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Most walkable towns in California

Ranked by our Walkability score out of 100, which is based on how easy it is to get around on foot near the town center, and how many people walk or bike to work. Of the 1053 towns in California with 1,000 or more people, these are the top 25.

Berkeley ranks first with a score of 100. Stanford and Monterey follow, with 100 and 99. Scores compare each town with all 27,850 towns we track across the US.

Rank	Town	Score	Walkability	People who walk, bike or ride to work	Population
1	Berkeley	100	17.3	30.4%	120,257
2	Stanford	100	16.0	57.8%	18,662
3	Monterey	99	17.9	13.5%	29,613
4	El Cerrito, Contra Costa County	99	15.6	19.5%	25,994
5	Oakland	99	15.7	17.2%	439,418
6	Santa Cruz	99	15.5	19.0%	61,607
7	Alameda	99	15.5	15.4%	77,238
8	Albany	98	14.9	21.7%	19,414
9	Santa Monica	98	18.1	8.9%	91,169
10	Hercules	98	16.3	9.6%	26,302
11	Pacific Grove	98	16.5	8.8%	14,951
12	Los Angeles	98	15.8	9.9%	3,857,263
13	Burbank, Santa Clara County	98	15.4	11.1%	5,333
14	Contra Costa Centre	98	14.6	21.1%	6,893
15	Mountain View, Santa Clara County	98	15.4	10.2%	83,732
16	Pleasanton	98	16.1	8.3%	76,960
17	Emeryville	98	14.5	18.5%	13,081
18	National City	98	15.6	8.8%	58,893
19	Florence-Graham	98	15.6	8.5%	60,690
20	Capitola	98	16.1	7.6%	9,689
21	Lomita	98	16.2	7.3%	20,225
22	West Hollywood	98	15.0	9.8%	34,884
23	Huntington Park	97	14.7	10.9%	53,108
24	Sunnyvale	97	15.8	7.0%	154,236
25	Piedmont	97	14.7	10.4%	10,945

Only towns with 1,000 or more people are ranked. Scores compare each town with all towns we track. See how we score towns and where the figures come from. These are estimates, so check official sources before you decide.

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