Washington

Most walkable Washington suburbs

Ranked on amenities within two miles at 40%, transit stop density at 15%, and the three poll questions about walking to groceries, restaurants and the state of the sidewalks at 45%. Walkability is mostly something residents know and datasets do not.

Updated Sep 2026·60 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
United States Capitol, Washington D.C.
Washington$737k median · 30.0 min commute
Amenities A+Commute CResidents inactive
100
Walkability
overall 67 C+
2
Rossyln viewed from Georgetown Waterfront Park in June 2026
Arlington$895k median · 26.2 min commute
Amenities A+Commute B−Residents inactive
98
Walkability
overall 73 B
3
Bailey's Crossroads$417k median · 27.5 min commute
Amenities A+Commute CResidents inactive
96
Walkability
overall 61 C
4
The Old Town district of Alexandria, Virginia as seen from the observation deck of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial.
Alexandria$735k median · 28.4 min commute
Amenities A+Commute C+Residents inactive
96
Walkability
overall 64 C+
5
Images of Silver Spring, Maryland include the AFI Silver Theater, Veteran's Plaza and the civic building, the downtown area from the Metro station with the Silv
Silver Spring$643k median · 34.0 min commute
Amenities A+Commute DResidents inactive
95
Walkability
overall 65 C+
6
North Bethesda$732k median · 29.6 min commute
Amenities ACommute C+Residents inactive
94
Walkability
overall 69 B−
7
Fairfax, Virginia
Fairfax$723k median · 28.0 min commute
Amenities ACommute C+Residents inactive
93
Walkability
overall 67 C+
8
Chillum$394k median · 36.5 min commute
Amenities ACommute FResidents inactive
93
Walkability
overall 47 D
9
Images of Bethesda, Maryland, including the Bethesda Meetinghouse, Madonna of the Trail statue, NIH campus, downtown area, Bethesda Avenue, Bethesda Theater, an
Bethesda$1.17M median · 27.7 min commute
Amenities ACommute C+Residents inactive
92
Walkability
overall 73 B
10
View west along U.S. Route 50 (Arlington Boulevard) from an overpass for an unnamed road just west of Virginia State Route 7 (Leesburg Pike) and Virginia State
West Falls Church$707k median · 28.7 min commute
Amenities ACommute CResidents inactive
88
Walkability
overall 69 B−
This list's weighting
Amenities 40%Transit stop density 15%Resident poll (Q3, Q4, Q8) 45%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Washington (Ralf Roletschek (talk) - Infos über Fahrräder auf fahrradmonteur.de Wikis in der · CC BY-SA 3.0); Arlington (Theodore Christopher · CC0); Alexandria (Ben Schumin · CC BY-SA 3.0); Silver Spring (Farragutful · CC BY-SA 3.0); Fairfax (ajay_suresh · CC BY 2.0); Bethesda (westroopnerd · CC BY-SA 4.0); West Falls Church (Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0).