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Kansas City is the 39th 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, The Downtown Loop and Crossroads.

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Kansas City is a Car-Dependent city

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Most errands require a car in Kansas City.

Kansas City is the 39th most walkable large city in the US with a Walk Score of 35.

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Rank #	Name	Walk Score	Transit Score	Bike Score	Population
1	Old Westport	93	40	72	1,191
2	The Downtown Loop	87	66	63	5,089
3	Crossroads	85	61	72	830
4	Southmoreland	85	42	62	2,772
5	Hanover Place	85	43	77	2,463
6	South Plaza	84	38	38	2,518
7	River Market	84	62	66	1,345
8	Broadway Gillham	84	46	67	1,054
9	Morningside	83	35	47	1,465
10	Volker	82	37	57	3,780
11	Valentine	82	42	64	1,155
12	Roanoke	80	41	60	535
13	Plaza Westport	80	37	55	1,734
14	Park Central-Research Park	80	42	53	861
15	Union Hill	76	51	56	795
16	North Hyde Park	76	46	73	1,680
17	Greenway Fields	75	31	55	827
18	West Plaza	74	34	48	3,850
19	Westside North	72	51	49	1,930
20	Independence Plaza	72	44	52	2,594
21	Crown Center	71	58	57	520
22	South Hyde Park	71	42	55	2,181
23	Wornall Homestead	70	32	41	844
24	Paseo West	69	56	56	774
25	South India Mound	68	36	46	5,467
26	Oak Meyer Gardens	68	36	39	1,154
27	Longfellow	68	50	60	1,958
28	Lykins	68	39	45	4,937
29	Western 49-63	66	39	44	3,294
30	Manheim Park	66	42	48	1,355
31	Countryside	66	34	38	1,245
32	Forgotten Homes	66	48	49	526
33	Central Hyde Park	66	43	71	1,572
34	Columbus Park	64	52	57	1,386
35	Armour Hills	63	34	46	2,324
36	Scarritt Point	63	34	41	5,115
37	Holmes Park	63	36	41	853
38	Pendleton Heights	63	38	47	3,625
39	Westwood	62	29	33	576
40	Parkview	62	50	52	1,570
41	Sheffield	60	35	31	2,836
42	Citadel	59	40	38	1,320
43	Waldo	59	36	43	15,392
44	Westside South	58	46	37	1,233
45	Western Hills	58	36	39	1,992
46	West Blue Valley	56	29	24	1,792
47	18th & Vine & Downtown East	54	42	47	1,317
48	Country Club	54	29	42	723
49	Ivanhoe Southwest	53	43	42	1,502
50	Coleman Highlands	53	42	39	594
51	East Blue Valley	52	25	26	2,259
52	Santa Fe	52	44	48	2,009
53	Neighborhood United For Action	52	39	33	1,147
54	Key Coalition	52	44	47	1,579
55	Blenheim Square-Research Hospital	52	40	36	1,354
56	Platte Ridge	52	23	36	2,409
57	Squier Park	50	43	48	674
58	Oak Park Northwest	49	44	38	2,693
59	Sterling Acres	49	35	37	890
60	Sunset Hill	48	30	28	647
61	Holiday Hills	48	23	27	599
62	Winnwood	47	22	37	2,428
63	Ingleside	47	42	30	908
64	North Indian Mound	47	31	32	5,161
65	Jefferson Highlands	44	23	29	2,335
66	Linwood Homeowners-Ivanhoe	44	45	35	1,496
67	Oak Park Southwest	44	42	37	1,944
68	Oak Park Southeast	44	41	34	1,689
69	Armour Fields	43	31	57	1,988
70	Red Ridge South	43	31	37	2,653
71	Beacon Hills	42	45	37	613
72	Ivanhoe Northeast	42	43	33	792
73	Palestine West & Oak Park Northeast	42	42	27	1,138
74	Palestine East	41	39	24	985
75	Blue Hills	41	40	34	5,359
76	Ivanhoe Southeast	40	42	35	1,165
77	Country Club District	40	27	44	646
78	Crestview	40	26	37	3,456
79	Marlborough Heights-Marlborough Pride	39	35	28	3,457
80	East Community Team North	39	29	29	3,352
81	Sherrydale	38	13	30	1,807
82	Loma Vista	38	29	35	2,722
83	Hawthorne-Picture Hills	38	21	51	1,292
84	Swope Park Campus	37	39	28	1,251
85	Big Shoal	37	22	26	1,184
86	Glenhaven	36	13	26	1,161
87	Wendell Phillips	36	40	35	1,754
88	Winnwood Gardens	36	19	21	817
89	Fairwood & Robandee	36	26	34	3,573
90	Knoches Park	36	39	25	1,715
91	Washington Weatley	35	40	36	1,974
92	Sherwood Estates	35	23	28	1,573
93	River View	35	26	19	1,550
94	South Town Fork Creek	35	38	26	1,339
95	Willow Creek	35	31	44	3,511
96	Crossgates	35	22	38	1,805
97	The Coves	34	22	24	3,997
98	Vineyard Northwest	34	36	27	817
99	Linden Park	32	22	31	841
100	Chaumiere	32	22	32	1,632
101	North Town Fork Creek	32	38	26	3,166
102	Ashland Ridge	32	37	22	1,274
103	Timber Valley	31	-	18	530
104	Red Bridge North	31	25	30	1,086
105	Cooley Highlands	31	22	30	1,626
106	Self Help Neighborhood Council	31	38	24	1,498
107	Woodson Estates	31	-	24	818
108	Colonial Square	31	23	21	765
109	Sterling Gardens	30	26	27	913
