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How walkable is Atlanta?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Atlanta has a walkability score of 70 out of 100 across the 5 km around its center, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 20th most walkable of the 58 cities ranked in the United States.
What's within walking distance of the center
1,877 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Atlanta. The nearest grocery is about 10 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for banks and parks.
Groceries
- Publix Super Market At Piedmont, 12 min
- Checkers, 17 min
Restaurants & bars
- Champs Chicken, 7 min
- Blimpie, 8 min
Shopping
- Dropship Bundles, 8 min
- Exotic Hair Expo, 8 min
Coffee
- Condesa Coffee, 12 min
- Dunkin', 13 min
Banks
- Bank of America ATM, 8 min
- Chase Bank, 12 min
Parks
- Renaissance Park, 6 min
- Folk Art Park, 7 min
Schools
- Walden Middle School, 11 min
- Premier Academy, 13 min
Books & libraries
- David T. Howard Middle School Library Media Center, 17 min
- For Keeps Bookstore, 18 min
Culture & entertainment
- Lyfe ATL, 13 min
- Shakespeare Tavern, 13 min
Further than usual
- The nearest restaurant is 7 minutes from the center on foot, against 1 minute for the median city ranked.
- The nearest shop is 8 minutes from the center on foot, against 1 minute for the median city ranked.
- The nearest café is 10 minutes from the center on foot, against 3 minutes for the median city ranked.
Measured from the center at 33.7646, -84.3772, the point near Atlanta'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 87 street intersections per km², and blocks average 93 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
How far walkability reaches
Atlanta's score of 70 is the average across the 5 km around its center, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 90 within 1 km of the center, 82 from 1 to 3 km out and 60 from 3 to 5 km out. 58% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot. Walkability falls off steeply away from the center, so check a specific address on the map.
- 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 Atlanta. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the center. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Center | 76 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 90 | 100% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 82 | 83% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 60 | 40% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Nashville, Tennessee, United States | 347 km | 62 |
| Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | 365 km | 58 |
| Jacksonville, Florida, United States | 460 km | 60 |
| Lexington, Kentucky, United States | 479 km | 53 |
| Louisville, Kentucky, United States | 517 km | 59 |
Questions about walking in Atlanta
Is Atlanta a walkable city?
Around its center, yes. Atlanta has a walkability score of 70 out of 100 across the 5 km around its center, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. Its center scores 76. 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 20th of 58 cities in the United States and joint 285th 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. Atlanta ranks 20th with 70.
How does Atlanta compare with nearby cities?
Atlanta is more walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 70, against Nashville, Tennessee (62, 347 km away), Charlotte, North Carolina (58, 365 km away) and Jacksonville, Florida (60, 460 km away).
Which part of Atlanta is most walkable?
The streets just around Atlanta's center are its most walkable, averaging 90 within 1 km. The center itself, the point with the most places in walking range, scores 76. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the south-west (averaging 78) and falls most to the north-east (41).
Why is Atlanta'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 Atlanta'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 Atlanta's walkability score calculated?
For Atlanta 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; 52 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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