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Baltimore, a modern harbor city with American Revolution roots, is a success story in revitalization. The former steel town now has high tech and medicine, including the world renowned Johns Hopkins Hospital. Extensive transit connects the city to the airport and Washington DC.

Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is where many of the tourist attractions are; Little Italy is one of the country’s largest Italian enclaves. Each neighborhood has character and local pride. Long term residents share their communities with new to town creatives, making the city an interesting and diverse place to live.

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Baltimore is Somewhat Walkable

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Baltimore is the 11th most walkable large city in the US with 620,961 residents.

Baltimore has good public transportation and is somewhat bikeable.

Find apartments in Baltimore's most walkable neighborhoods: Mount Vernon, Downtown and University of MD at Baltimore.

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Rank #	Name	Walk Score	Transit Score	Bike Score	Population
1	Mount Vernon	98	88	82	3,156
2	Downtown	98	91	76	6,138
3	University of MD at Baltimore	97	91	68	635
4	Fells Point	96	67	80	5,289
5	Little Italy	95	80	80	1,305
6	Upper Fells Point	95	66	75	4,350
7	Mid-Town Belvedere	94	83	86	3,841
8	Federal Hill - Montgomery	94	75	76	1,997
9	Seton Hill	94	88	62	985
10	Abell	93	58	78	1,001
11	Dunbar	93	73	68	857
12	Charles North	93	75	89	1,413
13	Otterbein	92	86	88	1,349
14	Washington Hill	92	78	74	513
15	Sharp Leadenhall	92	76	86	1,337
16	Jonestown	92	84	79	1,379
17	Middle East	92	72	64	2,351
18	Brewer's Hill	92	59	80	2,637
19	Hollins Park	91	77	61	2,092
20	Oakenshawe	91	56	74	3,524
21	Charles Village	91	61	85	6,164
22	Milton - Montford	91	68	58	1,068
23	McElderry Park	91	67	61	2,284
24	Harwood	91	64	76	1,490
25	Ridgely's Delight	91	86	73	1,007
26	Douglas Homes	91	79	62	1,188
27	Barclay	91	70	80	2,180
28	Hudson - Highlandtown	90	59	64	1,513
29	Butchers Hill	90	66	74	1,483
30	SBIC - West Federal Hill	90	60	70	3,981
31	Penn - Fallsway	90	84	81	6,323
32	Union Square	90	67	58	841
33	Washington Village	90	70	72	5,236
34	Canton	90	57	77	11,327
35	Patterson Place	89	66	69	804
36	Johns-Hopkins - Homewood	89	55	74	935
37	West Pratt	89	66	50	729
38	Pratt Monroe	89	62	65	3,556
39	Gay Street	89	78	59	2,517
40	Penn North	88	71	60	1,856
41	Druid Heights	88	71	53	1,402
42	Baltimore Highlands	88	56	68	2,723
43	Pleasant View Gardens	88	84	81	759
44	Oldtown	88	81	68	2,272
45	Patterson Park	88	60	77	6,637
46	Better Waverly	87	60	65	2,238
47	Madison Park	87	77	59	2,320
48	McCulloh Homes	87	83	54	1,756
49	Booth-Boyd	87	65	43	827
50	Riverside	87	59	57	6,294
51	Bentalou - Smallwood	86	56	67	2,147
52	Hampden	86	53	70	7,244
53	Poppleton	86	78	54	2,360
54	Lexington Terrace	85	83	53	589
55	Greenmount West	85	79	81	1,466
56	Woodbrook	85	72	64	1,913
57	Upton	85	76	49	3,689
58	Elwood Park	85	59	60	4,892
59	Madison - Eastend	85	63	55	2,806
60	Sandtown-Winchester	85	71	50	8,607
61	Johnson Square	85	78	68	1,850
62	Wyman Park	84	49	67	2,461
63	Bolton Hill	83	77	71	5,221
64	East Baltimore Midway	83	66	56	3,039
65	Arlington	83	62	50	2,610
66	Remington	83	62	88	2,527
67	Langston Hughes	83	62	50	1,270
68	Mondawmin	82	71	50	3,469
69	Franklin Square	82	68	49	2,592
70	Heritage Crossing	82	84	52	922
71	Pimlico	82	55	50	1,110
72	Easterwood	82	69	50	1,505
73	Lexington	81	66	44	2,930
74	Shipley Hill	81	61	59	2,094
75	Oliver	81	71	55	4,127
76	Hoes Heights	81	58	61	1,071
77	Waverly	80	57	59	2,772
78	Biddle Street	80	61	54	1,283
79	Broadway East	79	63	55	5,161
80	Fifteenth Street	79	57	50	2,466
81	Western District	78	65	52	1,770
82	Mid-Govans	78	50	48	2,014
83	Harlem Park	78	73	46	3,392
84	Darley Park	77	60	51	1,171
85	Woodbourne - McCabe	77	50	56	1,340
86	Woodmere	75	66	50	2,077
87	Midtown Edmondson	75	70	47	1,877
88	Reservoir Hill	75	69	70	6,121
89	Central Park Heights	74	58	50	5,726
90	Evergreen Lawn	74	67	44	1,130
91	South Clifton Park	74	60	51	766
92	Lake Evesham	74	48	51	548
93	Mill Hill	74	48	81	1,919
94	Greektown	73	57	47	999
95	Coppin Heights	73	66	48	2,800
96	Lucille Park	73	61	50	907
97	Belair - Edison	73	50	55	14,001
98	Chinquapin Park - Belvedere	72	50	38	1,998
