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Walkability by city / Kansas City, MO

Walkability in Kansas City, MO

How easy it is to get around Kansas City on foot, by transit and by bike — averaged over where the metro's 2.20 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: 26

Negligible

Driving mandatory

Transit Score: 11

Negligible

Negligible or nothing

Bike Score: 29

Negligible

Negligible or none

Where residents live, by Walk band

17% of residents live where the Walk Score is Moderate or better.

  • Complete 0%
  • Substantial 5%
  • Moderate 12%
  • Minimal 17%
  • Negligible 65%

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.

#NeighborhoodWalkTransitBikeResidents
1Power & Light Districtin Kansas City · 1,580 residents1,580
2Central Downtownin Kansas City · 5,560 residents5,560
3River Marketin Kansas City · 2,550 residents2,550
4WestwoodCity · whole area · 1,780 residents1,780
5North Kansas CityCity · whole area · 5,730 residents5,730
6Roeland ParkCity · whole area · 6,090 residents6,090
7PaolaCity · whole area · 5,850 residents5,850
8AdrianCity · whole area · 1,910 residents1,910
9CameronCity · whole area · 5,330 residents5,330
10Platte CityCity · whole area · 5,210 residents5,210
11Prairie VillageCity · whole area · 23,270 residents23,270
12FairwayCity · whole area · 4,140 residents4,140
13MissionCity · whole area · 10,580 residents10,580
14BucknerCity · whole area · 2,760 residents2,760
15OdessaCity · whole area · 4,430 residents4,430
16MerriamCity · whole area · 11,270 residents11,270
17Overland ParkCity · whole area · 196,680 residents196,680
18GladstoneCity · whole area · 27,520 residents27,520
19Kansas CityCity · whole area · 509,740 residents509,740
20LenexaCity · whole area · 58,030 residents58,030
21LathropCity · whole area · 2,080 residents2,080
22HigginsvilleCity · whole area · 4,030 residents4,030
23Blue SpringsCity · whole area · 58,450 residents58,450
24LeavenworthCity · whole area · 36,710 residents36,710
25OlatheCity · whole area · 142,270 residents142,270
Show all 68 ranked areas
26KearneyCity · whole area · 10,750 residents10,750
27De SotoCity · whole area · 5,410 residents5,410
28ShawneeCity · whole area · 69,250 residents69,250
29LansingCity · whole area · 9,100 residents9,100
30LibertyCity · whole area · 30,580 residents30,580
31Kansas CityCity · whole area · 154,630 residents154,630
32LeawoodCity · whole area · 35,240 residents35,240
33RichmondCity · whole area · 5,040 residents5,040
34BeltonCity · whole area · 24,610 residents24,610
35Bonner SpringsCity · whole area · 7,510 residents7,510
36IndependenceCity · whole area · 121,070 residents121,070
37ConcordiaCity · whole area · 1,860 residents1,860
38ParkvilleCity · whole area · 10,100 residents10,100
39Grain ValleyCity · whole area · 13,680 residents13,680
40Pleasant HillCity · whole area · 8,690 residents8,690
41SmithvilleCity · whole area · 8,900 residents8,900
42ButlerCity · whole area · 3,950 residents3,950
43Excelsior SpringsCity · whole area · 9,220 residents9,220
44Mission HillsCity · whole area · 3,400 residents3,400
45LouisburgCity · whole area · 5,140 residents5,140
46Lee's SummitCity · whole area · 100,140 residents100,140
47Oak GroveCity · whole area · 7,960 residents7,960
48RaytownCity · whole area · 29,600 residents29,600
49LawsonCity · whole area · 2,530 residents2,530
50GardnerCity · whole area · 23,580 residents23,580
51RiversideCity · whole area · 4,880 residents4,880
52HarrisonvilleCity · whole area · 9,510 residents9,510
53Pleasant ValleyCity · whole area · 3,340 residents3,340
54Sugar CreekCity · whole area · 3,910 residents3,910
55BasehorCity · whole area · 6,710 residents6,710
56EdgertonCity · whole area · 2,060 residents2,060
57PlattsburgCity · whole area · 2,150 residents2,150
58TonganoxieCity · whole area · 4,180 residents4,180
59Spring HillCity · whole area · 9,240 residents9,240
60PeculiarCity · whole area · 5,570 residents5,570
61LexingtonCity · whole area · 3,880 residents3,880
62OsawatomieCity · whole area · 4,110 residents4,110
63RaymoreCity · whole area · 22,310 residents22,310
64GrandviewCity · whole area · 25,800 residents25,800
65Lake LotawanaCity · whole area · 2,690 residents2,690
66EdwardsvilleCity · whole area · 4,710 residents4,710
67Weatherby LakeCity · whole area · 1,500 residents1,500
68GreenwoodCity · whole area · 5,200 residents5,200

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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