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Kansas City is the 43rd most walkable large city in the US with 459,787 residents.

Kansas City has some public transportation and does not have many bike lanes.

The most walkable Kansas City neighborhoods are Old Westport, Country Club Plaza and Crown Center.

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Most errands require a car in Kansas City.

Kansas City is the 43rd most walkable large city in the US with a Walk Score of 38.

Kansas City Neighborhoods

Rank #	Name	Walk Score	Transit Score	Bike Score	Population
1	Old Westport	92	60	73	1,248
2	Country Club Plaza	90	55	72	718
3	Crown Center	87	73	74	763
4	Central Business District - Downtown	86	86	70	3,711
5	Hanover Place	85	66	77	2,475
6	South Plaza	85	56	76	2,198
7	Plaza Westport	84	55	78	1,174
8	Southmoreland	82	61	75	3,662
9	North Hyde Park	81	68	78	1,600
10	Union Hill	80	70	76	770
11	Roanoke	80	57	80	548
12	Volker	79	51	68	3,672
13	Valentine	79	62	81	1,319
14	West Plaza	78	48	69	4,204
15	Longfellow	77	68	76	1,850
16	Broadway Gillham	77	68	79	1,007
17	River Market	75	81	74	1,377
18	Westside North	73	63	56	1,881
19	West Waldo	69	43	64	1,366
20	Morningside	68	55	74	1,435
21	Central Hyde Park	68	66	70	1,607
22	Greenway Fields	66	53	75	786
23	Tower Homes	66	55	58	4,851
24	Ward Parkway	65	52	67	3,398
25	Coleman Highlands	65	55	58	566
26	Oak Meyer Gardens	64	55	60	1,087
27	Western Hills	64	43	54	2,008
28	Sunset Hill	63	49	55	834
29	South India Mound	63	48	46	5,401
30	Westwood	62	44	59	579
31	Holmes Park	62	54	55	935
32	Waldo Homes	61	43	62	1,368
33	Armour Hills	61	54	66	2,341
34	Western 49-63	59	57	61	4,027
35	Sheffield	58	49	48	2,794
36	Lykins	58	52	47	4,980
37	Wornall Homestead	58	53	65	805
38	Westside South	57	56	57	1,254
39	Beacon Hills	56	63	62	654
40	Independence Plaza	56	58	61	2,673
41	Pendleton Heights	55	53	58	3,542
42	Squier Park	55	62	59	689
43	Eastern 49-63	55	56	59	3,131
44	Linwood Homeowner - Ivanhoe	55	62	53	1,375
45	Key Coalition	54	60	53	1,612
46	South Hyde Park	54	62	59	2,114
47	Bleheim Square - Research Hospital	52	52	58	1,348
48	Red Bridge North	52	28	46	1,106
49	Ivanhoe Northeast	52	60	43	913
50	Santa Fe	51	59	55	1,931
51	West Blue Valley	51	47	34	2,187
52	Citadel	51	55	58	1,356
53	Sarritt Point	49	46	45	4,951
54	Oak Park Northwest	48	59	48	2,671
55	Martin City	47	-	34	1,110
56	North India Mound	47	41	38	5,228
57	Red Ridge South	46	30	40	2,552
58	Fairwood and Robandee	46	27	42	3,537
59	Arnour Fields	45	51	61	1,988
60	Manheim Park	45	60	55	1,357
61	Rolling Meadows	45	47	54	662
62	Lea Manor	45	38	37	1,948
63	Loma Vista	45	35	47	2,661
64	East Community Team North	44	45	35	3,420
65	Sterling Acres	44	40	39	887
66	Birdlespur	44	30	35	1,259
67	Palestine West and Oak Park Northeast	44	57	40	1,158
68	Country Lane Estates	43	32	29	1,586
69	Santa Fe Hills	43	45	55	2,213
70	Ivanhoe Southeast	42	58	45	1,219
71	East Blue Valley	41	45	33	2,358
72	Oak Park Southwest	41	57	47	1,937
73	Palestine East	41	54	32	952
74	East Meyer 6	41	55	43	2,367
75	Ingleside	40	57	36	934
76	Blue Hills	40	53	44	5,325
77	Wendell Phillips	40	55	48	1,813
78	Blue Hills Estates	39	0	28	1,626
79	Bannister Ares	39	30	33	1,510
80	Knoches Park	38	52	33	1,604
81	East Meyer 7	37	53	43	1,970
82	Hickman Mills	37	28	39	3,606
83	North Town Fork Creek	36	51	46	3,091
84	Self Help Neighborhood Council	36	48	40	1,557
85	Washington Weatley	36	56	40	1,994
86	Swope Park Campus	36	49	50	1,245
