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How walkable is Houston Museum District?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Houston Museum District has a walkability score of 92 out of 100 across the 700 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Houston, which scores 79 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
804 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Houston Museum District. The nearest grocery is Olive Tree Grill, about 3 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Happy Jalapeno16 min
- H-E-B Pharmacy MacGregor Market26 min
- Bodegas Taco Shop1 min
- Htx Restaurant Group1 min
- AHF Pharmacy - Houston Binz1 min
- The MFA Shop2 min
- Cafe Leonelli5 min
- Hmns Cafe6 min
- Prosperity Bank8 min
- Whitney Bank11 min
- Hermann Park5 min
- Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden5 min
- Presbyterian School7 min
- Museum District Child Care Center8 min
- Family History Research Center At The Clayton Library Campus4 min
- Hirsch Museum Fine Arts Libr5 min
- METRORail-Museum District Nbound2 min
- Audrey Jones Beck Building at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston2 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Houston Museum District at 29.7247, -95.3878. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 124 street intersections per km², and blocks average 81 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Houston Museum District
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 700 m around the centre of Houston Museum District. Rings mark 350 m and 700 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Houston
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Texas Medical Center | 1.9 km | 74 |
| Midtown | 2.2 km | 90 |
| Uptown Houston | 7.5 km | 89 |
| Houston Heights | 8.2 km | 81 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Houston page.
Questions about walking in Houston Museum District
Is Houston Museum District walkable?
Yes. Houston Museum District in Houston has a walkability score of 92 out of 100 across the 700 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Houston Museum District more walkable than the rest of Houston?
Houston Museum District is more walkable than Houston as a whole: it scores 92, against 79 for the 5 km around Houston's centre. It ranks 1st of the 5 Houston neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Houston?
Of the 5 Houston neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Houston Museum District (92), Midtown (90) and Uptown Houston (89).
How is the walkability score of Houston Museum District 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 Houston Museum District it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 700 m 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.