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How walkable is Lakewood?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Lakewood has a walkability score of 44 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Dallas, which scores 75 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
141 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Lakewood. The nearest grocery is Sprouts Farmers Market, about 10 minutes away on foot. It is weakest for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Minyard Sun Fresh Market21 min
- Tom Thumb25 min
- Hudson House20 min
- Ginger Thai Restaurant20 min
- Fossil Creek Liquor20 min
- Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio20 min
- Black Sheep Coffee - Mockingbird22 min
- Starbucks Coffee Company23 min
- Chase Bank21 min
- Fifth Third Bank22 min
- Harrell Park29 min
- St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School12 min
- Lakewood Elementary School17 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Lakewood at 32.8271, -96.7525. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 42 street intersections per km², and blocks average 162 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 5%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Lakewood
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Lakewood. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Dallas
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Deep Ellum | 5.4 km | 93 |
| Arts District | 6.2 km | 99 |
| Downtown | 6.8 km | 96 |
| West End Historic District | 7.3 km | 96 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Dallas page.
Questions about walking in Lakewood
Is Lakewood walkable?
Not very. Lakewood in Dallas has a walkability score of 44 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car.
Is Lakewood more walkable than the rest of Dallas?
Lakewood is less walkable than Dallas as a whole: it scores 44, against 75 for the 5 km around Dallas's centre. It ranks 5th 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 Lakewood 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 Lakewood it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 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.