How It Works
Walk Score helps people find walkable places to live. Walk Score calculates the walkability of an address by locating nearby stores, restaurants, schools, parks, etc. Walk Score measures how easy it is to live a car-lite lifestyle—not how pretty the area is for walking.
What does my score mean?
Your Walk Score is a number between 0 and 100. Here are general guidelines for interpreting your score:
- 90 - 100 = Walkers' Paradise: Most errands can be accomplished on foot and many people get by without owning a car.
- 70 - 90 = Very Walkable: It's possible to get by without owning a car.
- 50 - 70 = Some Walkable Locations: Some stores and amenities are within walking distance, but many everyday trips still require a bike, public transportation, or car.
- 25 - 50 = Not Walkable: Only a few destinations are within easy walking range. For most errands, driving or public transportation is a must.
- 0 - 25 = Driving Only: Virtually no neighborhood destinations within walking range. You can walk from your house to your car!
Walk Score™ uses a patent-pending system to calculate the walkability of an address based on:
- The distance to walkable locations near an address.
- Calculating a score for each of these locations.
- Combining these scores into one easy to read Walk Score.
Your Walk Score may change as our data sources are updated or as we improve our algorithm. Check out how Walk Score doesn't work.
Seattle's Most Walkable Neighborhoods
We sampled the Walk Score of 11,538 points in Seattle to rank 77 Seattle neighborhoods on walkability. We used these points to create a walkability map for Seattle where walkable neighborhoods show up as green and unwalkable neighborhoods as red.
The most walkable neighborhoods are calculated by applying the Walk Score algorithm block by block throughout the city. We weight the Walk Scores by population density (2000 Census) and group them into neighborhood boundaries provided to us by Zillow. Our neighborhood rankings have the same known issues as the Walk Score algorithm.
Curious to learn more about the rankings? Read our detailed methodology page.
View the Seattle Neighborhood Rankings.
