Walkability by city / Richmond, VA

Walkability in Richmond, VA

How easy it is to get around Richmond on foot, by transit and by bike — averaged over where the metro's 1.33 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: 23

Negligible

Driving mandatory

Transit Score: 14

Negligible

Negligible or nothing

Bike Score: 21

Negligible

Negligible or none

Where residents live, by Walk band

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

Complete 2%
Substantial 5%
Moderate 11%
Minimal 14%
Negligible 69%

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	Scott's Additionin Richmond · 1,560 residents	1,560
2	AshlandTown · whole area · 7,860 residents	7,860
3	RichmondCity · whole area · 227,610 residents	227,610
4	Short PumpCommunity · whole area · 28,850 residents	28,850
5	Colonial HeightsCity · whole area · 18,210 residents	18,210
6	DumbartonCommunity · whole area · 8,720 residents	8,720
7	SandstonCommunity · whole area · 7,370 residents	7,370
8	BrandermillCommunity · whole area · 14,390 residents	14,390
9	ManchesterCommunity · whole area · 12,790 residents	12,790
10	LaurelCommunity · whole area · 18,040 residents	18,040
11	LakesideCommunity · whole area · 11,760 residents	11,760
12	TuckahoeCommunity · whole area · 49,040 residents	49,040
13	MontroseCommunity · whole area · 8,410 residents	8,410
14	InnsbrookCommunity · whole area · 9,660 residents	9,660
15	PetersburgCity · whole area · 33,390 residents	33,390
16	East Highland ParkCommunity · whole area · 16,070 residents	16,070
17	Bon AirCommunity · whole area · 16,880 residents	16,880
18	Glen AllenCommunity · whole area · 15,320 residents	15,320
19	HopewellCity · whole area · 22,940 residents	22,940
20	West PointTown · whole area · 3,330 residents	3,330
21	ChesterCommunity · whole area · 23,610 residents	23,610
22	Central GarageCommunity · whole area · 1,720 residents	1,720
23	Highland SpringsCommunity · whole area · 15,330 residents	15,330
24	MidlothianCommunity · whole area · 18,140 residents	18,140
25	MechanicsvilleCommunity · whole area · 38,330 residents	38,330

Show all 38 ranked areas

#	Neighborhood	Residents
26	Prince GeorgeCommunity · whole area · 2,260 residents	2,260
27	MeadowbrookCommunity · whole area · 20,580 residents	20,580
28	ChamberlayneCommunity · whole area · 4,240 residents	4,240
29	BellwoodCommunity · whole area · 8,080 residents	8,080
30	EttrickCommunity · whole area · 5,560 residents	5,560
31	BensleyCommunity · whole area · 5,940 residents	5,940
32	WoodlakeCommunity · whole area · 5,780 residents	5,780
33	RockwoodCommunity · whole area · 9,660 residents	9,660
34	EnonCommunity · whole area · 4,090 residents	4,090
35	WyndhamCommunity · whole area · 12,080 residents	12,080
36	Sadlerin Innsbrook · 1,680 residents	1,680
37	Fort LeeCommunity · whole area · 7,950 residents	7,950
38	MatoacaCommunity · whole area · 2,300 residents	2,300

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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