99	Liberty Square	72	73	56	767
100	Joseph Lee	72	57	47	1,984
101	Walbrook	72	63	43	2,474
102	Fallstaff	71	55	49	4,482
103	Winston - Govans	71	49	50	967
104	Westfield	70	45	48	2,574
105	Risterstown Station	70	56	48	1,972
106	Panway - Braddish	70	69	44	1,111
107	Brooklyn	70	46	45	7,732
108	Mosher	70	62	50	2,033
109	Keswick	70	52	70	1,102
110	Tuscany - Cantebury	70	53	74	3,971
111	Berea	69	57	45	3,922
112	Towanda Park	69	60	45	839
113	4X4	69	56	42	1,653
114	Franklintown Road	69	59	61	1,667
115	Waltherson	69	47	44	6,238
116	Roland Park	68	54	54	2,269
117	Callaway - Garrison	68	60	52	3,524
118	Medfield	68	62	54	2,740
119	Northwest Community	68	59	41	1,942
120	Cedarcroft	67	47	53	589
121	Burleith - Leighton	67	72	39	734
122	Radnor - Winston	66	47	57	923
123	Richnor Springs	66	50	48	1,066
124	Coldstream - Homestead - Montebello	66	60	47	6,480
125	North Harford Road	65	41	43	5,232
126	Gwynns Falls	65	46	52	1,167
127	Overlea	65	41	38	666
128	West Arlington	65	63	47	2,065
129	Lake Walker	65	48	38	1,898
130	Wyndhurst	65	49	52	717
131	Levindale	64	49	48	1,248
132	Lakeland	64	53	40	4,488
133	Woodring	64	41	44	2,621
134	Christopher	64	51	44	1,128
135	Cylburn	63	54	44	2,349
136	Glen	63	53	47	8,620
137	Central Forest Park	63	48	48	1,296
138	Dorchester	63	54	48	1,657
139	Locust Point	63	36	48	2,835
140	Mount Holly	63	56	36	1,169
141	Cedmont	63	42	43	2,558
142	Keniworth Park	63	53	50	1,575
143	Broening	63	42	47	1,700
144	Bridgeview-Greenlawn	62	66	45	2,008
145	Guilford	62	53	64	2,203
146	Rognel Heights	62	49	50	1,625
147	Frankford	62	48	43	18,056
148	Rosemont	62	56	51	3,089
149	Homeland	62	48	54	3,187
150	Beverly Hills	62	45	51	752
151	Ramblewood	62	51	41	1,706
152	Harford - Echodale - Perring Parkway	62	52	40	8,510
153	Winchester	61	59	52	1,157
154	Cameron Village	61	53	40	1,353
155	Forest Park	61	53	53	1,563
156	Lauraville	61	45	40	3,997
157	Saint Joseph's	61	52	47	2,418
158	Graceland Park	60	44	49	2,172
159	Edgecomb	60	60	41	2,062
160	Garwyn Oaks	59	56	42	2,268
161	Glen Oaks	59	50	38	2,913
162	Parkside	59	49	65	3,023
163	Woodbourne Heights	59	54	39	1,948
164	Glenham - Bedford	59	46	39	6,165
165	Stonewood - Penwood - Winston	59	51	64	1,988
166	Greenspring	59	60	45	3,385
167	Allendale	58	54	47	2,023
168	East Arlington	58	61	44	4,414
169	Moravia - Walther	58	47	43	952
170	West Mulbery	58	52	37	1,541
171	Herring Run Park	58	50	60	1,410
172	New Northwood	58	54	53	3,504
173	O'Donnell Heights	58	44	51	1,225
174	Carroll South	57	53	43	1,225
175	Ashburton	57	58	53	1,112
176	Hanlon Longwood	57	63	43	1,155
177	Wilson Park	57	52	45	759
178	Original Northwood	56	53	44	2,148
179	Saint Agnes	56	43	37	669
180	Howard Park	56	46	43	5,632
181	Ednor Gardens - Lakeside	56	58	47	5,757
182	Mid-Charles	56	45	45	4,099
183	Irvington	55	47	38	4,266
184	Curtis Bay	54	40	37	3,963
185	Moores Run Park	54	46	40	760
186	Medford	53	45	46	854
187	Cedonia	53	42	37	3,648
188	Morrell Park	53	43	39	4,724
189	Hillen	53	51	56	1,233
190	Hunting Ridge	53	49	50	1,137
191	Edmondson	52	50	40	6,231
192	Wilson Heights	52	47	43	866
193	Mayfield - Montebello	52	55	52	1,818
194	Pen Lucy	52	54	43	3,079
195	Loch Raven	51	50	36	6,592
196	Cherry Hill	51	60	43	8,291
197	Cross Keys	50	52	30	878
198	West Hills	50	47	40	1,969
199	Chinquapin Run Park	50	54	45	1,087
200	Arcadia	48	47	51	1,113
201	Woodberry	47	61	50	1,433
202	Idlewood	46	46	34	2,681
203	Gwynns Falls Park	46	50	40	529
204	Park Circle	46	59	33	3,272
205	Westport Homes	45	56	35	562
206	Morgan State University	45	49	51	1,726
207	Cross Country	45	49	40	4,599
208	Uplands	44	51	33	629
209	Grove Park	44	55	35	1,928
210	Claremont - Freedom	44	46	33	780
211	Violetville	44	40	34	2,713
212	Tremont	44	47	29	946
213	West Forest Park	44	44	29	3,548
214	Bellona - Gittings	43	44	54	543
215	Mount Winans	43	53	38	751
216	New North Roland Park - Poplar Hill	43	51	34	1,397
217	Armistead Gardens	42	41	34	3,137
218	Cold Spring	42	58	41	989
219	Mount Pleasant Park	41	51	27	565
220	Windsor Hills	41	47	29	1,533
221	Ten Hills	40	50	24	1,047
222	Perring Loch	38	49	31	2,121
223	Westgate	37	47	30	2,361
224	Westport	36	59	40	1,044
225	Cheswolde	34	35	30	7,294
226	Yale Heights	33	40	32	2,448
227	Mt. Washington	31	48	21	3,787
228	Hillsdale Park	31	39	24	1,278
229	Franklintown	27	40	45	993
230	Beechfield	23	39	25	3,566
231	Leakin Park	19	40	33	522
232	Wakefield	17	34	35	1,780

