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How walkable is Fishtown?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Fishtown has a walkability score of 97 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 4th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Philadelphia, which scores 89 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,063 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Fishtown. The nearest grocery is Anne's Place, about a minute away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Fishtown Pasta2 min
- Fishtown Market4 min
- Float Dreamery3 min
- D&C Deli Grocery3 min
- E. Skye Lash4 min
- Retail fix4 min
- Starbucks5 min
- Canvas Coffee Company6 min
- Bank of America Financial Center5 min
- Chase Bank5 min
- Fishtown Recreation Center3 min
- Palmer Park4 min
- Penn Treaty School5 min
- Fishtown Playschool6 min
- Harriett's Bookshop7 min
- Ulises13 min
- Kensington High School for the Creative and Performing Arts9 min
- Kung Fu Necktie9 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Fishtown at 39.9733, -75.1304. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 187 street intersections per km², and blocks average 75 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Fishtown
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Fishtown. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Philadelphia
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chinatown | 2.9 km | 99 |
| Society Hill | 3.5 km | 98 |
| Center City | 3.7 km | 99 |
| Germantown | 7.9 km | 79 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Philadelphia page.
Questions about walking in Fishtown
Is Fishtown walkable?
Yes. Fishtown in Philadelphia has a walkability score of 97 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Fishtown more walkable than the rest of Philadelphia?
Fishtown is more walkable than Philadelphia as a whole: it scores 97, against 89 for the 5 km around Philadelphia's centre. It ranks 4th of the 5 Philadelphia neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Philadelphia?
Of the 5 Philadelphia neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Chinatown (99), Center City (99) and Society Hill (98).
How is the walkability score of Fishtown 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 Fishtown it is the average of 58 points spread evenly across the 1 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.