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How walkable is Las Vegas?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Las Vegas has a walkability score of 68 out of 100 across the 5 km around its center, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 21st most walkable of the 58 cities ranked in the United States, with 2 others.
What's within walking distance of the center
1,521 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Las Vegas. The nearest grocery is about 8 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, banks, parks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
Groceries
- Save-A-Lot, 12 min
- W Mart, 22 min
Restaurants & bars
- Canyon Ranch Grill Las Vegas, 5 min
- Ocha Thai Cuisine, 5 min
Shopping
- Rosecitykingz, 6 min
- Walgreens, 6 min
Coffee
- Golden Fog Coffee, 10 min
- Bungalow Coffee Co, 11 min
Banks
- U.S. Bank, 8 min
- Chase Bank, 15 min
Parks
- Mark Dutton Park, 4 min
- Parks Playground, 5 min
Schools
- Core Academy, 11 min
- Global Community High School, 17 min
Books & libraries
- The Analog Dope Store, 10 min
- Diamond Sutra Books, 12 min
Culture & entertainment
- Zak Bagans' The Haunted Museum, 5 min
- Village Courtyard, 8 min
Further than usual
- The nearest restaurant is 5 minutes from the center on foot, against 1 minute for the median city ranked.
- The nearest shop is 6 minutes from the center on foot, against 1 minute for the median city ranked.
- The nearest café is 10 minutes from the center on foot, against 3 minutes for the median city ranked.
Measured from the center at 36.1555, -115.1456, the point near Las Vegas's middle with the most places in walking range. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the center there are about 90 street intersections per km², and blocks average 107 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
How far walkability reaches
Las Vegas's score of 68 is the average across the 5 km around its center, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 84 within 1 km of the center, 68 from 1 to 3 km out and 65 from 3 to 5 km out. 51% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot.
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point, 1 km from its neighbours, across the 5 km around central Las Vegas. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the center. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Center | 90 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 84 | 100% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 68 | 47% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 65 | 47% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield, California, United States | 362 km | 51 |
| Anaheim, California, United States | 363 km | 64 |
| Santa Ana, California, United States | 368 km | 66 |
| Los Angeles, United States | 369 km | 82 |
| Long Beach, California, United States | 386 km | 63 |
Questions about walking in Las Vegas
Is Las Vegas a walkable city?
Partly. Las Vegas has a walkability score of 68 out of 100 across the 5 km around its center, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. Its center scores 90. The score covers about 80 km² around the busiest point rather than the whole city, and suburbs further out are usually less walkable, so check a specific address on the map. It ranks joint 21st of 58 cities in the United States and joint 329th of 690 worldwide on How Walkable.
What is the most walkable city in the United States?
New York City is the most walkable of the 58 cities ranked in the United States, with a score of 93. Las Vegas ranks joint 21st with 68.
How does Las Vegas compare with nearby cities?
Las Vegas is more walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 68, against Bakersfield, California (51, 362 km away), Anaheim, California (64, 363 km away) and Santa Ana, California (66, 368 km away).
Which part of Las Vegas is most walkable?
Las Vegas's most walkable area is its center, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 90. Walkability averages 84 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the south-west (averaging 76) and falls most to the north-west (50).
Why is Las Vegas's score different from its Walk Score?
Walk Score's city scores average every neighborhood within the city limits, weighted by where people live, so they count outer suburbs that the 5 km around Las Vegas's center leaves out, and they are usually lower. Address by address the two agree closely: across 46 addresses in the United States and Canada, How Walkable's scores were 5.9 points from Walk Score's on average, as the accuracy study at howwalkable.com/accuracy shows.
How is Las Vegas's walkability score calculated?
For Las Vegas it is the average of 88 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 45 of them score 70 or more. Each point counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and loses up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long, using open map data from Overture Maps (release 2026-09-23.1) and OpenStreetMap. It measures what is within a walk, not what the walk is like: pavements, traffic, safety, hills and heat are not part of the score.
This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. City position and population from GeoNames.
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