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Chicago is the 4th most walkable large city in the US with 2,695,598 residents.

Chicago has good public transportation and is somewhat bikeable.

The most walkable Chicago neighborhoods are Printers Row, Near North and Sheridan Park.

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Very Walkable

Most errands can be accomplished on foot.

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Most errands can be accomplished on foot in Chicago.

Chicago is the 4th most walkable large city in the US with a Walk Score of 74.

Chicago Neighborhoods

Rank #	Name	Walk Score	Transit Score	Bike Score	Population
1	Printers Row	99	100	65	2,341
2	Near North	97	94	73	21,098
3	Sheridan Park	97	77	84	6,273
4	Old Town	95	85	66	10,791
5	Dearborn Park	95	96	75	3,470
6	Gold Coast	94	89	74	30,051
7	River North	94	97	78	7,915
8	Noble Square	94	74	86	8,666
9	Lincoln Square	94	68	77	4,344
10	Park West	94	80	78	12,051
11	Uptown	94	77	81	22,529
12	The Loop	93	100	78	10,649
13	Streeterville	93	96	80	4,306
14	Sheffield Neighbors	93	76	78	10,673
15	Wrightwood Neighbors	93	78	79	9,809
16	Andersonville	92	72	73	6,106
17	Lake View East	92	80	78	37,695
18	East Ukrainian Village	91	72	89	7,170
19	Pilsen	91	63	81	12,274
20	Magnolia Glen	91	72	68	3,289
21	Wicker Park	91	73	87	11,183
22	West De Paul	91	69	71	2,881
23	Edgewater Glen	91	73	68	2,335
24	Lake View	91	77	74	51,713
25	West Loop Gate	91	100	84	6,047
26	Lakewood - Balmoral	90	77	69	1,417
27	Cabrini Green	90	84	62	1,261
28	Edgewater	90	70	66	11,533
29	Chinatown	90	74	75	4,693
30	Lathrop Homes	90	63	73	3,636
31	South Loop	89	89	79	31,803
32	Buena Park	89	79	80	12,822
33	Ravenswood Gardens	89	66	71	1,273
34	Palmer Square	88	69	82	7,719
35	Edgewater Beach	88	73	76	30,698
36	Margate Park	88	76	84	6,679
37	Ranch Triangle	88	79	73	3,730
38	Old Town Triangle	88	81	72	7,946
39	South East Ravenswood	88	73	73	1,992
40	Mayfair	88	64	70	7,687
41	Ravenswood	87	69	81	27,832
42	North Center	87	68	75	14,046
43	Lincoln Park	87	77	79	14,409
44	Bucktown	87	71	82	17,368
45	Greektown	87	93	80	725
46	Goose Island	87	79	69	4,102
47	Ukrainian Village	87	68	87	5,908
48	East Hyde Park	87	67	69	10,907
49	Wrigleyville	87	84	73	3,611
50	West Town	86	74	76	21,162
51	Fulton River District	86	95	83	4,404
52	Rogers Park	86	75	71	54,757
53	Graceland West	86	77	74	3,153
54	Roscoe Village	85	67	73	9,980
55	University Village / Little Italy	85	72	83	18,049
56	North Mayfair	84	58	67	7,137
57	Heart of Chicago	84	65	68	19,951
58	Hyde Park	84	68	72	18,536
59	Logan Square	83	66	71	84,600
60	Near East Side	83	98	82	5,918
61	The Gap	83	72	68	2,670
62	Albany Park	82	61	66	56,303
63	Ravenswood Manor	82	63	71	2,092
64	Irving Park	82	64	69	13,850
65	Horner Park	81	63	69	3,292
66	Avondale	81	67	70	18,050
67	East Pilsen	81	68	86	1,524
68	River West	81	79	77	1,514
69	Humboldt Park	80	66	71	41,443
70	Peterson Park	80	56	76	1,517
71	Lake Meadows	80	64	70	2,749
72	McKinley Park	79	62	54	14,213
73	Near West Side	79	77	79	16,329
74	North Austin	79	61	52	23,835
75	North Park	79	57	69	6,873
76	East Chatham	79	63	55	6,646
77	Bridgeport	78	62	70	37,925
78	Old Irving Park	78	69	61	11,752
79	West Rodgers Park	77	56	59	64,693
80	Bowmanville	77	62	71	4,370
81	Heart of Italy	77	63	61	1,233
82	Ida B. Wells / Darrow Homes	77	64	68	3,618
83	Kenwood	76	68	75	6,400
84	Pulaski Park	76	53	57	3,684
85	Hollywood Park	76	54	65	6,050
86	Little Village	76	59	59	80,500
87	Budlong Woods	76	60	68	9,654
88	Montclare	76	57	53	16,350
89	Portage Park	76	59	55	43,331
90	Hanson Park	76	61	52	3,965
91	Cragin	75	59	56	38,800
92	Belmont Central	75	58	58	30,870
93	Gladstone Park	75	60	63	1,601
94	Arcadia Terrace	74	56	62	5,568
95	Kilbourn Park	74	65	57	7,306
96	Dunning	74	54	51	7,285
97	Illinois Medical District	74	71	87	1,371
98	Kelvin Park	74	59	58	4,532
99	South Commons	74	69	65	2,304
100	Marynook	74	60	53	2,430
101	Hermosa	74	58	55	20,671
102	Jefferson Park	73	65	61	41,370
103	Marycrest	73	52	48	626
104	Brainerd	72	63	50	13,085
105	Groveland Park	72	57	68	609
106	South Old Irving Park	72	69	59	1,341
107	Beverly	72	52	54	11,905
108	Avalon Park	71	64	56	3,519
109	Stony Island Park	71	60	59	3,578
110	Back of the Yards	71	60	56	38,862
111	Schorsch Village	71	54	54	7,209
112	South Shore	70	67	62	43,374
113	Belmont Gardens	70	60	59	12,874
114	Edison Park	70	49	51	10,978