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Average Home Features

According to HomeAdvisor Data, these characteristics make up the average home in Baltimore

Average square footage 2100

Homeowners have 3.3 bedrooms

Homeowners have 2.4 bathrooms

Age of home 43 years

Average time living in home 12 years

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Eating & Drinking

There are about 2,327 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in Baltimore.

People in Baltimore can walk to an average of 4 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in 5 minutes.

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Public Transit Routes

Baltimore has good public transportation and about 69 bus, 2 rail, 1 subway and 1 light rail lines.

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What's It Like to Live in Baltimore?

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Overview

At about 45 minutes by rail from Washington DC, Baltimore has become an attractive choice for those working in the nation’s capitol. It’s not just a DC suburb, Baltimore is very much its own city. Baltimore played an important role in the American Revolution – the harbor town has been an important trade hub since the 1700s. That makes it a city with rich character – it was once home to writer Edgar Allen Poe and singer Billie Holiday. The urban renewal of the late 70s brought new attractions – stadiums, museums, and office buildings to the Inner Harbor; it’s now home to financial services company T. Rowe Price and hardware giant Black and Decker.

Located on the Chesapeake Bay, the city has a four season climate, with some snow in the winters – more inland – and those East coast muggy summers. There are lots of historic buildings, work by famous architects from colonial to post modern make up the varied skyline, and there are thousands of row houses. Oriole Park in Camden Yard, home to the Baltimore Orioles, is highly praised for its aesthetics. There are nearly 5000 acres of parks and green space in Baltimore, including the historic Fort McHenry, where American forces defended Baltimore Harbor from the British navy.

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Assembly Building at Clipper Mill

Getting Around

Baltimore to DC commuters take the MARC (Maryland Area Regional Commuter) train between the two cities. The Acela Express also runs down to DC – and north to Philadelphia. A number of bus lines that make the run including Greyhound, MTA (Maryland Transit Authority), and Megabus.

