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How walkable is Tucson, Arizona?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Tucson, Arizona has a walkability score of 61 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 38th most walkable of the 58 cities ranked in the United States, with 2 others.
What's within walking distance of the center
845 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Tucson, Arizona. The nearest grocery is about 8 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, parks and schools. It is weakest for banks.
Groceries
- Food Conspiracy Co-op, 14 min
- Tucson Olive Central, 15 min
Restaurants & bars
- Welcome Diner Tucson, 2 min
- Broadway Volvo, 2 min
Shopping
- Good Eye Living, 3 min
- Abyssinian Style, 4 min
Coffee
- Presta Coffee Roasters, 9 min
- Wildcat Cafe, 12 min
Banks
- Bank of America ATM, 20 min
- BBVA Bank, 20 min
Parks
- Barrio San Antonio Park, 12 min
- Armory Park, 14 min
Schools
- Project More High School, 8 min
- Tucson International Academy, 9 min
Books & libraries
- The Collectors' Territory, 15 min
- Antigone Books, 15 min
Culture & entertainment
- Rialto Theatre, 12 min
- Rialto Art and Antiquities, 13 min
Further than usual
- The nearest bank is 19 minutes from the center on foot, against 4 minutes for the median city ranked.
Measured from the center at 32.2217, -110.9583, the point near Tucson, Arizona'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 99 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
Tucson, Arizona's score of 61 is the average across the 5 km around its center, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 84 within 1 km of the center, 67 from 1 to 3 km out and 54 from 3 to 5 km out. 42% 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 Tucson, Arizona. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the center. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Center | 83 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 84 | 71% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 67 | 57% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 54 | 28% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Phoenix, Arizona, United States | 174 km | 56 |
| Hermosillo, Mexico | 349 km | 74 |
| El Paso, Texas, United States | 422 km | 68 |
| Ciudad Juárez, Mexico | 425 km | 71 |
| Mexicali, Mexico | 428 km | 80 |
Questions about walking in Tucson, Arizona
Is Tucson, Arizona a walkable city?
Partly. Tucson, Arizona has a walkability score of 61 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 83. 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 38th of 58 cities in the United States and joint 439th 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. Tucson, Arizona ranks joint 38th with 61.
How does Tucson, Arizona compare with nearby cities?
Tucson, Arizona sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 61, against Phoenix, Arizona (56, 174 km away), Hermosillo (74, 349 km away) and El Paso, Texas (68, 422 km away).
Which part of Tucson, Arizona is most walkable?
The streets just around Tucson's center are its most walkable, averaging 84 within 1 km. The center itself, the point with the most places in walking range, scores 83. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the north (averaging 74) and falls most to the south-west (25).
Why is Tucson, Arizona'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 Tucson, Arizona'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 Tucson, Arizona's walkability score calculated?
For Tucson, Arizona it is the average of 84 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 35 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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