- Cities
- United States
- Cleveland
How walkable is Cleveland?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Cleveland has a walkability score of 62 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 34th most walkable of the 58 cities ranked in the United States, with 3 others.
What's within walking distance of the center
1,178 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Cleveland. The nearest grocery is about 9 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks and culture & entertainment.
Groceries
- Revy Fair Trade, 9 min
- Simply Fresh Market, 12 min
Restaurants & bars
- Charleys Cheesesteaks, 3 min
- Nourish Cleveland, 3 min
Shopping
- Rainbow Shops, 3 min
- Brooks Brothers, 3 min
Coffee
- Nourish Cafe, 3 min
- Starbucks, 4 min
Banks
- Chase Financial Plaza, 4 min
- US Bank, 8 min
Parks
- Public Square, 7 min
- Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation, 8 min
Schools
- Promise Academy, 21 min
- MC2 STEM High School, 25 min
Books & libraries
- Papers of the NAACP, 12 min
- Shakespeare & the Stage, 12 min
Culture & entertainment
- Westfield Champions Club, 7 min
- Jolene's Honky Tonk, 8 min
Further than usual
- The nearest school is 14 minutes from the center on foot, against 4 minutes for the median city ranked.
Measured from the center at 41.4956, -81.6924, the point near Cleveland'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 59 street intersections per km², and blocks average 109 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
Cleveland's score of 62 is the average across the 5 km around its center, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 77 within 1 km of the center, 65 from 1 to 3 km out and 57 from 3 to 5 km out. 32 of the 91 points within 5 km fall on water or on land without streets, such as hillsides, forest or farmland, and are left out, so the score describes only the built-up part. 47% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot.
- 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 Cleveland. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the center. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Center | 93 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 77 | 71% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 65 | 59% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 57 | 33% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Detroit, United States | 145 km | 66 |
| London, Ontario, Canada | 170 km | 54 |
| Pittsburgh, United States | 185 km | 61 |
| Columbus, Ohio, United States | 204 km | 64 |
| Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | 247 km | 64 |
Questions about walking in Cleveland
Is Cleveland a walkable city?
Partly. Cleveland has a walkability score of 62 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 93. 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 34th of 58 cities in the United States and joint 423rd 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. Cleveland ranks joint 34th with 62.
How does Cleveland compare with nearby cities?
Cleveland sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 62, against Detroit (66, 145 km away), London, Ontario (54, 170 km away) and Pittsburgh (61, 185 km away).
Which part of Cleveland is most walkable?
Cleveland's most walkable area is its center, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 93. Walkability averages 77 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the west (averaging 74) and falls most to the south-east (31).
Why is Cleveland'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 Cleveland'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 Cleveland's walkability score calculated?
For Cleveland it is the average of 59 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.
Ask about walking anywhere in ChatGPT with the How Walkable app, for example "How walkable is Cleveland?"