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How walkable is San Marco?

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San Marco has a walkability score of 83 out of 100 across the 900 m around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the most walkable of 2 neighbourhoods ranked in Jacksonville, which scores 60 as a whole.

83 out of 100: Very Walkable
Most errands can be accomplished on foot.
#1 of 2
in Jacksonville
60
Jacksonville overall
100
at the centre
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What's within walking distance

415 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of San Marco. The nearest grocery is Publix, about a minute away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.

Groceries
Publix
1min3.0 of 3 points
  • Safari Food Store17 min
Restaurants & bars
ZENSHI Handcrafted Sushi
1min3.0 of 3 points
  • Larry's Giant Subs2 min
  • Anejo Cocina San Marco2 min
Shopping
St. Johns Eye Associates, now part of MyEyeDr.
2min2.0 of 2 points
  • East Coast Compounding & Pharmacy2 min
  • East San Marco2 min
Coffee
Foxtail Coffee Co & Kelly’s Ice Cream - San Marco
2min2.0 of 2 points
  • Southern Grounds & Co.4 min
  • Saleya Riviera Cafe5 min
Banks
Wells Fargo Bank
1min1.0 of 1 point
  • Chase Bank3 min
  • Bank Of America4 min
Parks
Fletcher Park
2min1.0 of 1 point
  • Brown L. Whatley Memorial Park4 min
  • Ballis Park4 min
Schools
JLCP Athletics
4min1.0 of 1 point
  • Julia Landon College Preparatory and Leadership Development School4 min
  • Landon Middle School5 min
Books & libraries
San Marco Books and More
5min1.0 of 1 point
  • San Marco Branch Library9 min
  • Jacksonville Public Library San Marco Branch9 min
Culture & entertainment
Theatre Jacksonville
4min1.0 of 1 point
  • Creative Veins5 min
  • The San Marco Theatre5 min

Measured from the mapped centre of San Marco at 30.3049, -81.6514. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.

Street layout

Within 800 m of the centre there are about 89 street intersections per km², and blocks average 91 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.

Walkability across San Marco

Walkability scores across the 900 m around the centre of San Marco1009998100971009994988610091989384988598927976887792789779977895887371927495805472749970885364707570926799599073446475649456N
  • 90+
  • 70–89
  • 50–69
  • 25–49
  • 0–24

Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 900 m around the centre of San Marco. Rings mark 450 m and 900 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.

Nearby neighbourhoods in Jacksonville

NeighbourhoodDistanceScore
Tallulah-North Shore9 km49

See every neighbourhood ranked on the Jacksonville page.

Questions about walking in San Marco

Is San Marco walkable?

Yes. San Marco in Jacksonville has a walkability score of 83 out of 100 across the 900 m around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.

Is San Marco more walkable than the rest of Jacksonville?

San Marco is more walkable than Jacksonville as a whole: it scores 83, against 60 for the 5 km around Jacksonville's centre. It ranks 1st of the 2 Jacksonville neighbourhoods on How Walkable.

How is the walkability score of San Marco 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 San Marco it is the average of 60 points spread evenly across the 900 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.