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Albuquerque is the 28th most walkable large city in the US with 545,852 residents.

Albuquerque has some public transportation and is somewhat bikeable.

The most walkable Albuquerque neighborhoods are Nob Hill, Huning Highland Historic District and University Heights.

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Albuquerque is a Car-Dependent city

Most errands require a car.

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Most errands require a car in Albuquerque.

Albuquerque is the 28th most walkable large city in the US with a Walk Score of 43.

Albuquerque Neighborhoods

Rank #	Name	Walk Score	Transit Score	Bike Score	Population
1	Nob Hill	85	46	90	4,770
2	Huning Highland Historic District	85	53	77	1,247
3	University Heights	84	47	88	2,367
4	Highland Business	83	44	85	2,077
5	Fair West	79	44	79	1,785
6	Barelas	78	44	81	3,354
7	Jeanne Bellamah East	77	30	58	1,152
8	Silver Hill	76	47	83	2,275
9	Fair Heights	76	37	83	990
10	Zuni	75	37	87	551
11	South San Pedro	75	41	78	8,922
12	Matheson Park	73	30	76	1,543
13	Conchas Park	72	30	66	1,375
14	Bel-Air	71	34	64	2,705
15	Enchanted Park	71	29	73	1,436
16	Inez	71	33	82	1,022
17	Montogmery Park	70	37	72	999
18	Sycamore	70	50	77	1,019
19	Candelmen	70	30	67	1,667
20	Quigley Park	69	36	76	1,667
21	Huning Castle	65	44	89	1,057
22	Uptown	65	38	83	4,845
23	Wells Park	65	41	80	1,340
24	Mesa Airriba	65	27	67	2,042
25	Summit Park	65	34	86	2,481
26	Princess Jeanne	65	30	61	2,411
27	South Broadway	64	31	58	3,937
28	Jackson Area	64	27	69	1,135
29	North Easterns	64	30	83	2,920
30	Classic Uptown	63	34	74	1,108
31	Hodgin	63	34	74	6,021
32	Indian Moon	62	28	77	1,341
33	Boyds-Leslie Park	61	34	63	585
34	Hoffmantown	61	30	67	1,475
35	Sombra del Monte	61	31	69	831
36	La Reina de Los Altos	61	27	64	1,680
37	Spruce Park	60	49	69	639
38	Sawmill Area	60	41	82	785
39	Parkland Hills	60	38	80	2,778
40	Elder Homstead	60	34	69	1,819
41	Alvarado Park	60	36	85	1,327
42	Eastridge	58	26	66	889
43	West Bluff	58	28	53	1,722
44	Loma del Rey	57	30	57	2,353
45	Stardust Skies Park	57	31	66	1,475
46	Monkbridge Gardens	57	26	68	1,679
47	Alta Monte	57	28	70	2,091
48	Cielito Lindo	56	30	57	1,254
49	McKinley	56	32	63	3,233
50	Montgomery Heights	56	30	74	1,176
51	Snow Heights	55	30	73	1,980
52	Alamosa	55	39	55	4,479
53	Trumbull Village	55	41	58	10,012
54	Sandia High School Area	55	29	68	1,421
55	San Gabriel	55	30	59	1,338
56	La Mesa	55	41	60	7,827
57	Sandia Ridge	54	33	76	1,142
58	Richland Hills	54	28	58	513
59	Near North Valley	54	29	79	6,200
60	North Wyoming	53	23	69	4,449
61	Aztec	53	28	69	1,037
62	Del Norte	53	33	62	5,690
63	West Mesa	52	35	52	7,137
64	South Los Altos	52	41	56	3,848
65	Osuna Park Inc	52	30	61	2,385
66	Grandview Heights	51	27	65	1,037
67	Seven Bar Ranch	51	31	61	2,028
68	La Sala Grande	51	28	66	945
69	Southeast Heights	50	31	75	2,771
70	Piedras Marcadas	50	26	58	751
71	Netherwood Park	50	29	91	1,533
72	Las Terrazas	50	30	66	642
73	Singing Arrow	50	39	57	4,293
74	North Campus	50	33	78	1,612
75	Mesa Village	49	30	57	2,352
76	Arroyo del Oso North	49	23	64	980
77	Holiday Park	48	25	62	2,817
78	Renaissance	48	29	72	714
79	Eldorado Heights	47	31	50	2,606
80	Jade Park	47	19	67	1,231
81	Jerry Cline Park	47	37	70	1,283
82	Academy Acres North	47	26	82	5,969
83	West Old Town	47	40	76	2,466
84	Vista Grande	47	30	53	867
85	Pat Hurley	46	40	55	1,591
86	Chelwood Vista	45	29	58	2,202
87	Eisenhower Area	45	26	48	1,590
