About this tool
This tool maps Walkable Oriented Development zones: areas where the 10-minute walking reach of at least six points of interest, such as shops, services and playgrounds, overlap. Placing housing in these areas would bring homes closer to service jobs, which could lower transportation and housing costs and free up time for recreation and child care.
- Shows
- Nationwide zones where the 10-minute walking areas around many points of interest overlap, along with block-level indicators such as demographics, crime, home price assessments, points of interest and property records.
- Places
- Nation, Census blocks
Questions it answers
- Where are the areas where many daily destinations are within a 10-minute walk?
- Which neighborhoods could support new homes close to service jobs and amenities?
- How many points of interest are within walking distance of a given block?
- What are the demographics, crime levels and home price assessments of blocks inside a walkable zone?
- Where could housing reforms add homes in walkable areas?
Limits
- Zones are built from 10-minute walking areas, assuming a walking speed of 4.8 km/h.
- A zone requires overlap from at least six points of interest.
- Points of interest with no walkable path within 500 meters are left out.
- Published products based on the walking areas use OpenStreetMap data and must credit © OpenStreetMap contributors.