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How walkable is Lincoln Park?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Lincoln Park has a walkability score of 90 out of 100 across the 1.6 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 4th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Chicago, which scores 85 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,720 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Lincoln Park. The nearest grocery is The Store, about 7 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- WFM Coffee Bar12 min
- Whole Foods Market12 min
- O'Fame1 min
- Shine Restaurant1 min
- Sylwia1 min
- Barneys Ny1 min
- Starbucks2 min
- Cafe Bonne Sante2 min
- Credit Union 16 min
- BMO Bank7 min
- Unnamed park6 min
- Lincoln Central Park9 min
- Park West Co-Op Nursery Preschool7 min
- Little Lights8 min
- Lincoln Park High School Library2 min
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago6 min
- Brando's Lincoln Park5 min
- Organic Theater Company5 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Lincoln Park at 41.9217, -87.6478. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 56 street intersections per km², and blocks average 140 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 3%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Lincoln Park
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.6 km around the centre of Lincoln Park. Rings mark 800 m and 1.6 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Chicago
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Magnificent Mile | 3.6 km | 98 |
| Chicago Loop | 4.7 km | 98 |
| Chinatown | 7.9 km | 92 |
| Hyde Park | 14.9 km | 85 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Chicago page.
Questions about walking in Lincoln Park
Is Lincoln Park walkable?
Yes. Lincoln Park in Chicago has a walkability score of 90 out of 100 across the 1.6 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Lincoln Park more walkable than the rest of Chicago?
Lincoln Park is more walkable than Chicago as a whole: it scores 90, against 85 for the 5 km around Chicago's centre. It ranks 4th 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 Lincoln Park 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 Lincoln Park it is the average of 58 points spread evenly across the 1.6 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.