Walkability by city / Detroit, MI

Walkability in Detroit, MI

How easy it is to get around Detroit on foot, by transit and by bike — averaged over where the metro's 4.37 million residents live, with its most walkable neighborhoods ranked.

The metro at a glance

Each score is the average of the scores across the metro's streets, weighted by how many people live along them.

Walk Score: 35

Minimal

Occasional walks possible

Transit Score: 20

Negligible

Negligible or nothing

Bike Score: 43

Minimal

Where residents live, by Walk band

27% of residents live where the Walk Score is Moderate or better.

Complete 0%
Substantial 4%
Moderate 23%
Minimal 32%
Negligible 41%

Most walkable neighborhoods

Ranked by Walk Score. Every area listed is home to at least 1,500 people; where a city has no mapped neighborhood boundaries, the whole city or community is ranked instead.

#	Neighborhood	Residents
1	Medical Centerin Detroit · 2,580 residents	2,580
2	HamtramckCity · whole area · 27,580 residents	27,580
3	Art Districtin Detroit · 2,150 residents	2,150
4	PlymouthCity · whole area · 9,350 residents	9,350
5	FerndaleCity · whole area · 19,160 residents	19,160
6	Lake Orionin Lake Orion · 3,070 residents	3,070
7	BerkleyCity · whole area · 15,090 residents	15,090
8	ClawsonCity · whole area · 11,310 residents	11,310
9	Grosse PointeCity · whole area · 5,620 residents	5,620
10	FarmingtonCity · whole area · 11,470 residents	11,470
11	Hazel ParkCity · whole area · 14,950 residents	14,950
12	Keego HarborCity · whole area · 2,750 residents	2,750
13	DearbornCity · whole area · 108,260 residents	108,260
14	ArmadaVillage · whole area · 1,890 residents	1,890
15	BirminghamCity · whole area · 21,460 residents	21,460
16	Highland ParkCity · whole area · 8,770 residents	8,770
17	Southwestern Outer Drivein Dearborn · 12,170 residents	12,170
18	UticaCity · whole area · 5,230 residents	5,230
19	Madison HeightsCity · whole area · 28,400 residents	28,400
20	Grosse Pointe ParkCity · whole area · 11,390 residents	11,390
21	RomeoVillage · whole area · 3,770 residents	3,770
22	Pleasant RidgeCity · whole area · 2,600 residents	2,600
23	MelvindaleCity · whole area · 12,570 residents	12,570
24	WyandotteCity · whole area · 24,550 residents	24,550
25	Allen ParkCity · whole area · 28,020 residents	28,020