87	South Town Fork Creek	36	48	39	1,316
88	Willow Creek	35	38	45	3,403
89	Central Blue Valley - Park Tower Grade	35	40	22	1,319
90	Oldham Farms	35	33	38	960
91	Swope Parkway - Elmwood	34	42	37	2,337
92	South Blue Valley	34	48	35	1,746
93	Oak Park Southeast	34	55	43	1,581
94	East Community Team South	33	52	35	3,873
95	Verona Hills	33	9	33	2,000
96	Country Valley - Hawthorn Square	33	22	26	1,303
97	Robandee South	31	10	33	1,385
98	Ashland Ridge	31	39	27	1,139
99	Fairlane	30	38	29	4,892
100	Vineyard Northwest	30	50	28	827
101	Marlborough Heights - Marlborough Pride	29	50	34	3,450
102	Woodbridge	29	-	35	726
103	Foxcroft and Glen Arbor	28	28	31	734
104	Lewis Heights	28	28	24	796
105	Bonne Hills	28	46	36	1,935
106	Norble and Gregory Ridge	28	44	32	1,890
107	Blue Vue Hills	27	17	22	1,757
108	Stanford Gardens	26	44	43	585
109	Vineyard	26	46	41	2,530
110	Romanelli West	25	46	38	781
111	Legacy East	25	47	35	1,068
112	Foxtown East	24	38	44	788
113	Riss Lake	24	37	22	2,570
114	Stanford Estates	23	32	34	1,934
115	Mission Lake	23	14	42	3,226
116	Linden Hills and Indian Heights	22	40	44	2,092
117	North Blue Ridge	22	39	24	993
118	Faireway Hills	22	6	24	2,170
119	Ruskin Heights	22	31	37	4,047
120	Stayton Meadows	21	34	22	2,346
121	Royal Oaks	21	14	30	1,362
122	Eastwood Hills West	20	29	24	1,437
123	East Sqope Highlands	19	33	28	894
124	Hickman Mills South	19	25	37	1,819
125	Marlborough East	19	47	22	1,350
126	West Blue Township	18	12	19	1,027
127	Little Blue Valley	16	8	21	4,121
128	White Oak	16	5	24	2,290
129	St. Catherine's Gardens	16	2	21	2,917
130	Park Farms	16	31	25	3,088
131	Eastwood Hill East	16	33	22	3,578
132	Brown Estates	15	30	24	731
133	Kirkside	15	25	32	1,544
134	Richards Gebaur	14	-	30	1,251
135	Oakwood	14	41	30	533
136	Ruskin Hills	14	13	33	2,548
137	Unity Ridge	11	0	14	618
138	Hillcrest	10	21	18	584
139	Hidden Valley	10	43	24	1,249
140	Highview Estates	6	2	21	1,906

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Eating & Drinking

There are about 1,280 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in Kansas City. People in Kansas City can walk to an average of 0.4 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in 5 minutes.

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This locally owned family business sells fine clothes for men. I have bought several shirts, suits and ties from them and had great service every time! No need to buy expensive Brooks Brother suits! #walkscore

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Some Transit

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Public Transit Routes

Kansas City has some public transportation and about 102 bus lines.

Transit Time

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Kansas City has about 7 car shares from RelayRides and Zipcar.

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Somewhat Bikeable

Minimal bike infrastructure.

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After a nice meal you can walk further and visit some wonderful landscaping in the Volker and Valentine neighbourhoods.

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Schools in Kansas City include Union Hill Day School, Kansas City Art Institute and Arts Tech.

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Lulu's is one of the cities most popular Thai restaurants. It isn't exactly to our tastes, but we can understand why others love it so dearly. #walkshop