How walkable is Saint Paul, Minnesota?

Is Saint Paul, Minnesota a walkable city?

Partly. Saint Paul, Minnesota has a walkability score of 63 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 76. 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 32nd of 58 cities in the United States and joint 408th 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. Saint Paul, Minnesota ranks joint 32nd with 63.

How does Saint Paul, Minnesota compare with nearby cities?

Saint Paul, Minnesota sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 63, against Minneapolis (72, 14 km away), Milwaukee (76, 466 km away) and Omaha, Nebraska (54, 471 km away).

Which part of Saint Paul, Minnesota is most walkable?

The streets just around Saint Paul's center are its most walkable, averaging 88 within 1 km. The center itself, the point with the most places in walking range, scores 76. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the west (averaging 88) and falls most to the south (43).

Why is Saint Paul, Minnesota'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 Saint Paul, Minnesota'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 Saint Paul, Minnesota's walkability score calculated?

For Saint Paul, Minnesota it is the average of 83 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 38 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.