Show the top 100 of 107 ranked areas

#	Neighborhood	Residents
26	SouthgateCity · whole area · 29,660 residents	29,660
27	Milfordin Milford · 6,440 residents	6,440
28	Royal OakCity · whole area · 57,870 residents	57,870
29	Lincoln ParkCity · whole area · 39,490 residents	39,490
30	EastpointeCity · whole area · 34,040 residents	34,040
31	DetroitCity · whole area · 636,690 residents	636,690
32	Grandmont-Rosedalein Detroit · 14,480 residents	14,480
33	Mount ClemensCity · whole area · 15,630 residents	15,630
34	Marine CityCity · whole area · 4,070 residents	4,070
35	Walled LakeCity · whole area · 7,370 residents	7,370
36	Lathrup VillageCity · whole area · 4,050 residents	4,050
37	Oak ParkCity · whole area · 29,370 residents	29,370
38	YaleCity · whole area · 2,160 residents	2,160
39	Sylvan LakeCity · whole area · 1,670 residents	1,670
40	Center LineCity · whole area · 8,450 residents	8,450
41	PinckneyVillage · whole area · 1,910 residents	1,910
42	FraserCity · whole area · 14,640 residents	14,640
43	Dearborn HeightsCity · whole area · 62,500 residents	62,500
44	RosevilleCity · whole area · 47,210 residents	47,210
45	NorthvilleCity · whole area · 6,090 residents	6,090
46	Snow Woodsin Dearborn · 6,600 residents	6,600
47	Grosse Pointe FarmsCity · whole area · 9,900 residents	9,900
48	HowellCity · whole area · 9,980 residents	9,980
49	RichmondCity · whole area · 5,900 residents	5,900
50	St. Clair ShoresCity · whole area · 58,250 residents	58,250
51	River RougeCity · whole area · 7,160 residents	7,160
52	Garden CityCity · whole area · 26,620 residents	26,620
53	The Eyein Detroit · 2,110 residents	2,110
54	Crowley Parkin Dearborn · 4,550 residents	4,550
55	RochesterCity · whole area · 12,980 residents	12,980
56	TrentonCity · whole area · 18,300 residents	18,300
57	WarrenCity · whole area · 138,140 residents	138,140
58	Grosse Pointe WoodsCity · whole area · 16,210 residents	16,210
59	Port HuronCity · whole area · 28,780 residents	28,780
60	SouthfieldCity · whole area · 76,030 residents	76,030
61	Imlay CityCity · whole area · 3,720 residents	3,720
62	CapacVillage · whole area · 1,910 residents	1,910
63	Hollyin Holly · 6,010 residents	6,010
64	FowlervilleVillage · whole area · 2,930 residents	2,930
65	Oxfordin Oxford · 3,440 residents	3,440
66	Harper WoodsCity · whole area · 15,140 residents	15,140
67	EcorseCity · whole area · 9,110 residents	9,110
68	PontiacCity · whole area · 61,840 residents	61,840
69	LapeerCity · whole area · 9,430 residents	9,430
70	St. ClairCity · whole area · 5,690 residents	5,690
71	Huntington WoodsCity · whole area · 6,320 residents	6,320
72	WayneCity · whole area · 17,480 residents	17,480
73	LivoniaCity · whole area · 93,970 residents	93,970
74	BellevilleCity · whole area · 3,970 residents	3,970
75	RiverviewCity · whole area · 12,290 residents	12,290
76	Five Pointsin Detroit · 1,800 residents	1,800
77	WestlandCity · whole area · 84,360 residents	84,360
78	TaylorCity · whole area · 62,260 residents	62,260
79	South LyonCity · whole area · 12,040 residents	12,040
80	AlgonacCity · whole area · 4,170 residents	4,170
81	Sterling HeightsCity · whole area · 133,480 residents	133,480
82	Auburn HillsCity · whole area · 25,080 residents	25,080
83	TroyCity · whole area · 87,330 residents	87,330
84	BrightonCity · whole area · 7,590 residents	7,590
85	InksterCity · whole area · 25,680 residents	25,680
86	WixomCity · whole area · 17,130 residents	17,130
87	MarysvilleCity · whole area · 10,050 residents	10,050
88	Farmington HillsCity · whole area · 83,350 residents	83,350
89	Flat RockCity · whole area · 10,420 residents	10,420
90	WoodhavenCity · whole area · 12,710 residents	12,710
91	Dearborn Hillsin Dearborn · 3,250 residents	3,250
92	AlmontVillage · whole area · 2,690 residents	2,690
93	Bingham Farmsin Bingham Farms · 1,680 residents	1,680
94	Rochester HillsCity · whole area · 76,040 residents	76,040
95	New BaltimoreCity · whole area · 12,060 residents	12,060
96	Beverly Hillsin Beverly Hills · 10,470 residents	10,470
97	RockwoodCity · whole area · 3,190 residents	3,190
98	New HavenVillage · whole area · 6,370 residents	6,370
99	Orchard Lake VillageCity · whole area · 2,320 residents	2,320
100	Franklinin Franklin · 2,670 residents	2,670

These are averages: streets within a neighborhood can score well above or below its number. For the scores at one address, look it up.

Updated October 15, 2026.

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