You can find it on zillow if you search your address. I just did, and my walk score is 2 
ETA we posted at the same time. In my case Zillow is 100% accurate.
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I found it on Zillow, which also says i live on a 28 acre lot, have 300K or so left on the mortgage (proceeds) and shows my house 800 square foot less than it is.
Yeah, I don’t trust zillow…at all.
It does have the value about right - if i had to guess.
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Walkscore.com I find to be more accurate. Zillow says we are at an 80 for walking, 97 for biking and 55 for public transportation even though we have an L stop two blocks from the house and a bus stop around the corner.
Zillow also has the wrong number of bathrooms, square footage, etc…
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Not sure if this is the one that I posted above but…
https://www.walkscore.com/score/
I’m sure many still have a very nice house and neighborhood even if it doesn’t have a high walls score 
Mine is 7. I so wish I could walk to more! But I have many other advantages that are worthy - water view, 3 mile trail 2 blocks from home, a golf course I can also walk part of the year 2 blocks from home and while it’s a bit of a hike I can walk to an ice cream shop about 1.25 miles away, lol. Library is less than 2 miles walk - and a beautiful walk along the water.
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Gave my house a 9 instead of a 4 but the house in Westhaven (all inclusive area) the same 49 that zillow did.
I think the why is it says - walkable distance to downtown as the factor and that’s true - it’s an hour walk from Westhaven.
But Westhaven is an all encompassing neighborhood - they even have porch fest (a festival with concerts on people’s porches), a charity fundraiser when they bring in second level bands like the Fray, and more. Sidewalks, paths, a lake, hiking, etc.
The walk score definitely isn’t right for there but I suppose it depends on how they’re determining it - distance to downtown - and then it makes more sense.
I never knew my home wasn’t walkable- we have nature trails, lakes, and sidewalks everywhere - but yes for me to get to a grocery or downtown is 45 minutes or so - so in that sense, it makes sense.
But when OP said walkable and people say hello to one another, etc., I’m not sure these walkability scores necessarily mean much - but yes in many, like mine (which i wouldn’t recommend for carless), one would need a car.
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It’s still sort of suspect. It gave my house a 55 because “some errands can be accomplished by foot.” Yes, there is a grocery store 0.5 mile away, but if you want “restaurants” you get Subway and McDonalds. And the shopping is the Dollar Store and a liquor store. hmm… maybe that’s all one needs. 
Nothing medical is walkable except a pharmacy. One bank, but it’s not mine.
My workplace got a 79 because “most errands can be accomplished on foot.” There are a few cute restaurants and cafes that are walkable. But shopping is a few boutique type places that I’d never go. There is no grocery store or even a convenience store/pharmacy. There are several banks. Lots of lawyers! An orthopedist. A library…
In both cases, the people who live here do not accomplish much on foot.
But what do you want to walk to is the real question? Do you want to live in a more urban place where you can walk to the grocery store, banks, restaurants, doctors, activities, or do you just want to live in a place that have sidewalks/trails/parks so you can go for walks/exercise outdoors safely? For me, I’m more concerned about the latter
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I think the point of walkable is how you can conduct daily life tasks without a car. You don’t get to chose what restaurants but there is a restaurant, grocery, drugstore etc that you can walk to in a reasonable amount of time.
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One of my children lives in an area that is walkable for some things but not others. They have lived in a couple of urban neighborhoods, some have been food deserts. Parking is a nightmare imo. I wouldn’t live there due to that. Also the homes are multi story. Yea, a grocery store or family dollar is close but carrying your groceries gets difficult as you get older. I do understand that delivery is available.
My mom’s area outside of Knoxville. No you can’t walk to the grocery store, but there’s plenty of parking at the food lion. In the mornings, tons of walkers, trails are nearby. So is the fitness center.
Everyone has what they feel comfortable with.
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Agreed! Within a mile of my house I have four markets, countless restaurants, dentists, eye doctors, the hospital, urgent cares, and three kinds of public transportation. I’m also within an easy walk of the lake, trails, and university sporting events and cultural offerings. We have sidewalks everywhere and bike lanes. Honestly I’m not sure why my neighborhood doesn’t get 100.
The only thing I can’t walk to anymore is the vet because he switched practices and we went with him instead of with the office (but that was a conscious choice).
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I don’t know about these scores- mine came up somewhat walkable-within .5 mile of my house I have 3 groceries, library, Walgreens, commuter train into the city, a few restaurants and shops, doctor/dentist offices , a forest preserve bike/walking path , a gym, some cute shops, haircut salon….really, everything is walkable. Or very easily bikeable.
