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How walkable is Downtown Los Angeles?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Downtown Los Angeles has a walkability score of 95 out of 100 across the 1.6 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Los Angeles, which scores 82 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
5,748 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Downtown Los Angeles. The nearest grocery is Happy Day Ice Cream-sandwiches, about 3 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Two Bits Market3 min
- Walmart5 min
- La Kosher Grill1 min
- Jacky’s Restaurant1 min
- Diamond Net1 min
- LA Laser Engraving1 min
- Cafe Nine2 min
- Starbucks2 min
- Los Angeles Mortgage Lender3 min
- City National Bank3 min
- Spring Street Park5 min
- Angels Knoll Park6 min
- KinderCare Learning Center9 min
- Hope Street Friends KinderCare9 min
- Rare Bird Lit4 min
- Los Angeles City Library Central Br4 min
- Arcade Theatre2 min
- Los Angeles Theatre3 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Downtown Los Angeles at 34.0480, -118.2521. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 78 street intersections per km², and blocks average 107 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Downtown Los Angeles
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.6 km around the centre of Downtown Los Angeles. Rings mark 800 m and 1.6 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Los Angeles
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Skid Row | 900 m | 93 |
| Little Tokyo | 1.1 km | 97 |
| Chinatown | 2.3 km | 87 |
| Koreatown | 5.2 km | 90 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Los Angeles page.
Questions about walking in Downtown Los Angeles
Is Downtown Los Angeles walkable?
Yes. Downtown Los Angeles has a walkability score of 95 out of 100 across the 1.6 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Downtown Los Angeles more walkable than the rest of Los Angeles?
Downtown Los Angeles is more walkable than Los Angeles as a whole: it scores 95, against 82 for the 5 km around Los Angeles's centre. It ranks 2nd 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 Downtown Los Angeles 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 Downtown Los Angeles it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 1.6 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.