Walkability by city / Providence, RI

Walkability in Providence, RI

How easy it is to get around Providence on foot, by transit and by bike — averaged over where the metro's 1.67 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: 27

Negligible

Driving mandatory

Transit Score: 24

Negligible

Negligible or nothing

Bike Score: 23

Negligible

Negligible or none

Where residents live, by Walk band

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

Complete 1%
Substantial 5%
Moderate 11%
Minimal 24%
Negligible 59%

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	Downtownin Providence · 5,860 residents	5,860
2	Fox Pointin Providence · 5,790 residents	5,790
3	College Hillin Providence · 9,560 residents	9,560
4	Waylandin Providence · 4,990 residents	4,990
5	Blackstonein Providence · 8,160 residents	8,160
6	ProvidenceCity · whole area · 190,320 residents	190,320
7	NewportCity · whole area · 25,030 residents	25,030
8	KingstonCommunity · whole area · 5,660 residents	5,660
9	Smith MillsCommunity · whole area · 4,440 residents	4,440
10	Bliss CornerCommunity · whole area · 5,440 residents	5,440
11	Newport EastCommunity · whole area · 12,370 residents	12,370
12	CranstonCity · whole area · 82,660 residents	82,660
13	PawtucketCity · whole area · 75,280 residents	75,280
14	Fall RiverCity · whole area · 93,820 residents	93,820
15	New BedfordCity · whole area · 100,730 residents	100,730
16	Norton CenterCommunity · whole area · 2,750 residents	2,750
17	Central FallsCity · whole area · 22,480 residents	22,480
18	Wakefield-Peace DaleCommunity · whole area · 9,780 residents	9,780
19	WesterlyCommunity · whole area · 18,510 residents	18,510
20	Mansfield CenterCommunity · whole area · 7,220 residents	7,220
21	WarwickCity · whole area · 83,170 residents	83,170
22	AttleboroCity · whole area · 46,500 residents	46,500
23	East ProvidenceCity · whole area · 46,970 residents	46,970
24	WoonsocketCity · whole area · 43,080 residents	43,080
25	TivertonCommunity · whole area · 8,200 residents	8,200

Show all 43 ranked areas

#	Neighborhood	Residents
26	North Attleborough TownCity · whole area · 30,840 residents	30,840
27	Narragansett PierCommunity · whole area · 3,330 residents	3,330
28	TauntonCity · whole area · 59,730 residents	59,730
29	Potowomutin Warwick · 2,210 residents	2,210
30	Valley FallsCommunity · whole area · 11,720 residents	11,720
31	GreenvilleCommunity · whole area · 8,630 residents	8,630
32	SomersetCommunity · whole area · 18,250 residents	18,250
33	MelvilleCommunity · whole area · 1,560 residents	1,560
34	PascoagCommunity · whole area · 3,690 residents	3,690
35	HarrisvilleCommunity · whole area · 1,830 residents	1,830
36	ChepachetCommunity · whole area · 1,830 residents	1,830
37	North SeekonkCommunity · whole area · 2,680 residents	2,680
38	Acushnet CenterCommunity · whole area · 2,370 residents	2,370
39	Cumberland HillCommunity · whole area · 7,780 residents	7,780
40	Raynham CenterCommunity · whole area · 4,350 residents	4,350
41	North WestportCommunity · whole area · 4,990 residents	4,990
42	Ocean GroveCommunity · whole area · 3,020 residents	3,020
43	Hope ValleyCommunity · whole area · 1,680 residents	1,680

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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