How walkable is Colorado Springs, Colorado?

Is Colorado Springs, Colorado a walkable city?

Partly. Colorado Springs, Colorado has a walkability score of 52 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 54th of 58 cities in the United States and joint 570th 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. Colorado Springs, Colorado ranks 54th with 52.

How does Colorado Springs, Colorado compare with nearby cities?

Colorado Springs, Colorado is less walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 52, against Denver (76, 102 km away), Albuquerque, New Mexico (55, 448 km away) and Wichita, Kansas (53, 666 km away).

Which part of Colorado Springs, Colorado is most walkable?

Colorado Springs'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 east (averaging 66) and falls most to the south-west (27).

Why is Colorado Springs, Colorado'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 Colorado Springs, Colorado'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 Colorado Springs, Colorado's walkability score calculated?

For Colorado Springs, Colorado it is the average of 83 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 21 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.