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Kansas City is the 41st 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, Downtown Loop and South Plaza.

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Kansas City is the 41st 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	92	47	70	1,191
2	Downtown Loop	89	73	67	5,089
3	South Plaza	87	46	40	2,518
4	Crossroads	85	67	73	830
5	Plaza Westport	84	44	53	1,734
6	Broadway Gillham	82	54	67	1,054
7	River Market	81	70	69	1,345
8	Valentine	81	48	63	1,155
9	Hanover Place	80	51	73	2,463
10	Morningside	80	43	49	1,465
11	West Plaza	80	40	47	3,850
12	Roanoke	79	46	60	535
13	Southmoreland	79	50	61	2,772
14	Park Central-Research Park	79	49	54	861
15	Volker	78	42	57	3,780
16	Union Hill	75	59	57	795
17	Greenway Fields	74	40	56	827
18	Longfellow	73	58	63	1,958
19	North Hyde Park	73	52	75	1,680
20	Independence Plaza	71	46	55	2,594
21	Forgotten Homes	71	50	53	526
22	Crown Center	71	65	59	520
23	Western 49-63	70	47	47	3,294
24	Eastern 49-63	70	46	47	3,313
25	Paseo West	70	60	58	774
26	Lykins	68	42	48	4,937
27	South India Mound	68	38	48	5,467
28	Westside North	68	54	49	1,930
29	Parkview	68	53	61	1,570
30	Oak Meyer Gardens	67	43	41	1,154
31	Countryside	66	42	39	1,245
32	Pendleton Heights	66	41	49	3,625
33	Wornall Homestead	66	41	42	844
34	Scarritt Point	65	36	43	5,115
35	Holmes Park	65	42	43	853
36	Central Hyde Park	64	51	72	1,572
37	Westwood	63	34	35	576
38	Armour Hills	62	42	48	2,324
39	Key Coalition	61	46	49	1,579
40	Santa Fe	61	46	50	2,009
41	Columbus Park	59	58	59	1,386
42	Citadel	59	44	41	1,320
43	South Hyde Park	59	49	55	2,181
44	Sheffield	58	39	35	2,836
45	Western Hills	57	35	43	1,992
46	Waldo	56	40	46	15,392
47	Manheim Park	56	48	48	1,355
48	18th & Vine and Downtown East	55	46	50	1,317
49	Beacon Hills	54	50	39	613
50	Coleman Highlands	54	47	40	594
51	Country Club	53	38	43	723
52	Westside South	52	51	39	1,233
53	Oak Park Northwest	52	46	42	2,693
54	Sunset Hill	52	37	31	647
55	Squier Park	51	48	52	674
56	Neighborhood United For Action	50	44	38	1,147
57	Blue Hills	50	43	36	5,359
58	Blenheim Square - Research Hospital	48	42	40	1,354
59	Crestview	47	28	39	3,456
60	East Community Team North	47	35	33	3,352
61	North India Mound	47	31	34	5,161
62	Sterling Acres	47	37	40	890
63	Ivanhoe Southwest	46	47	45	1,502
64	East Blue Valley	46	34	29	2,259
65	Wendell Phillips	46	44	37	1,754
66	Platte Ridge	45	25	38	2,409
67	Ingleside	44	44	32	908
68	Armour Fields	44	39	56	1,988
69	West Blue Valley	44	36	29	1,792
70	Ivanhoe Northeast	43	46	39	792
71	Winnwood	43	23	42	2,428
72	Oak Park Southwest	43	44	40	1,944
73	Holiday Hills	43	23	31	599
74	Red Ridge South	43	25	40	2,653
75	Crossgates	42	27	39	1,805
76	Loma Vista	41	34	39	2,722
77	Linwood Homeowners - Ivanhoe	41	49	39	1,496
78	Country Club District	40	36	45	646
79	Palestine West and Oak Park Northeast	40	43	29	1,138
80	Big Shoal	39	28	29	1,184
81	Ivanhoe Southeast	39	45	37	1,165
82	Oak Park Southeast	39	43	35	1,689
83	Knoches Park	39	41	29	1,715
84	Washington Weatley	38	43	39	1,974
85	South Blue Valley	38	38	23	1,664
86	East Community Team South	38	39	31	3,965
87	Palestine East	38	41	28	985
88	Fairwood and Robandee	37	32	37	3,573
89	Linden Park	37	25	33	841
90	South Town Fork Creek	37	39	30	1,339
91	Jefferson Highlands	37	24	32	2,335
92	Hawthorne - Picture Hills	37	26	53	1,292
93	Sherwood Estates	36	28	31	1,573
94	Marlborough Heights - Marlborough Pride	35	41	32	3,457
95	Swope Park Campus	33	40	32	1,251
96	River View	33	27	23	1,550
97	Sherrydale	33	18	33	1,807
98	Oldham Farms	32	29	33	908
99	Winnwood Gardens	31	20	26	817
100	Antioch Acres	31	29	32	1,738
101	The Coves	31	26	28	3,997
102	Red Bridge North	31	20	34	1,086
103	Davidson	31	29	33	4,463
104	Vineyard Northwest	30	38	28	817
105	Lea Manor	30	28	40	1,887
106	Briarcliff - Claymont	30	26	22	2,572
107	Hickman Mills	30	21	42	2,046
108	North Town Fork Creek	29	40	29	3,166
109	Martin City	29	23	35	1,083
110	Sterling Gardens	29	28	30	913
111	Glenhaven	29	20	30	1,161
112	Ashland Ridge	29	38	25	1,274
113	Coves North	28	27	47	7,409
