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How walkable is Chinatown?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Chinatown has a walkability score of 87 out of 100 across the 850 m 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 Los Angeles, which scores 82 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,005 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Chinatown. The nearest grocery is Chung Hing Hong, about 4 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Var On Ginseng Inc4 min
- Ai Hoa Market4 min
- Little Joe's2 min
- Del Re Wine Bar2 min
- The Framing House Design2 min
- Fu-Shing Toy & Gift3 min
- Café Tondo2 min
- Homegirl Cafe3 min
- East West Bank2 min
- First Bank3 min
- Alpine Park7 min
- Ord and Yale Street Park10 min
- Castelar Elementary School6 min
- Endeavor College Preparatory Charter9 min
- Tomorrow Today3 min
- A.G. Geiger Fine Art Books6 min
- Now Instant Image Hall6 min
- The Studio for Southern California History6 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Chinatown at 34.0638, -118.2359. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 70 street intersections per km², and blocks average 95 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Chinatown
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 850 m around the centre of Chinatown. Rings mark 450 m and 850 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Los Angeles
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Little Tokyo | 1.7 km | 97 |
| Downtown Los Angeles | 2.3 km | 95 |
| Skid Row | 2.3 km | 93 |
| Koreatown | 6.4 km | 90 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Los Angeles page.
Questions about walking in Chinatown
Is Chinatown walkable?
Yes. Chinatown in Los Angeles has a walkability score of 87 out of 100 across the 850 m around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Chinatown more walkable than the rest of Los Angeles?
Chinatown is more walkable than Los Angeles as a whole: it scores 87, against 82 for the 5 km around Los Angeles's centre. It ranks 5th of the 5 Los Angeles neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Los Angeles?
Of the 5 Los Angeles neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Little Tokyo (97), Downtown Los Angeles (95) and Skid Row (93).
How is the walkability score of Chinatown 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 Chinatown it is the average of 60 points spread evenly across the 850 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.