About Walk Score
“Six in ten people who think they will buy a house in the next three years are more likely to look in a smart growth (walkable) community.”
—2004 National Community Preference Survey
"What I can walk to" is a common home buying and apartment renting criterion. Walk Score's patent-pending technology calculates a Walk Score for any property and shows a map of what's nearby with reviews to help you find a great neighborhood.
Walk Score launched in July of 2007 and over 1 million addresses were searched in the first month. Walk Score has been featured in over 500 blogs and 75 newspaper articles and radio segments.
Our Mission
The Walk Score mission is to promote walkable communities. We believe that walking is good for our health, our communities, and our planet.
Our Products
In addition to www.walkscore.com, we provide the Walk Score Real Estate Tile, which is simple to integrate into online real estate listings. If you're a blogger interested in showing off your Walk Score, you can add the Walk Score widget to your blog.
Advisory Board
The Walk Score team is advised by a 5-person Advisory Board, which includes urban planning, environmental and technical experts from institutions such as The Sightline Institute, The Brookings Institution, and Google.
About Front Seat
“We're looking to buy a house and Walk Score has been one of our deciding factors.”
—Diana, Home Buyer
Walk Score is a project of Front Seat, a civic software company. Front Seat software connects people to the places we live, the resources we consume, and our communities.
