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How walkable is Oklahoma City?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Oklahoma City has a walkability score of 57 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 46th most walkable of the 58 cities ranked in the United States, with 1 other.
What's within walking distance of the center
929 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Oklahoma City. The nearest grocery is about 11 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
Groceries
- Homeland Stores, 22 min
- Hank's Salsa Company, 29 min
Restaurants & bars
- Sunset Patio Bar, 1 min
- Fassler Hall, 2 min
Shopping
- Holiday Pop-Up Shops, 1 min
- Bishop John Carroll Christmas Tree Lot, 2 min
Coffee
- Kaisers Grateful Bean Cafe, 4 min
- Hank's Coffee And Wine, 5 min
Banks
- Farmers Bank, 5 min
- the Focus FCU, 8 min
Parks
- Campbell Park, 8 min
- Red Andrews Park, 10 min
Schools
- Virtual Prep Academy of Oklahoma, 6 min
- Emerson Alternative Education, 10 min
Books & libraries
- Commonplace Books, 5 min
- Oklahoma City University Law Library, 7 min
Culture & entertainment
- Teaze Dance & Fitness, 8 min
- Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, 9 min
Measured from the center at 35.4792, -97.5192, the point near Oklahoma City'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 85 street intersections per km², and blocks average 98 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
How far walkability reaches
Oklahoma City's score of 57 is the average across the 5 km around its center, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 82 within 1 km of the center, 63 from 1 to 3 km out and 50 from 3 to 5 km out. 31% 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 Oklahoma City. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the center. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Center | 93 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 82 | 71% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 63 | 47% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 50 | 17% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States | 157 km | 50 |
| Wichita, Kansas, United States | 248 km | 53 |
| Fort Worth, Texas, United States | 306 km | 59 |
| Dallas, United States | 306 km | 75 |
| Kansas City, Missouri, United States | 481 km | 61 |
Questions about walking in Oklahoma City
Is Oklahoma City a walkable city?
Partly. Oklahoma City has a walkability score of 57 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 93. 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 46th of 58 cities in the United States and joint 497th 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. Oklahoma City ranks joint 46th with 57.
How does Oklahoma City compare with nearby cities?
Oklahoma City sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 57, against Tulsa, Oklahoma (50, 157 km away), Wichita, Kansas (53, 248 km away) and Fort Worth, Texas (59, 306 km away).
Which part of Oklahoma City is most walkable?
Oklahoma City's most walkable area is its center, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 93. Walkability averages 82 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the north-west (averaging 69) and falls most to the south-east (25).
Why is Oklahoma City'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 Oklahoma City'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 Oklahoma City's walkability score calculated?
For Oklahoma City it is the average of 89 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 28 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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