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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, Downtown Loop and Crossroads.

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Kansas City is a Car-Dependent city

Most errands require a car.

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Volker

Liberty Memorial Mall

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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Kansas City Neighborhoods

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

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Kansas City has Some Transit

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Kansas City has some public transportation and about 41 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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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

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Gillham Park walking trail

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