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How walkable is Long Beach, California?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Long Beach, California has a walkability score of 63 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 32nd most walkable of the 58 cities ranked in the United States, with 1 other.
What's within walking distance of the center
1,180 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Long Beach, California. The nearest grocery is about 8 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, banks, schools and culture & entertainment. It is weakest for books & libraries.
Groceries
- Biway Market, 8 min
- El Super, 8 min
Restaurants & bars
- Castro's, 2 min
- Louis Burgers III, 3 min
Shopping
- Sinaloa Market, 2 min
- Seek Optics, 3 min
Coffee
- Starbucks, 9 min
- Pop's Java, 10 min
Banks
- Bmo Bank N.a Branches, 9 min
- Chase Bank, 11 min
Parks
- Victory Park, 16 min
- Peace Park, 17 min
Schools
- St. Anthony High School, 2 min
- Constellation Middle School, 3 min
Books & libraries
- Mark Twain Neighborhood Library, 21 min
- Borders, 23 min
Culture & entertainment
- Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum, 5 min
- Museum of Latin American Art, 6 min
Further than usual
- The nearest park is 15 minutes from the center on foot, against 4 minutes for the median city ranked.
Measured from the center at 33.7747, -118.1838, the point near Long Beach, California'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 87 street intersections per km², and blocks average 97 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
How far walkability reaches
Long Beach, California's score of 63 is the average across the 5 km around its center, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 90 within 1 km of the center, 68 from 1 to 3 km out and 55 from 3 to 5 km out. 28 of the 91 points within 5 km fall on water or on land without streets, such as hillsides, forest or farmland, and are left out, so the score describes only the built-up part. 56% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot. Walkability falls off steeply away from the center, so check a specific address on the map.
- 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 Long Beach, California. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the center. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Center | 85 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 90 | 100% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 68 | 64% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 55 | 41% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Anaheim, California, United States | 27 km | 64 |
| Santa Ana, California, United States | 30 km | 66 |
| Los Angeles, United States | 32 km | 82 |
| San Diego, United States | 151 km | 65 |
| Tijuana, Mexico | 179 km | 74 |
Questions about walking in Long Beach, California
Is Long Beach, California a walkable city?
Partly. Long Beach, California has a walkability score of 63 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 85. 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 32nd of 58 cities in the United States and joint 408th 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. Long Beach, California ranks joint 32nd with 63.
How does Long Beach, California compare with nearby cities?
Long Beach, California is less walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 63, against Anaheim, California (64, 27 km away), Santa Ana, California (66, 30 km away) and Los Angeles (82, 32 km away).
Which part of Long Beach, California is most walkable?
The streets just around Long Beach's center are its most walkable, averaging 90 within 1 km. The center itself, the point with the most places in walking range, scores 85. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the east (averaging 80) and falls most to the south-west (6).
Why is Long Beach, California'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 Long Beach, California'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 Long Beach, California's walkability score calculated?
For Long Beach, California it is the average of 63 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 35 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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