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How walkable is Tampa, Florida?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Tampa, Florida has a walkability score of 64 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 29th most walkable of the 58 cities ranked in the United States, with 2 others.
What's within walking distance of the center
1,104 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Tampa, Florida. The nearest grocery is about 9 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
Groceries
- Lucky on 7th, 11 min
- Nojaks Tasty Foods, 12 min
Restaurants & bars
- Late Start, 4 min
- Burger King, 5 min
Shopping
- RoadGuard Ignition Interlock, 4 min
- ForeverLawn of Tampa Bay, 4 min
Coffee
- Paradise Cafe, 7 min
- Rio Cafe, 8 min
Banks
- Northern Trust Bank, 13 min
- BMO Bank N.A Branches, 14 min
Parks
- Perry Havery Senior Park, 3 min
- Tampa Park Plaza, 5 min
Schools
- Booker T. Washington Elementary School, 9 min
- A Brighter Community, 11 min
Books & libraries
- James J. Lunsford Law Library, 9 min
- Black English Bookstore, 12 min
Culture & entertainment
- St. James at ENCORE, 2 min
- Tampa Firefighters Museum, 7 min
Measured from the center at 27.9553, -82.4533, the point near Tampa, Florida'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 104 street intersections per km², and blocks average 89 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
How far walkability reaches
Tampa, Florida's score of 64 is the average across the 5 km around its center, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 91 within 1 km of the center, 66 from 1 to 3 km out and 59 from 3 to 5 km out. 11 of the 91 points within 5 km fall on water or on land without streets, such as hillsides, forest or farmland, and are left out, so the score describes only the built-up part. 51% 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 Tampa, Florida. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the center. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Center | 91 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 91 | 100% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 66 | 50% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 59 | 44% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Orlando, Florida, United States | 125 km | 62 |
| Jacksonville, Florida, United States | 277 km | 60 |
| Miami, United States | 330 km | 75 |
| Havana, Cuba | 536 km | 41 |
| Atlanta, United States | 672 km | 70 |
Questions about walking in Tampa, Florida
Is Tampa, Florida a walkable city?
Partly. Tampa, Florida has a walkability score of 64 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 91. 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 29th of 58 cities in the United States and joint 388th 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. Tampa, Florida ranks joint 29th with 64.
How does Tampa, Florida compare with nearby cities?
Tampa, Florida sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 64, against Orlando, Florida (62, 125 km away), Jacksonville, Florida (60, 277 km away) and Miami (75, 330 km away).
Which part of Tampa, Florida is most walkable?
Tampa's most walkable area is its center, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 91. Walkability averages 91 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the west (averaging 84) and falls most to the south-east (10).
Why is Tampa, Florida'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 Tampa, Florida'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 Tampa, Florida's walkability score calculated?
For Tampa, Florida it is the average of 80 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 41 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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