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How walkable is Orlando, Florida?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Orlando, Florida has a walkability score of 62 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 34th most walkable of the 58 cities ranked in the United States, with 3 others.
What's within walking distance of the center
1,246 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Orlando, Florida. The nearest grocery is about 6 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, schools and culture & entertainment.
Groceries
- Asian Market, 6 min
- Publix, 9 min
Restaurants & bars
- Kaya, 4 min
- Tropical Smoothie Cafe, 4 min
Shopping
- Tien Hung Jewelry, 6 min
- Orlando Nail Supply, 6 min
Coffee
- The Burrow Cafe and Play, 5 min
- Minh Phuoc Duong, 5 min
Banks
- First Command, 9 min
- Global Data & Multiservices, 13 min
Parks
- Park Lake Park, 10 min
- BarkHaven, 12 min
Schools
- Hyer Street Preschool, 4 min
- Windows Preschool, 9 min
Books & libraries
- Orlando Public Library, 21 min
- Library Bookstore, 21 min
Culture & entertainment
- Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras, 7 min
- Opera Orlando, 9 min
Further than usual
- The nearest shop is 5 minutes from the center on foot, against 1 minute for the median city ranked.
Measured from the center at 28.5500, -81.3665, the point near Orlando, Florida'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 90 street intersections per km², and blocks average 95 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
How far walkability reaches
Orlando, Florida's score of 62 is the average across the 5 km around its center, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 88 within 1 km of the center, 68 from 1 to 3 km out and 54 from 3 to 5 km out. 38% 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 Orlando, Florida. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the center. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Center | 94 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 88 | 100% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 68 | 50% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 54 | 22% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Tampa, Florida, United States | 125 km | 64 |
| Jacksonville, Florida, United States | 201 km | 60 |
| Miami, United States | 329 km | 75 |
| Havana, Cuba | 610 km | 41 |
| Atlanta, United States | 647 km | 70 |
Questions about walking in Orlando, Florida
Is Orlando, Florida a walkable city?
Partly. Orlando, Florida has a walkability score of 62 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 94. 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 34th of 58 cities in the United States and joint 423rd 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. Orlando, Florida ranks joint 34th with 62.
How does Orlando, Florida compare with nearby cities?
Orlando, Florida sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 62, against Tampa, Florida (64, 125 km away), Jacksonville, Florida (60, 201 km away) and Miami (75, 329 km away).
Which part of Orlando, Florida is most walkable?
Orlando's most walkable area is its center, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 94. Walkability averages 88 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the west (averaging 62) and falls most to the east (48).
Why is Orlando, Florida'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 Orlando, Florida'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 Orlando, Florida's walkability score calculated?
For Orlando, Florida it is the average of 87 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 33 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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