114	Ruskin Heights	28	25	40	3,997
115	Bridlespur	27	24	31	1,269
116	Willow Creek	27	28	47	3,511
117	Chaumiere	27	24	34	1,632
118	Colonial Square	27	26	26	765
119	Woodson Estates	27	-	26	818
120	Cooley Highlands	27	23	34	1,626
121	Briarcliff West	26	14	19	710
122	Central Blue Valley - Park Tower Garde	26	32	19	1,351
123	Bonne Hills	26	34	27	1,931
124	Timber Valley	25	-	22	530
125	Woodbridge	25	24	33	766
126	Prairie Point-wildberry	25	18	38	2,907
127	Self Help Neighborhood Council	24	39	28	1,498
128	Stratford Gardens	24	26	38	615
129	Vineyard	24	36	45	2,536
130	Country Lane Estates	23	26	32	1,652
131	Bannister Acres	23	31	28	1,462
132	New Mark	23	10	27	4,761
133	Foxwoods-carriage Hills	23	16	27	844
134	Kirkside	22	20	35	1,531
135	Lakeview Terrace	22	20	24	958
136	Stratford Estates	21	26	30	1,934
137	Park Plaza	21	25	32	2,453
138	River Forest	21	22	21	1,400
139	Noble and Gregory Ridge	20	34	27	1,869
140	Lewis Heights	20	27	24	795
141	Romanelli West	20	33	37	742
142	Gashland	20	15	27	5,350
143	Riss Lake	19	36	19	2,631
144	Fairlane	19	31	25	4,924
145	Swope Parkway - Elmwood	19	34	20	2,226
146	Maple Park West	19	13	19	2,013
147	North Blue Ridge	19	32	13	961
148	Blue Hills Estates	19	24	28	1,570
149	Meadowbrook Heights	18	6	32	3,911
150	Verona Hills	18	23	32	1,852
151	Legacy East	18	38	38	1,010
152	Fairway Hills	18	14	24	2,240
153	Terrace Lake Gardens	18	7	27	1,498
154	Chouteau Estates	18	25	23	1,862
155	Foxcroft and Glen Arbor	17	22	31	846
156	Hill Haven	17	21	18	1,903
157	Park Forest	17	17	24	3,515
158	Hickman Mills South	17	17	28	1,797
159	Maple Park	16	18	17	1,381
160	Robandee South	16	6	27	1,364
161	Eastwood Hills West	15	25	19	1,439
162	Marlborough East	15	36	18	1,335
163	Country Valley - Hawthorn Square	15	15	25	1,414
164	Linden Hills and Indian Heights	14	29	42	2,081
165	East Swope Highlands	14	25	20	853
166	Mission Lake	13	19	30	3,095
167	Winnetonka	13	21	18	1,232
168	Eastwood Hill East	13	28	20	3,787
169	Royal Oaks	13	12	22	1,355
170	Calico Farms	13	1	21	1,927
171	Stayton Meadows	13	27	22	2,481
172	Royal Oaks North	12	12	19	1,238
173	Park Farms	12	23	18	3,022
174	White Oak	12	9	31	2,460
175	Ridgefield	12	18	29	4,975
176	Parkdale - Walden	12	25	20	3,689
177	Blue Vue Hills	11	14	19	1,544
178	Ravenwood-Somerset	11	6	23	3,306
179	Ruskin Hills	10	5	28	2,696
180	Breen Hills	10	27	28	3,490
181	Foxtown East	10	32	27	847
182	Nashua	10	3	36	4,132
183	Western Blue Township	9	22	12	999
184	Little Blue Valley	8	8	18	3,741
185	Barry Harbour	8	18	17	3,850
186	Line Creek - Northern Heights	8	19	16	2,116
187	Longview	8	-	3	2,803
188	St. Catherine's Gardens	7	2	19	2,896
189	Richards Gebaur	6	0	30	837
190	Vineyard Estates	6	31	30	739
191	Leeds	5	35	23	642
192	Gracemor-randolph Corners	5	17	20	3,432
193	Brown Estates	5	24	24	720
194	Highview Estates	4	2	18	1,902
195	Platte Brook North	4	20	26	2,507
196	Unity Ridge	4	12	13	661
197	Clayton	4	14	13	4,249
198	Oakwood	3	28	26	515
199	Hidden Valley	3	34	15	1,268
200	Hillcrest	2	17	16	577

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Eating & Drinking

There are about 1,385 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in Kansas City.

People in Kansas City can walk to an average of 0.1 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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Kansas City has some public transportation and about 39 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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thumbnail for Street Parking Street parking on both sides of the street is typical in #southhydepark due to there being few (and small) garages. It does make it tough to drive a moving van down. ;)

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thumbnail for Michael's Fine Clothing For Men This locally owned family business sells fine clothes for men. I have bought several shirts, suits and ties from them and had great service every time! No need to buy expensive Brooks Brother suits! #walkscore

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