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How walkable is Chicago Loop?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Chicago Loop has a walkability score of 98 out of 100 across the 1.1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Chicago, which scores 85 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
5,129 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Chicago Loop. The nearest grocery is Urban Market, about a minute away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Mana Foods International Limited.2 min
- Rudigourmand2 min
- Dos Toros Taqueria1 min
- Stivers Staffing Services1 min
- Snapsheet1 min
- BellaNiecele1 min
- Dunkin'1 min
- Caribou Coffee1 min
- First National Bank of Chicago NBD1 min
- Wintrust Bank - Madison Street2 min
- Millennium Park7 min
- North Garden7 min
- Chicago Public Schools1 min
- New Schools For Chicago2 min
- Success Law Institute1 min
- Ungaretti & Harris, LLP2 min
- CIBC Theatre2 min
- Silk Road Theatre3 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Chicago Loop at 41.8816, -87.6295. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 109 street intersections per km², and blocks average 106 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Chicago Loop
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.1 km around the centre of Chicago Loop. Rings mark 550 m and 1.1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Chicago
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Magnificent Mile | 1.5 km | 98 |
| Chinatown | 3.3 km | 92 |
| Lincoln Park | 4.7 km | 90 |
| Hyde Park | 10.1 km | 85 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Chicago page.
Questions about walking in Chicago Loop
Is Chicago Loop walkable?
Yes. Chicago Loop in Chicago has a walkability score of 98 out of 100 across the 1.1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Chicago Loop more walkable than the rest of Chicago?
Chicago Loop is more walkable than Chicago as a whole: it scores 98, against 85 for the 5 km around Chicago's centre. It ranks 2nd of the 5 Chicago neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Chicago?
Of the 5 Chicago neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Magnificent Mile (98), Chicago Loop (98) and Chinatown (92).
How is the walkability score of Chicago Loop 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 Chicago Loop it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 1.1 km 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.