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How walkable is Texas Medical Center?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Texas Medical Center has a walkability score of 74 out of 100 across the 1.1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Houston, which scores 79 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
533 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Texas Medical Center. The nearest grocery is The Market Place, about 5 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Javier Lafuente23 min
- Kroger26 min
- TMC - La Cocina1 min
- Village Bar-B-Q1 min
- Miriam Rafferty, AuD, CCC-A4 min
- The Jewel Box At Smith Tower5 min
- Espresso in the Park4 min
- Al Vetro5 min
- Bank of America ATM3 min
- PrimeWay Federal Credit Union - TMH Retail Center4 min
- The Commons9 min
- Unnamed park10 min
- German International School of Houston11 min
- Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions19 min
- Matthew's Bookstore4 min
- UTHSC Nursing Campus Store9 min
- DeBakey Library and Museum3 min
- Masihara Pavilion10 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Texas Medical Center at 29.7101, -95.3973. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 90 street intersections per km², and blocks average 86 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Texas Medical Center
- 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 Texas Medical Center. Rings mark 550 m and 1.1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Houston
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Houston Museum District | 1.9 km | 92 |
| Midtown | 4 km | 90 |
| Uptown Houston | 7.3 km | 89 |
| Houston Heights | 9.8 km | 81 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Houston page.
Questions about walking in Texas Medical Center
Is Texas Medical Center walkable?
Yes. Texas Medical Center in Houston has a walkability score of 74 out of 100 across the 1.1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Texas Medical Center more walkable than the rest of Houston?
Texas Medical Center is less walkable than Houston as a whole: it scores 74, against 79 for the 5 km around Houston's centre. It ranks 5th 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 Texas Medical Center 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 Texas Medical Center it is the average of 55 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.