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How walkable is Sacramento, California?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Sacramento, California 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
1,634 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Sacramento, California. The nearest grocery is about 3 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks and culture & entertainment.
Groceries
- Grocery Outlet, 5 min
- Peace Market, 6 min
Restaurants & bars
- Curry Club, 2 min
- Fit Eats, 2 min
Shopping
- Freemont Park Food Truck Mania!!, 5 min
- David Sobon Auctions, 6 min
Coffee
- Anchor & Tree Coffee Roasting Co., 2 min
- Yellowbill Cafe, 2 min
Banks
- The Golden One, 8 min
- Golden 1 Credit Union - Senator, 9 min
Parks
- Fremont Park, 4 min
- Truitt Bark Park, 9 min
Schools
- Discovery Tree Schools (H St), 14 min
- Discovery Tree Schools (Q st), 15 min
Books & libraries
- California State Library, 11 min
- Braille and Talking Book Library, 11 min
Culture & entertainment
- Community Center Theater, 6 min
- SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center, 6 min
Measured from the center at 38.5738, -121.4887, the point near Sacramento, California'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 81 street intersections per km², and blocks average 99 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
How far walkability reaches
Sacramento, California'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 97 within 1 km of the center, 62 from 1 to 3 km out and 57 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 Sacramento, California. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the center. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Center | 97 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 97 | 100% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 62 | 45% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 57 | 24% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Oakland, California, United States | 110 km | 72 |
| San Francisco, United States | 121 km | 91 |
| San Jose, California, United States | 143 km | 67 |
| Bakersfield, California, United States | 420 km | 51 |
| Los Angeles, United States | 582 km | 82 |
Questions about walking in Sacramento, California
Is Sacramento, California a walkable city?
Partly. Sacramento, California 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 97. 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. Sacramento, California ranks joint 34th with 62.
How does Sacramento, California compare with nearby cities?
Sacramento, California is less walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 62, against Oakland, California (72, 110 km away), San Francisco (91, 121 km away) and San Jose, California (67, 143 km away).
Which part of Sacramento, California is most walkable?
Sacramento's most walkable area is its center, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 97. Walkability averages 97 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the south-east (averaging 75) and falls most to the south-west (30).
Why is Sacramento, California'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 Sacramento, California'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 Sacramento, California's walkability score calculated?
For Sacramento, California it is the average of 85 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 32 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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