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Walkability by city / Virginia Beach, VA

Walkability in Virginia Beach, VA

How easy it is to get around Virginia Beach on foot, by transit and by bike — averaged over where the metro's 1.78 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: 21

Negligible

Negligible or nothing

Bike Score: 24

Negligible

Negligible or none

Where residents live, by Walk band

18% of residents live where the Walk Score is Moderate or better.

  • Complete 0%
  • Substantial 5%
  • Moderate 13%
  • Minimal 20%
  • Negligible 61%

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
1Ghentin Norfolk · 5,330 residents5,330
2Downtownin Norfolk · 3,760 residents3,760
3West Ghentin Norfolk · 2,140 residents2,140
4Hampton Roads Crossingin Suffolk · 2,080 residents2,080
5WilliamsburgCity · whole area · 15,570 residents15,570
6West Ocean Viewin Norfolk · 3,400 residents3,400
7NorfolkCity · whole area · 234,980 residents234,980
8Gloucester CourthouseCommunity · whole area · 3,290 residents3,290
9WindsorTown · whole area · 1,580 residents1,580
10Colonial Placein Norfolk · 2,790 residents2,790
11PortsmouthCity · whole area · 97,360 residents97,360
12Newport NewsCity · whole area · 184,520 residents184,520
13Virginia BeachCity · whole area · 454,870 residents454,870
14CarrolltonCommunity · whole area · 7,050 residents7,050
15HamptonCity · whole area · 137,330 residents137,330
16SmithfieldTown · whole area · 10,060 residents10,060
17ChesapeakeCity · whole area · 251,170 residents251,170
18Edgewaterin Norfolk · 2,790 residents2,790
19Gloucester PointCommunity · whole area · 9,510 residents9,510
20SuffolkCity · whole area · 96,640 residents96,640
21GrandyCommunity · whole area · 1,990 residents1,990
22Bethel ManorCommunity · whole area · 4,510 residents4,510
23MoyockCommunity · whole area · 4,850 residents4,850
24PoquosonCity · whole area · 12,560 residents12,560
25Benns ChurchCommunity · whole area · 1,780 residents1,780
Show all 26 ranked areas
26Ford's ColonyNeighborhood · 5,330 residents5,330

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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