Well lit and well cared for sidewalks. I can easily do most things I need to on foot.
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My very walkable location gets only a 70. I think it is lower than expected because of the lack of a walkable grocery store (everything else is walkable - library, post office, stores, restaurants, etc.)
Comparing this to my daughter’s walkscore (in Boston) which is 93. She really can walk to anything she wants (and that include grocery stores).
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I live in a very walkable town (I’m seeing 96 out of 100 on the database) which has one very huge upside- population diversity. Lots of elderly people who age in place, lots of young teenagers who get a lot of independence because they can get to the orthodontist, library, soccer field, ice cream store, without needing a parent to be permanent chauffeur, young couples with no car or only one car (good public transportation and a major commuter train line which connects several places with large employers) etc.
I have friends who have made the move to fancier places, and even though they may love the golf course/club/high end suburban amenities lifestyle, they miss seeing old, young, more affluent, less affluent. Picking up a book at the public library, getting money out of the ATM, picking out fresh fruit for dessert… it’s nice not to need a car to do ordinary things every day.
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My house on WalkScore scores a ZERO, lol. I live 1.5 miles down a 2 mile long peninsula. No sidewalks, no shoulders, on the road down here unfortunately. Once off the peninsula, it is a highly populated area. Though I would love to live in the walkable neighborhood of our historic downtown, the tradeoff is lots of traffic, tourists and no parking for guests.
I have to settle for walking the beautiful, quiet 3 mile loop around my peninsula with morning sunrise over the bay and evening sunset over the inlet.
That said, if we ever move, I would like to be walkable to an area with coffee shops, restaurants, shops. I love my daughter’s walkable neighborhood in San Diego!
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My address walk score is…2. I think it got 2 because you can walk to the town recreation area. Otherwise, it would have been a zero.
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My dad sold his house at the end of 2021. It was immediately torn down and a monstrosity built in its place. Three years later, Zillow STILL shows the old house! I have notified them more than once that they need to update their info, but they say only the new owner can do that. ?!? So yeah, Zillow isn’t great.
The odd thing is that it’s a corner lot, and the house address changed because the new owner moved the mailbox to the other street. And Zillow updated the address! But still shows the previous house.
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My streetcar suburb house:
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Walk score of 64, transit score of 55, and bike score of 77, per Zillow
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WalkScore.com says the same except that the Walk Score is a 65.
There’s a local grocery store (but not the biggest) within walking distance, a national chain drug store, a library branch, some restaurants, etc. Except for one urgent care place, medical care would need to be at least a bike ride. The area has sidewalks all over and some major streets have bike lanes, at least some of the time.
Transit is a bit misleading. We definitely have access to public transportation from our location, but (historically at least) does not run close to any published schedule, which makes it difficult to use when there are any scheduled appointments needed.
The weather is warm, but in the summer (which is sometimes May-September or longer), it can be sweltering hot. In recent years there have been heat advisories about doing much in the way of physical activity outside during our hot weather.
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My walk score is 82, my transit score is 61 and my bikeable score is 58. My area is very walkable. I have 3 major grocery stores I can walk to in 5 minutes (Trader Joe’s, Ralph’s and Whole Foods). I have restaurants, shops, a movie theatre and parks that are a 5-10 minute walk. I can walk to the trolley in less than 10 minutes. The trolley can take me downtown to a Padres game or to many other locations for restaurants and shopping. I can also ride the trolley and get to two major hospitals. Our neighborhood has many elderly people that are aging here since they can still get around without a car. We are also close to the university.
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Can you buy - with extra garage space - for $500K?
San Diego
Maybe a closet for $500K
I know someone in the marina district - on zillow it shows $900K - but i know she pays $1K a month in dues.
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The only thing you might be able to buy for $500K in my area is a small 1 bedroom condo. Even $1 million in my area only gets you a condo and not a single family home now!
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Our walkscore is 12 which is kinda funny because I don’t even need to leave our gates for most entertainment and exercise (pools, spa, salon, clubs, restaurants, concert venue, fitness center, walking trails, golf course, sports courts), and our west entrance faces the largest hospital/medical complex in the area where our doctors and dentist are. Fry’s (grocery), Sprouts, Target and several restaurants are right across the street from our main entrance. Using “downtown” as a metric doesn’t reflect how people navigate here.
You can find something in our community for around $500K (a few smaller homes, but all at least two bedroom/two bath/two-car garage), but our HOA fees are high and continue to increase.
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