 2 min
Shopping
- Knick's Knacks, 2 min
- Royal Reception - Temporarily Unavailable, 2 min
Coffee
- Disneyland: New Orleans Square, 7 min
- Starbucks, 8 min
Banks
- Popular Community Bank, 17 min
Parks
- Energy Field Park, 14 min
- Car Park, 14 min
Schools
- Clemens Home Preschool and Childcare, 17 min
- Palm Lane Charter School, 21 min
Books & libraries
- Anaheim Public Library - Euclid Branch, 24 min
Culture & entertainment
- Paradise Garden Grill, 2 min
- Schmoozies, 2 min
Further than usual
- The nearest bank is 14 minutes from the center on foot, against 4 minutes for the median city ranked.
- The nearest park is 12 minutes from the center on foot, against 4 minutes for the median city ranked.
- The nearest school is 17 minutes from the center on foot, against 4 minutes for the median city ranked.
Measured from the center at 33.8120, -117.9253, the point near Anaheim, California's middle with the most places in walking range. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the center there are about 76 street intersections per km², and blocks average 76 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
How far walkability reaches
Anaheim, California's score of 64 is the average across the 5 km around its center, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 67 within 1 km of the center, 63 from 1 to 3 km out and 64 from 3 to 5 km out. 31% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot. Walkability holds up well across the city.
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point, 1 km from its neighbours, across the 5 km around central Anaheim, California. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the center. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Center | 79 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 67 | 43% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 63 | 27% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 64 | 33% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Ana, California, United States | 11 km | 66 |
| Long Beach, California, United States | 27 km | 63 |
| Los Angeles, United States | 39 km | 82 |
| San Diego, United States | 143 km | 65 |
| Tijuana, Mexico | 171 km | 74 |
Questions about walking in Anaheim, California
Is Anaheim, California a walkable city?
Partly. Anaheim, California has a walkability score of 64 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 79. 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 joint 29th of 58 cities in the United States and joint 388th 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. Anaheim, California ranks joint 29th with 64.
How does Anaheim, California compare with nearby cities?
Anaheim, California sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 64, against Santa Ana, California (66, 11 km away), Long Beach, California (63, 27 km away) and Los Angeles (82, 39 km away).
Which part of Anaheim, California is most walkable?
Anaheim's most walkable area is its center, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 79. Walkability averages 67 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the north (averaging 70) and falls most to the east (49).
Why is Anaheim, California'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 Anaheim, California'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 Anaheim, California's walkability score calculated?
For Anaheim, California it is the average of 89 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 28 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.
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. City position and population from GeoNames.
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