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How walkable is Downtown?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Downtown has a walkability score of 96 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 3rd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Dallas, which scores 75 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,700 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Downtown. The nearest grocery is Royal Blue Grocery, about 3 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Sugar Puddin Desserts4 min
- Caterly4 min
- Bowldega Superfoods1 min
- Pegasus City Brewery1 min
- AT&T Store1 min
- AT&T AKARD STORE1 min
- Weekend Coffee1 min
- Starbucks1 min
- Chase Bank3 min
- Dannah Investment Group4 min
- Pegasus Plaza2 min
- Unnamed park2 min
- Downtown Montessori at Ida B. Wells Academy5 min
- FPC Day School6 min
- J. Erik Jonsson Central Library3 min
- Dallas Public Library3 min
- The Dinner Detective True Crime Murder Mystery Dinner Show - Dallas, Tx4 min
- Shark's Comedy Club4 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Downtown at 32.7798, -96.7980. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 123 street intersections per km², and blocks average 84 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Downtown
- 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 Downtown. Rings mark 550 m and 1.1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Dallas
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| West End Historic District | 750 m | 96 |
| Arts District | 950 m | 99 |
| Deep Ellum | 1.7 km | 93 |
| Lakewood | 6.8 km | 44 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Dallas page.
Questions about walking in Downtown
Is Downtown walkable?
Yes. Downtown in Dallas has a walkability score of 96 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 Downtown more walkable than the rest of Dallas?
Downtown is more walkable than Dallas as a whole: it scores 96, against 75 for the 5 km around Dallas's centre. It ranks 3rd of the 5 Dallas neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Dallas?
Of the 5 Dallas neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Arts District (99), West End Historic District (96) and Downtown (96).
How is the walkability score of Downtown 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 Downtown 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.