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How walkable is La Villita?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
La Villita has a walkability score of 98 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the most walkable of 1 neighbourhoods ranked in San Antonio, which scores 68 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,405 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of La Villita. The nearest grocery is Alamo Central Market, about 6 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Peace Of Mind Wellness8 min
- Royal Blue Grocery10 min
- Rocky's Patio Bar1 min
- Texas River Bar1 min
- Casa Manos Alegres1 min
- Angelita1 min
- Bolivar Cafe2 min
- Long Horn Cafe San Antonio5 min
- North American Development Bank6 min
- BB&T6 min
- Yanaguana Garden4 min
- Alamo District4 min
- National Geographic School9 min
- James Bonham Academy14 min
- Little Free Library4 min
- Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library4 min
- San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum1 min
- Briscoe Western Art Museum2 min
Measured from the mapped centre of La Villita at 29.4217, -98.4888. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 80 street intersections per km², and blocks average 97 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across La Villita
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 400 m around the centre of La Villita. Rings mark 200 m and 400 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Questions about walking in La Villita
Is La Villita walkable?
Yes. La Villita in San Antonio has a walkability score of 98 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is La Villita more walkable than the rest of San Antonio?
La Villita is more walkable than San Antonio as a whole: it scores 98, against 68 for the 5 km around San Antonio's centre. It ranks 1st of the 1 San Antonio neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
How is the walkability score of La Villita 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 La Villita it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 400 m 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.