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Long Beach is about 25 miles south of Los Angeles; as part of the spread out ecosystem of greater Los Angeles, it’s got some of the commuter challenges you might expect from any Southern California city. But it’s possible to have a walking and transit friendly life in this beach side city. Metro Rail runs into LA and Long Beach Transit provides extensive bus service. Long Beach has great biking and won an award for their “green lane” project – a program designating safe places for cyclists in traffic – in 2010.
Long Beach has the country’s second largest shipping port and there’s oil here too – you’ll see the rigs offshore. Boeing and Verizon are big employers in the region. The Queen Mary, a classic ocean liner, is docked in Long Beach and the Catalina Express leaves from the waterfront to Catalina Island several times a day.
Most errands can be accomplished on foot.
Bluff Park
Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden
Long Beach is the 10th most walkable large city in the US with 462,257 residents.
Long Beach has some public transportation and is very bikeable.
Find apartments in Long Beach's most walkable neighborhoods: Belmont Shore, Central Long Beach and Belmont Heights.
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Rank # | Name | Walk Score | Transit Score | Bike Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belmont Shore | 89 | 34 | 75 |
| 2 | Central Long Beach | 87 | 56 | 70 |
| 3 | Belmont Heights | 86 | 41 | 72 |
| 4 | Southeast Wrigley | 86 | 62 | 76 |
| 5 | Washington School | 86 | 67 | 80 |
| 6 | Bixby Park | 86 | 56 | 79 |
| 7 | Bluff Park | 85 | 42 | 81 |
| 8 | Willmore City | 83 | 67 | 87 |
| 9 | Belmont Park | 81 | 35 | 78 |
| 10 | Addams | 80 | 51 | 65 |
| 11 | Traffic Circle | 79 | 48 | 68 |
| 12 | South Wrigley | 79 | 56 | 80 |
| 13 | Dairy | 75 | 47 | 60 |
| 14 | California Heights | 75 | 50 | 67 |
| 15 | Naples | 73 | 32 | 68 |
| 16 | Westside | 72 | 43 | 60 |
| 17 | Lindbergh | 72 | 41 | 70 |
| 18 | Bixby Knolls | 72 | 45 | 74 |
| 19 | Lower Westside | 71 | 46 | 80 |
| 20 | Jordan | 69 | 41 | 76 |
| 21 | Sutter | 67 | 53 | 59 |
| 22 | Imperial Estates South | 66 | 37 | 73 |
| 23 | Sunrise Park | 66 | 58 | 64 |
| 24 | College Square | 66 | 54 | 62 |
| 25 | Carmelitos | 65 | 45 | 73 |
| 26 | Artesia Freeway Corridor | 65 | 40 | 67 |
| 27 | Upper Westside | 62 | 39 | 55 |
| 28 | Stearns Park | 61 | 41 | 63 |
| 29 | Memorial Heights | 59 | 60 | 66 |
| 30 | Lakewood Village | 59 | 40 | 65 |
| 31 | Park Estates | 59 | 53 | 72 |
| 32 | Cherry Manor | 59 | 37 | 68 |
| 33 | North Wrigley | 58 | 54 | 72 |
| 34 | Freeway Circle | 58 | 52 | 56 |
| 35 | Alamitos Heights | 57 | 55 | 69 |
| 36 | Los Cerritos | 54 | 54 | 65 |
| 37 | Deforest Park | 53 | 47 | 64 |
| 38 | Longwood | 53 | 53 | 52 |
| 39 | Coolidge Triangle | 52 | 52 | 54 |
| 40 | Seadip | 50 | 48 | 67 |
| 41 | Cal State University Long Beach | 50 | 52 | 75 |
| 42 | Hamilton | 43 | 41 | 69 |
| 43 | South of Conant | 42 | 35 | 67 |
| 44 | El Dorado Park Estates | 41 | 36 | 63 |
| 45 | Arlington | 41 | 38 | 46 |
| 46 | College Estates | 38 | 40 | 73 |
| 47 | Wrigley Heights | 37 | 55 | 61 |
| 48 | Atherton South | 35 | 37 | 75 |
| 49 | The Lakes | 35 | 37 | 62 |
| 50 | Rancho Estates | 34 | 31 | 62 |
| 51 | Bixby Hill | 29 | 53 | 63 |
| 52 | El Dorado Park South | 24 | 34 | 67 |
A few nearby public transportation options. Find Long Beach apartments for rent near public transit.
Long Beach has some public transportation and about 51 bus and 1 light rail lines.
The map above shows how far you can travel in 30 minutes from Long Beach on public transit.
Thinking of renting an apartment or buying in Long Beach? Ask our neighborhood guides a question.
Biking is convenient for most trips.
The Russian Submarine Scorpion
Rose Park
Los Cerritos Park
51 Sicilian Way, Long Beach, CA 90803
Walking on Broadway you get the freshness from the Ocean. If you look down the street you can see the ocean just a few blocks away.
Martin N
on Broadway and MiraMar
Napalm Canal
Broadway and MiraMar
Long Beach, Beach Bike Path
Belmont Pier
The Cal Heights mural is a project of the California Heights Neighborhood Association, installed to improve the entrance to the neighborhood in 2004. Painted by artists Art Mortimer, the mural was prepped by neighborhood volunteers to reduce the cost. The mural is visible from the popular Blackbird Café, Hole' Mole' Tacos, Vintage Emporium and Orange Avenue Salvage.
John A Royce
on Cal Heights Mural
Cal Heights Mural
Cal Heights Street Scene
9th Place Beach Entrance
Olive Avenue is a popular street for walking on warm days with its Camphor tree cathedral of green!
John A Royce
on Cal Heights Street Scene
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on Bluff Park