The MTA operates light rail that serves BWI Marshall Airport. A subway line runs between Johns Hopkins Hospital and Owings Mills. It intersects with the light rail at Charles Center so you can get to Penn Station or Camden Yards for the MARC. Express bus lines serve some of the more heavily traveled commuter routes, and standard bus service operates throughout the city. The Baltimore Water Taxi runs three connector lines (they permit bikes on board) and a fleet that serves most of the harbor tourist attractions.

Baltimore hasn’t made the leap to making biking an essential part of the transportation strategy, the city has only a tiny pilot program on the University of Maryland campus and the surface streets can be challenging to all but hard core cyclists. This year, the city is introducing their Downtown Bike Network, part of the city’s plan to encourage cycling. There are bike lanes and recommended bike routes, and a commitment to grow cycling as a safe and viable means of getting around, but there’s some work to do.

ZipCar operates the car sharing service in Baltimore for those days when you can’t get by without wheels. AltCar did a promising test run of an all electric fleet in Baltimore.

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Neighborhoods

Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is home to many of the city’s attractions, big hotels, and Harborplace, the waterfront shopping center. It’s touristy, but that makes for a neighborhood that’s connected and has lots of services. Because this neighborhood was the center of revitalization efforts, a lot of what’s here is new construction – mixed use buildings with retail and restaurants at street level and condos or offices up above. Most of the housing here is in high rise condo complexes, a lot of them have spectacular views towards the water.

The University of Maryland is downtown and it’s easily accessed by Metro to Charles Center. There are some attractive loft style apartments in rebuilt warehouses and classic brick buildings with hardwood floors and gorgeous architectural detailing like arcade windows and elegant public spaces. There are plenty of newer condos, too, with amenities like stainless steel appliances in the kitchen, and on site gyms. Downtown has an active neighborhood association that’s focused on making the heart of the city a better place to live.

Federal Hill, on the East side of the Inner Harbor, has lots of those famous Baltimore row houses, some remodeled warehouse lofts, and some older apartment buildings. The Cross Street Market in Federal Hill is an indoor market that offers a mix of produce, deli, and take-out food. It’s a great 'hood for nightlife with many restaurants, bars, and smaller clubs with live music. Young families who want city living chose Federal Hill for it’s central location, cool housing options, and proximity to their employers – it’s a walk to work neighborhood for those who work downtown.

North of downtown, Mount Vernon is another popular choice for families looking for in-city living. There are larger apartments with up to four bedrooms here. Long a fashionable and somewhat pricey neighborhood, it’s got lots of beautiful historic buildings and meticulously planned parks. There are swanky cafes, cultural institutions, and plenty of street life. There are new, modern developments here, some with swimming pools and gyms, but there are also historic row houses with hardwood floors, pocket doors, and colonial detailing.

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Charles Village

Enoch Pratt Free Library

Charles Village, close to the Johns Hopkins campus, has more single family homes – many of them are two and three story row houses. It offers the diversity that university neighborhoods attract. An active neighborhood association is advocating to bring street car service to Charles Village, connecting it to downtown. Charles Avenue around 25th is a restaurant corridor and there are lots of nice coffee houses here too.

On the opposite side of Johns Hopkins and close to Wyman Park, there’s Hampden. A former mill district, now it’s retro-hipster chic with independent coffee houses, bars, and restaurants.

Hamden’s got a reputation for being quirky; there are lots of one of a kind shops that express the neighborhood’s unique personality. It’s also a very walkable place to live, restaurants line 36th Street and major bus lines cross the neighborhood.

Baltimore – or “Charm City” as it likes to call itself – has dozens of unique neighborhoods that offer walkable living. And with its focus on improving transit and street life, a move to Baltimore can get you in early on something good.

With 48% of Baltimore residents renting, you’ll find no shortage of apartments for rent, from cheap studios to colonial townhomes and classic row houses. Use Walk Score to search for one bedroom condos or two bedroom apartments close to the MTA – try Hamden for lofts and studios with easy access to light rail.

Federal Hill has some nice renovated row houses; in Guilford, you’ll find luxury single family homes with gardens. Charles Village offers diversity, high rise secured apartment buildings, luxury condos, and renovated row houses.

thumbnail for Belvedere Square Shopping Center An artisanal market that has gone through many transformations to get to its current state. Everything from Atwaters deli, to Ceriello's Italian market to the Grand Cru this place has some really great specialty shops. And during te warmer months they sponsor an out door concert series which gets crowded so get there early.

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