88	East Central Business Park	44	40	79	1,336
89	Victory Hills	44	29	60	4,120
90	Crestview Bluff	44	36	39	2,127
91	Academy Hills Park	44	26	56	2,757
92	Santa Barbara-Martineztown	43	37	65	2,378
93	Panorama Heights	43	24	59	2,383
94	Foothill Estates	42	37	60	1,169
95	Rancho Sereno	41	31	64	1,141
96	Los Duranes	41	20	71	1,921
97	Clayton Heights-Lomas del Cielo	40	29	67	2,289
98	Los Volcanes	40	28	59	3,468
99	North Domingo Baca	40	27	70	1,213
100	Bear Canyon	39	23	71	1,925
101	Towne Park	38	40	74	808
102	Skyview West	38	44	56	1,238
103	Heritage Hills	37	24	56	2,391
104	Trails at Seven Bar Ranch	37	30	42	937
105	Oso Grande	36	28	55	1,465
106	Wildflower Area	36	23	51	808
107	Academy Estates East	35	26	53	999
108	Eagle Ranch	35	30	54	1,728
109	Vineyard Estates	35	27	53	1,156
110	Los Poblanos	35	29	65	764
111	Glenwood Hills	34	28	35	2,326
112	Alban Hills	34	28	60	4,372
113	Thomas Village	34	17	73	684
114	Highlands North	33	30	65	642
115	Manzano Mesa	32	29	83	949
116	Onate	32	26	55	1,289
117	La Luz del Sol	32	30	49	646
118	Supper Rock	32	31	36	2,420
119	Mirabella	31	35	81	1,746
120	Taylor Ranch	31	23	56	17,845
121	Los Griegos	31	23	68	3,194
122	City View Estates	31	26	41	1,146
123	Cottonwood Heights	30	32	51	1,768
124	Kirtland Community	30	27	59	1,065
125	Nor Este	30	26	61	5,100
126	Academy Ridge East	29	25	40	882
127	Embudo Canyon	27	20	48	2,955
128	Heritage East	27	21	59	3,151
129	Paradise Hills Civic	25	17	42	15,641
130	Westgate Vecinos	25	26	56	5,144
131	Paradise Terrace	23	28	54	703
132	Antelope Run	23	21	44	710
133	Skies West	23	22	46	3,884
134	Laurelwoods	23	13	55	2,849
135	Glenwood Hills South Casa Grande	22	26	48	1,608
136	Seven Bar North	22	27	53	2,088
137	Tuscany	22	25	39	1,851
138	Stonebridge Pointe	21	26	51	2,252
139	Encanto Village	20	40	56	810
140	Cibola	19	24	38	1,239
141	Peppertree-Royal Oak	17	22	48	1,434
142	Kachina Hills	17	24	40	859
143	Prospectors Ridge	16	23	44	953
144	Alvarado Gardens	16	17	72	796
145	John B. Robert	16	23	48	1,366
146	Ventana Ranch	16	-	50	10,506
147	Willow Wood	16	24	74	954
148	Ladera West	15	13	50	3,911
149	Coors Trail	15	29	41	502
150	Quaker Heights	14	27	56	604
151	Parkway	13	3	50	3,528
152	Tanoan East	11	24	30	1,556
153	Vista del Norte Alliance	11	16	59	3,856
154	High Desert	10	12	44	3,821
155	Tierra Oeste	9	6	48	2,730
156	Vista del Mundo	8	22	29	1,291
157	Quintessence	8	19	53	1,519
158	Juan Tabo Hills	6	3	45	1,098
159	Four Hills Village	4	6	32	2,951
160	Seville	1	-	25	2,358

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Average Home Features

According to HomeAdvisor Data, these characteristics make up the average home in Albuquerque

Average square footage 1900

Homeowners have 3.1 bedrooms

Homeowners have 2.2 bathrooms

Age of home 28 years

Average time living in home 12 years

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Albuquerque has Some Transit

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Public Transit Routes

Albuquerque has some public transportation and about 24 bus lines.

Transit Time

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Albuquerque is Bikeable

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Roosevelt Park

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Old Town Farm & Bike In Coffee

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Bricklight District

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Jerry Cline Park

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