Walk Score’s Amenity map is a website plug-in that real estate professionals can add into their website to give online visitors an visual map that shows how close various amenities are form the property they are interested in. Walk Score measures how easy it is to live a car-lite lifestyle—not how pretty the area is for walking. Walk Score is a number between 0 and 100 that measures the walkability of any address, the higher the number the closer the number of amenities.
Walk Score uses a patent-pending system to measure the walkability of an address. The Walk Score algorithm awards points based on the distance to amenities in each category. If an amenity is within .25 miles (or .4 km), they assign the maximum number of points. The number of points declines as the distance approaches 1 mile (or 1.6 km)—no points are awarded for amenities further than 1 mile. The points are summed and normalized to yield a score from 0—100. The number of nearby amenities is the leading predictor of whether people walk.
Walk Score Amenity Map features include:
This service is free.