110	Briarcliff-Claymont	30	24	20	2,572
111	Martin City	30	29	31	1,083
112	Bonne Hills	30	33	24	1,931
113	Lea Manor	30	31	38	1,887
114	Oldham Farms	30	25	28	908
115	Coves North	29	25	43	7,409
116	East Community Team South	29	36	27	3,965
117	Stratford Estates	28	21	27	1,934
118	South Blue Valley	28	35	20	1,664
119	Antioch Acres	28	24	29	1,738
120	Davidson	28	24	30	4,463
121	Ruskin Heights	27	21	34	3,997
122	Hickman Mills	27	17	37	2,046
123	Chouteau Estates	26	24	15	1,862
124	Prairie Point-Wildberry	26	16	37	2,907
125	Briarcliff West	26	2	16	710
126	Bridlespur	25	30	27	1,269
127	Eastwood Hills West	25	24	11	1,439
128	Bannister Acres	25	26	22	1,462
129	Woodbridge	25	30	31	766
130	Central Blue Valley-Park Tower Garde	25	24	11	1,351
131	Noble & Gregory Ridge	24	33	22	1,869
132	Swope Parkway-Elmwood	24	31	16	2,226
133	Park Plaza	24	20	29	2,453
134	Lewis Heights	24	23	19	795
135	Verona Hills	23	29	30	1,852
136	Meadowbrook Heights	23	-	31	3,911
137	New Mark	23	-	25	4,761
138	Country Lane Estates	23	31	27	1,652
139	Park Forest	23	15	22	3,515
140	Stratford Gardens	22	14	38	615
141	Gashland	22	11	23	5,350
142	Vineyard	22	33	44	2,536
143	Foxwoods-Carriage Hills	22	4	25	844
144	Fairlane	21	25	21	4,924
145	Maple Park West	20	5	16	2,013
146	Hickman Mills South	20	14	24	1,797
147	Blue Hills Estates	20	30	23	1,570
148	Country Valley-Hawthorn Square	20	6	21	1,414
149	River Forest	20	20	15	1,400
150	Eastwood Hill East	19	26	15	3,787
151	Robandee South	19	2	22	1,364
152	Fairway Hills	19	13	21	2,240
153	Romanelli West	18	26	38	742
154	Foxtown East	18	31	23	847
155	Riss Lake	18	35	15	2,631
156	Parkdale-Walden	18	21	19	3,689
157	Linden Hills & Indian Heights	18	24	36	2,081
158	Lakeview Terrace	17	9	21	958
159	Terrace Lake Gardens	17	1	24	1,498
160	Calico Farms	17	0	17	1,927
161	Legacy East	17	32	31	1,010
162	Foxcroft & Glen Arbor	16	27	28	846
163	Maple Park	16	16	14	1,381
164	Marlborough East	15	33	12	1,335
165	Hill Haven	14	21	13	1,903
166	East Swope Highlands	14	21	15	853
167	Nashua	13	-	35	4,132
168	North Blue Ridge	13	30	12	961
169	Stayton Meadows	13	25	18	2,481
170	Kirkside	13	17	28	1,531
171	Breen Hills	13	21	24	3,490
172	Royal Oaks North	13	10	17	1,238
173	Winnetonka	12	21	14	1,232
174	Royal Oaks	12	-	19	1,355
175	Ridgefield	12	16	30	4,975
176	Richards Gebaur	11	0	28	837
177	Mission Lake	10	23	30	3,095
178	White Oak	10	8	28	2,460
179	Park Farms	10	20	16	3,022
180	Longview	10	-	22	2,803
181	St. Catherine's Gardens	9	0	16	2,896
182	Western Blue Township	9	21	9	999
183	Leeds	9	34	16	642
184	Blue Vue Hills	9	8	15	1,544
185	Oakwood	9	23	24	515
186	Barry Harbour	8	15	12	3,850
187	Little Blue Valley	8	3	14	3,741
188	Ravenwood-Somerset	8	-	20	3,306
189	Hidden Valley	8	28	14	1,268
190	Gracemor-Randolph Corners	8	14	17	3,432
191	Ruskin Hills	6	4	24	2,696
192	Brown Estates	6	23	17	720
193	Clayton	6	6	9	4,249
194	Line Creek-Northern Heights	6	3	12	2,116
195	Platte Brook North	5	7	24	2,507
196	Unity Ridge	4	10	7	661
197	Vineyard Estates	3	29	24	739
198	Highview Estates	3	2	13	1,902
199	Hillcrest	2	15	9	577

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Eating & Drinking

There are about 1,567 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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thumbnail for Volker After a nice meal you can walk further and visit some wonderful landscaping in the Volker and Valentine neighbourhoods.

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Kansas City has Some Transit

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Public Transit Routes

Kansas City has some public transportation and about 42 bus and 1 light rail lines.

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Nikki Goodson

We own a house in Merriam, KS, but I'm so glad we're renting it out and getting to know other parts of Kansas City. We lived in Waldo for about 18 months and now we're in Hyde Park. We sold our second car and try to bike as many places as possible!

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Sidewalks

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Gillham Park walking trail

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