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How walkable is Miami?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Miami has a walkability score of 75 out of 100 across the 5 km around its center, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 13th most walkable of the 58 cities ranked in the United States, with 3 others.
What's within walking distance of the center
2,567 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Miami. The nearest grocery is about 6 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
Groceries
- MIAMI Vice City Shop, 9 min
- Bombay Bazaar, 10 min
Restaurants & bars
- Fresh Grub, 3 min
- Breakwater Hospitality Group, 3 min
Shopping
- Lasting Greenery, 2 min
- Designer Plants USA, 3 min
Coffee
- Dunkin Donuts, 4 min
- BreakThyme Cafe at Miami-Dade County Courthouse, 5 min
Banks
- Bank Of America, 3 min
- Dade County Federal Credit Union, 5 min
Parks
- Jose Marti Park, 5 min
- The Underline, 12 min
Schools
- Downtown Miami Charter School, 6 min
- Miami Tech at Mater Innovation Academy, 10 min
Books & libraries
- Miami-Dade Public Library System, 3 min
- Miami-Dade County Law Library, 6 min
Culture & entertainment
- The Wharf Miami, 4 min
- Museum of Miami, 4 min
Measured from the center at 25.7743, -80.1986, the point near Miami'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 97 street intersections per km², and blocks average 94 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
How far walkability reaches
Miami's score of 75 is the average across the 5 km around its center, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 95 within 1 km of the center, 80 from 1 to 3 km out and 67 from 3 to 5 km out. 30 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. 75% 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 Miami. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the center. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Center | 99 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 95 | 100% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 80 | 77% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 67 | 69% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Orlando, Florida, United States | 329 km | 62 |
| Tampa, Florida, United States | 330 km | 64 |
| Havana, Cuba | 368 km | 41 |
| Jacksonville, Florida, United States | 527 km | 60 |
Questions about walking in Miami
Is Miami a walkable city?
Around its center, yes. Miami has a walkability score of 75 out of 100 across the 5 km around its center, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. Its center scores 99. 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 13th of 58 cities in the United States and joint 201st 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. Miami ranks joint 13th with 75.
How does Miami compare with nearby cities?
Miami is more walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 75, against Orlando, Florida (62, 329 km away), Tampa, Florida (64, 330 km away) and Havana (41, 368 km away).
Which part of Miami is most walkable?
Miami's most walkable area is its center, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 99. Walkability averages 95 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the north (averaging 89) and falls most to the north-east (7).
Why is Miami'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 Miami'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 Miami's walkability score calculated?
For Miami it is the average of 61 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 46 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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