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Oakland is the 10th most walkable large city in the US with 390,724 residents.

Oakland has good public transportation and is somewhat bikeable.

The most walkable Oakland neighborhoods are Downtown, Civic Center and Chinatown.

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Somewhat Walkable

Some errands can be accomplished on foot.

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Some errands can be accomplished on foot in Oakland.

Oakland is the 10th most walkable large city in the US with a Walk Score of 68.

Oakland Neighborhoods

Rank #	Name	Walk Score	Transit Score	Bike Score	Population
1	Downtown	96	83	82	1,636
2	Civic Center	96	85	85	1,500
3	Chinatown	95	85	80	2,950
4	Lakewide	94	83	90	4,813
5	Old City	94	83	74	2,552
6	San Pablo Gateway	94	81	81	2,943
7	Piedmont Avenue	92	56	70	6,292
8	Waverly	92	75	94	797
9	Fairview Park	90	64	82	3,625
10	Northgate	90	75	95	1,850
11	Bushrod	89	63	82	6,343
12	Produce & Waterfront	89	79	83	2,771
13	Fruitvale Station	88	73	67	1,598
14	Temescal	87	68	86	4,418
15	Grand Lake	86	51	67	4,418
16	Laurel	86	51	58	1,541
17	Gaskill	85	57	81	1,888
18	Golden Gate	85	52	73	1,995
19	Shafter	85	63	84	3,470
20	Pill Hill	85	70	89	1,813
21	South Kennedy Tract	83	67	84	1,352
22	Santa Fe	83	60	85	3,457
23	Mosswood	82	72	87	2,257
24	Hawthorne	82	69	57	2,158
25	St. Elizabeth	82	71	59	6,294
26	North Kennedy Tract	82	67	74	956
27	Paradise Park	82	54	76	2,317
28	Lake Merritt	81	66	90	660
29	Oakland Ave/Harrison St	81	62	80	5,776
30	Adams Point	81	62	83	7,973
31	Cleveland Heights	81	61	74	7,068
32	Rockridge	81	59	70	3,375
33	Merritt	81	69	86	4,371
34	Lakeshore	81	49	58	4,636
35	Dimond	80	54	58	1,796
36	Longfellow	78	70	87	5,994
37	Clawson	77	59	79	3,069
38	Ralph Bunche	77	69	83	1,982
39	Hoover/Foster	76	71	90	4,188
40	Oak Tree	76	66	56	4,680
41	McClymonds	76	62	87	2,840
42	Upper Dimond	75	52	50	6,370
43	Oak Center	75	71	81	3,209
44	Acorn	75	72	86	2,787
45	Allendale	74	50	54	4,785
46	Frick	74	54	56	3,254
47	East Peralta	73	59	78	2,080
48	Ivy Hill	73	60	61	3,359
49	Eastmont	73	56	60	3,466
50	Melrose	73	55	52	1,848
51	Glenview	72	53	52	5,511
52	School	72	55	54	2,007
53	Fremont	72	55	53	5,292
54	Redwood Heights	71	46	37	8,948
55	Havenscourt	69	57	60	6,781
56	Mountain View Cemetery	69	47	48	950
57	Sausal Creek	68	58	51	2,316
58	Clinton	68	58	64	7,583
59	Peralta Hacienda	68	58	52	1,691
60	Wentworth Holland	68	51	56	2,236
61	Harrington	68	58	53	3,913
62	Woodland	67	54	48	2,260
63	Trestle Glen	67	52	46	3,300
64	Rancho San Antonio	67	55	58	5,391
65	Upper Peralta Creek	67	54	55	2,545
66	Patten	66	57	49	2,750
67	Arroyo Viejo	66	57	60	5,062
68	Oakmore	66	41	23	2,236
69	Maxwell Park	66	51	38	5,505
70	Jefferson	65	57	49	3,822
71	Bartlett	64	52	54	1,908
72	Prescott	64	61	88	4,689
73	Montclair	64	33	30	4,213
74	Fairfax	63	51	42	2,178
75	Millsmont	63	52	30	4,597
76	Seminary	63	56	55	5,584
77	Columbia Gardens	63	40	53	1,140
78	Foothill Square	61	49	41	1,316
79	Hegenberger	61	59	58	1,791
80	Bella Vista	61	56	52	1,506
81	Lincoln Highlands	61	45	27	1,817
82	Highland	61	48	47	2,511
83	Meadow Brook	61	58	48	5,625
84	Las Palmas	60	52	58	2,337
85	Reservoir Hill	60	56	44	1,355
86	Lynn	60	55	59	1,421
87	Webster	59	53	56	5,531
88	Fitchburg	59	62	49	2,388
89	Coliseum Industrial	57	57	45	2,185
90	South Prescott	57	64	86	764
91	Tuxedo	57	56	47	2,487
92	Durant Manor	56	53	55	1,861
93	Highland Park	55	55	46	1,151
94	Woodminster	55	34	12	1,270
95	Eastmont Hills	55	48	20	3,551
96	Crestmont	54	36	11	1,257
97	Brookfield Village	54	39	46	4,185
98	Elmhurst Park	54	48	47	2,694
99	Cox	54	53	57	3,575
100	Lockwood Tevis	54	64	49	2,422
101	Coliseum	54	67	46	3,172
102	Iveywood	52	54	56	3,558
103	Highland Terrace	52	56	44	4,293
104	North Stonehurst	52	48	47	4,329
105	Crocker Highland	51	45	25	1,218
106	Toler Heights	51	49	29	1,966
107	Castlemont	51	52	54	3,620
108	Upper Rockridge	50	35	38	6,078
109	Sheffield Village	50	33	42	753
110	Mills College	50	49	27	888
111	South Stonehurst	45	44	43	1,041
112	Sobrante Park	44	38	42	3,293
113	Glen Highlands	43	23	25	1,769
114	Merriwood	40	22	17	3,266
115	Leona Heights	39	40	13	1,112
116	Oak Knoll-Golf Links	37	43	11	1,850
117	Piedmont Pines	36	25	12	3,135
118	Shepherd Canyon	33	21	24	1,804
119	Claremont	31	18	18	2,348
120	Hiller Highlands	31	21	18	739
121	Chabot Park	29	22	10	2,959
122	Sequoyah	24	22	9	4,403
123	Caballo Hills	23	31	6	2,074
124	Forestland	20	12	13	1,690
125	Skyline - Hillcrest Estates	15	26	4	1,151

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Eating & Drinking

There are about 1,150 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in Oakland. People in Oakland can walk to an average of 1 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in 5 minutes.

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Good Transit

Many nearby public transportation options.

Public Transit Routes

Oakland has good public transportation and about 50 bus, 4 rail and 5 subway lines.

Transit Time

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Oakland has about 96 car shares from City CarShare, RelayRides, Zipcar and Getaround.

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Fairyland has been a wonderful resource to the family-based community for as long as I can remember. In a Storybook-esque environment, Fairyland offers its patrons a whimsical experience. Plus they have adult nights once a year opening the park up to a 21 and up audience with adult beverages!