{"id":2582,"date":"2011-08-24T18:28:38","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T18:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/?p=2582"},"modified":"2018-10-17T10:33:03","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T14:33:03","slug":"is-walkability-worth-as-much-as-a-walk-in-closet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/2011\/08\/is-walkability-worth-as-much-as-a-walk-in-closet\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Walkability Worth as Much as a Walk-in Closet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">It may be, according to a new report from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceosforcities.org\/\">CEOs for Cities <\/a>that measures home value in walkable and less walkable communties.<\/p>\n<p>The data in Walking the Walk is based on Walk Score,\u00a0a website\u00a0that measures\u00a0the walkability of any given address by counting how many destinations\u00a0(parks,\u00a0library, stores)\u00a0are within walking distance.<\/p>\n<p>(I would quibble this approach only to note that my house is close to a hardware store, sushi shop (!), and a national park, but with few sidewalks leading to them,\u00a0walkability is limited.)<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, using data from ZipRealty in 15 major markets, they found home values were between $700 to $3,000 higher than is less walkable neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>So it seems a sidewalk and a place to walk can increase not only personal wealth, but a community&#8217;s tax base as well.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2584\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1418.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2584\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2584 \" title=\"IMG_1418\" src=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1418-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1418-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1418-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It&#8217;s right around the corner, and it adds value.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">It may be, according to a new report from CEOs for Cities that measures home value in walkable and less walkable communties.<\/p>\n<p>The data in Walking the Walk is based on Walk Score,\u00a0a website\u00a0that measures\u00a0the walkability of any given address by counting how many destinations\u00a0(parks,\u00a0library, stores)\u00a0are within walking distance.<\/p>\n<p>(I would quibble this approach only to note that my house is close to a hardware store, sushi shop (!), and a national park, but with few sidewalks leading to them,\u00a0walkability is limited.)<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, using data from ZipRealty in 15 major markets, they found home values were between $700 to $3,000 higher than is less walkable neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>So it seems a sidewalk and a place to walk can increase not &#8230; 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