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Detroit is the 22nd most walkable large city in the US with 713,777 residents.

The most walkable Detroit neighborhoods are Midtown, New Center and Wayne State.

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Some errands can be accomplished on foot.

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Some errands can be accomplished on foot in Detroit.

Detroit is the 22nd most walkable large city in the US with a Walk Score of 50.

Detroit Neighborhoods

Rank #	Name	Walk Score	Transit Score	Bike Score	Population
1	Midtown	85	-	-	8,115
2	New Center	84	-	-	827
3	Wayne State	80	-	-	3,976
4	Art Center	77	-	-	1,870
5	Corktown	77	-	-	878
6	Medical Center	77	-	-	1,250
7	Brush Park	76	-	-	1,305
8	Jefferies	73	-	-	1,007
9	North Rosedale Park	66	-	-	4,298
10	Virginia Park	64	-	-	2,100
11	Forest Park	64	-	-	1,754
12	Milwaukee Junction	63	-	-	576
13	Michigan-Martin	63	-	-	986
14	Morningside	60	-	-	15,023
15	Rosedale Park	60	-	-	3,342
16	NW Goldberg	60	-	-	2,060
17	Woodbridge	60	-	-	2,051
18	Minock Park	59	-	-	1,228
19	Grandmont-Rosedale	58	-	-	11,191
20	University District	58	-	-	2,087
21	Sherwood Forest	58	-	-	1,092
22	LaSalle Gardens	57	-	-	1,763
23	East English Village	57	-	-	4,472
24	English Village	57	-	-	710
25	Aviation Sub.	57	-	-	3,485
26	Elmwood Park	56	-	-	6,419
27	Bagley	55	-	-	11,527
28	Fishkorn	55	-	-	3,809
29	Regent Park	55	-	-	5,025
30	Blackstone Park	55	-	-	1,973
31	West Village	54	-	-	1,097
32	Russell Woods	54	-	-	2,677
33	Springwells	54	-	-	13,325
34	Chandler Park	53	-	-	2,106
35	Riverdale	53	-	-	5,175
36	Petosky-Otsego	53	-	-	9,666
37	Green Acres	53	-	-	1,037
38	McDougall-Hunt	52	-	-	1,081
39	Chaldean Town	52	-	-	1,009
40	Mohican Regent	52	-	-	2,896
41	Ravendale	52	-	-	2,989
42	Five Points	51	-	-	2,711
43	Briggs	50	-	-	1,735
44	The Eye	50	-	-	3,428
45	Millenium Village	50	-	-	820
46	Fitzgerald	49	-	-	7,019
47	Belmont	49	-	-	2,344
48	Jefferson Chalmers	48	-	-	6,424
49	West Side Industrial	48	-	-	1,195
50	Greensbriar	48	-	-	3,753
51	Warrendale	48	-	-	18,712
52	Old Redford	47	-	-	774
53	Martin Park	47	-	-	4,442
54	Poletown East	47	-	-	698
55	Pulaski	46	-	-	5,578
56	Conner Creek Ind	46	-	-	561
57	Grandmont No.1	46	-	-	2,478
58	Grandale	46	-	-	6,998
59	Eight Mile Wyoming	46	-	-	3,095
60	Detroit Golf	45	-	-	1,485
61	LaSalle College Park	45	-	-	3,505
62	Van Steuban	44	-	-	7,053
63	Core City	44	-	-	3,750
64	Indian Village	43	-	-	1,458
65	Grixdale	42	-	-	1,130
66	Islandview	42	-	-	5,593
67	Barton-McFarland	42	-	-	9,589
68	Westwood Park	42	-	-	962
69	Southwest Detroit	42	-	-	14,873
70	Marina District	41	-	-	649
71	Berg-Lasher	41	-	-	3,862
72	Franklin Park	41	-	-	10,429
73	Oakwood Heights	41	-	-	586
74	Eliza Howell	41	-	-	860
75	Lafayette Park	40	-	-	4,036
76	Kranz Woods	39	-	-	3,975
77	Weatherby	39	-	-	1,909
78	Brightmoor	37	-	-	10,405
79	Rivertown	37	-	-	1,273
80	Conant Gardens	36	-	-	1,001
81	Hubbard-Richard	35	-	-	2,155
82	Park	34	-	-	4,070
83	Palmer Woods	34	-	-	751
84	Castle Rouge	31	-	-	1,977
85	Joseph Barry Subdivision	28	-	-	801
86	Boynton	28	-	-	6,762
87	Carbon Works	27	-	-	759
88	Downtown	18	-	-	3,912
89	Gold Coast	16	-	-	852

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Eating & Drinking

There are about 1,556 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in Detroit. People in Detroit can walk to an average of 0.9 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in 5 minutes.

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This riverfront park along the Detroit River is kept in great shape and offers a good place to exercise. Ride your bike, rollerblade or just walk and explore the area and beautiful views. #park Photo: IanCoulter

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Detroit has about 6 car shares from RelayRides and Zipcar.

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This monstrous fountain was built in memory of Horace Dodge & Son for their pioneering work in the car industry. The best time to see it is on a summer’s night. #publicart Photo: b24chicago

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Schools in Detroit include Wayne State University, Wayne State University and Jacob Bernard Pincus Music Educayion Center.

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drum circle! good place every tuesday night if it still goes on to meet really artistic and spiritual people of the city, also a very hip hotspot for the youngsters. watch out though i know girls that have been robbed down goldengate, just stick away from charleston ave and youll be golden

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