Nashville, Tennessee, the ‘Music City’ is the 46th most walkable large city in the United States. With a Walk Score of 36 in the city overall, it’s not the best city for getting around on foot, though some neighborhoods are better than others, as you’re about to find out…
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Citizens Protecting Revitalization
The most walkable neighborhood in Nashville has to also get a prize for the most bizarrely named. Citizens Protecting Revitalization is in the center of Nashville, just south of the heart of downtown and sandwiched between Broadway and I-40, with 8th Avenue and Lafayette Street forming its eastern edge, and the railway tracks its western. The Walk Score is 83, which means it’s a very walkable neighborhood where you can do most things on foot. The population of this Nashville neighborhood is just 1,053 as it’s more of a commercial area then residential, home to theaters, shops, bars, clubs, and multiple churches, and plenty of transit. Unfortunately though, the Citizens Protecting Revitalization neighborhood does not have any schools.
East End
The neighborhood of East End is part of the larger East Nashville neighborhood, which, as you’d expect, is to the east of the city center. This compact community has just 657 residents and a Walk Score of 80, and it feature some attractive Victorian homes that date from the time when this neighborhood first started to develop. Today East End is a popular inner city neighborhood and part of trendy East Nashville, close to downtown, and with several amenities here or close by. Bill Martin’s grocery story, salons, churches, bars and restaurants are all here, and there are several schools just on the edges of East End including Liberty Collegiate Academy, and East Nashville Magnet School. AreaVibes gives East End a B+ for Housing, an A+ for amenities, and an A+ for Cost of Living, while Crime levels aren’t too bad.
Edgehill Community Garden
Edgehill Community Garden is another compact neighborhood of Nashville and 3rd most walkable in the city with a Walk Score of 78. Just a little way south west of Downtown, Edgehill Community Garden is a residential area that’s home to 885 people and several amenities. Walk to the local grocery store and Murrell Elementary School. There’s a family health center in the neighborhood and the local library is just on the edges. Most of the homes here are quaint bungalows with good sized lots.
Southside
With a Walk Score of 77 Southside is Nashville’s fourth most walkable neighborhood. It’s one of the larger neighborhoods in our top 5, home to 3,305 residents who enjoy living here because of the proximity to central Nashvile. As the name suggests, Southside is just to the south of downtown and it has plenty in the way of grocery stores, with easy access to entertainment, restaurants, and transit. AreaVibes gives Southside an A+ for amenities and cost of living, but the compromise is less schools – there are 3 in the neighborhood – and a higher crime level – 59 percent higher than Nashville as a whole.
Fisk – Meharry
Nashville’s fifth most walkable neighborhood is Fisk – Meharry with a Walk Score of 75. Almost 3,000 people call this neighborhood home, and with its close proximity to downtown and many of the city’s amenities it’s easy to see why. Home to Fisk University there’s a large student population here. Nashville General Hospital is another major landmark and there’s good access to grocery stores, entertainment, and transit. Crime levels are high here though, with the crime index being 47 percent higher than Nashville as a whole.
Nashville has many other neighborhoods too including popular Germantown which, by the way, is the fifteenth most walkable neighborhood in the city.