115	Chatham	70	68	52	18,924
116	Galewood	70	57	54	14,952
117	The Villa	70	71	61	682
118	Grand Crossing	70	67	56	11,531
119	Bronzeville	70	69	64	29,555
120	West Beverly	69	44	51	4,124
121	West Lawn	69	58	53	35,383
122	Norwood Park East	69	52	60	11,624
123	Edgebrook	69	42	51	4,358
124	Brighton Park	69	60	53	46,460
125	Kennedy Park	69	44	52	1,994
126	Belmont Heights	69	54	50	12,952
127	Douglas Park	69	66	68	2,596
128	Tri-Taylor	69	71	83	3,209
129	Beverly Woods	68	46	51	1,099
130	South Austin	68	66	53	56,934
131	Jackson Park Highlands	68	68	61	1,570
132	The Island	68	65	61	1,999
133	Chicago Lawn	67	57	55	18,523
134	Scottsdale	67	58	46	13,856
135	Longwood Manor	67	66	48	7,551
136	West Woodlawn	67	71	61	7,745
137	Gage Park	67	60	53	39,572
138	Morgan Park	66	48	55	17,036
139	West Humboldt Park	66	62	52	14,181
140	Wildwood	66	42	60	3,756
141	Garfield Ridge	65	45	47	25,428
142	West Elsdon	65	63	51	18,227
143	Woodlawn	65	72	58	14,836
144	Wentworth Gardens	65	71	56	736
145	West Chatham	65	71	52	3,963
146	Homan Square	65	70	58	4,976
147	Englewood	64	64	53	49,869
148	Clearing (W)	64	41	57	16,037
149	Oriole Park	64	53	47	4,648
150	Archer Heights	64	63	54	57,612
151	West Garfield Park	64	67	55	14,149
152	Winneconna Parkway	64	68	50	684
153	Norwood Park West	64	55	47	6,508
154	East Garfield Park	64	72	60	20,831
155	Old Norwood Park	63	57	53	3,508
156	Gresham	63	61	50	50,358
157	Ford City	63	63	41	900
158	Canaryville	63	64	48	5,251
159	North Kenwood	63	64	71	4,667
160	East Beverly	62	53	51	4,268
161	Parkview	62	57	48	1,336
162	South Chicago	62	62	55	28,333
163	Sleepy Hollow	62	46	48	1,380
164	The Robert Taylor Homes	62	71	51	945
165	Prairie Shores	62	64	67	2,163
166	Parkway Gardens	61	75	60	1,248
167	Schorsch Forest View	61	36	46	2,091
168	West Englewood	61	61	54	25,768
169	Calumet Heights	61	59	47	12,220
170	O'Hare	61	50	43	13,131
171	Fifth City	60	74	60	2,494
172	Mount Greenwood	60	43	44	16,525
173	Washington Park	60	72	54	12,003
174	Pullman	59	54	45	1,601
175	Princeton Park	59	83	44	3,162
176	Roseland	58	56	48	21,121
177	Forest Glen	57	58	56	1,334
178	Vittum Park	57	53	48	4,416
179	Ashburn	57	57	43	14,364
180	Pill Hill	57	57	46	1,729
181	Rosemoor	57	66	48	9,025
182	The Bush	56	61	48	2,565
183	Park Manor	56	71	58	15,217
184	Oakland	56	54	69	4,424
185	Union Ridge	56	54	52	4,872
186	Fernwood	55	57	46	10,133
187	Sauganash	55	42	52	7,058
188	Chrysler Village	55	52	54	1,286
189	Marquette Park	55	58	50	31,178
190	LeClaire Courts	55	44	47	1,652
191	Belmont Terrace	54	53	46	2,656
192	Chicago Midway Airport	54	56	45	739
193	West Chesterfield	54	80	43	4,136
194	Big Oaks	53	49	50	4,791
195	Burnside	53	67	45	9,891
196	Lithuanian Plaza	53	58	50	1,174
197	Mount Greenwood Heights	53	48	40	838
198	Hegewisch	53	41	51	12,864
199	Fuller Park	52	72	46	2,836
200	Wrightwood	52	53	44	9,461
201	Washington Heights	51	59	50	5,346
202	West Pullman	51	55	47	29,280
203	Irving Woods	50	50	44	4,219
204	Tally's Corner	50	48	37	1,652
205	Clearing (E)	48	62	52	569
206	East Side	46	38	53	23,145
207	South Deering	45	52	50	8,355
208	Beverly View	42	59	52	816
209	London Towne	42	63	38	885
210	Lake Calumet	41	54	37	2,531
211	Altgeld Gardens	34	41	36	2,435
212	Golden Gate	33	43	37	1,930
213	Cottage Grove Heights	32	63	36	2,064
214	Eden Green	31	46	37	1,518
215	Trumbull Park	30	40	46	587

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Eating & Drinking

There are about 8,332 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in Chicago. People in Chicago can walk to an average of 4 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in 5 minutes.

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Good Transit

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Public Transit Routes

Chicago has good public transportation and about 178 bus, 11 rail and 8 subway lines.

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Chicago has about 627 car shares from I-GO, RelayRides, Zipcar, Hertz On Demand and Getaround.

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Schools in Chicago include Beaubien Elementary School, Links to Learning Child Care Center and The University of Chicago.

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Go blackhawks! Seriously the Field Museum is a must for any tourist in the south loop / printers row area. Take the family and see the great exhibits!