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How walkable is Germantown?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Germantown has a walkability score of 79 out of 100 across the 1.7 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Philadelphia, which scores 89 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
454 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Germantown. The nearest grocery is Hijop, about 4 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Green Grocer6 min
- A & N House of Produce8 min
- Germantown Crabhouse Bar&Grille1 min
- Hot Clucks1 min
- Metro by T-Mobile1 min
- Al Arafat Body Oils & Jewelry1 min
- Germantown Espresso Bar3 min
- Uncle Bobbie's Coffee & Books6 min
- Wells Fargo4 min
- PNC Mortgage8 min
- Market Square4 min
- Germantown White House5 min
- The Magic Years LLC2 min
- Way To Grow LLC.3 min
- Free Library of Phila4 min
- Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library4 min
- Children of The Arts Performance Studio3 min
- The Quinn Center for Performing Arts, LLC.3 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Germantown at 40.0358, -75.1747. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 67 street intersections per km², and blocks average 112 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Germantown
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.7 km around the centre of Germantown. Rings mark 850 m and 1.7 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Philadelphia
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Fishtown | 7.9 km | 97 |
| Chinatown | 9.1 km | 99 |
| Center City | 9.3 km | 99 |
| Society Hill | 10.4 km | 98 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Philadelphia page.
Questions about walking in Germantown
Is Germantown walkable?
Yes. Germantown in Philadelphia has a walkability score of 79 out of 100 across the 1.7 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Germantown more walkable than the rest of Philadelphia?
Germantown is less walkable than Philadelphia as a whole: it scores 79, against 89 for the 5 km around Philadelphia's centre. It ranks 5th 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 Germantown 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 Germantown it is the average of 60 points spread evenly across the 1.7 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.