Neighborhood Connectivity
Community Survey for the City of Austin 2010
Imagine Austin
Level of Strength of Various Aspects of Life in the City of Austin
Character of neighborhoods ranked 15th of 24
Major Strength - 19%
Strength - 39%
Weakness - 29%
Major Weakness - 10%
Well below things like:
Unique local identity
Major Strength - 39% and Strength - 35%
Family Friendly Community
Major Strength - 31% and Strength - 40%
Aspects That Households Feel Are Most Important to be Major Strengths for the City of Austin
Character of neighborhoods ranked even lower at 18th of 24, with only 10% of respondents ranking it as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th most important.
EVEN though those things most people wanted to live near - schools, groceries, fire station, parks, sidewalks and bike lanes - are (or at least used to be) neighborhood-oriented things.
Sustainable Neighborhoods' Room to Live Initiative
Watch our tragicomedy about the journey of a little girl along Anderson Ln, in search of a playground. Sam's quest is for all the people who already live on Anderson, and who will in the future.
Explore Austin's Most Walkable Neighborhoods
The top ranked neighborhood in Austin is a Walkers' Paradise. 18% of Austin residents have a Walk Score of 70 or above.
Austin's most walkable neighborhoods are Downtown, University Of Texas, and West University. Austin's least walkable neighborhoods are McKinney, Pecan Springs Springdale, and Southeast.
51% have a Walk Score of at least 50-and 49% live in Car-Dependent neighborhoods.
