Somerville Gets Top 10 'Walk Score'

Somerville is the seventh most walkable city in the country, according to WalkScore.com, and when it comes to transit, it's the ninth most transit-friendly city in the country.

The website rates nearly 3,000 cities in the United States, Canada and Australia, and the most recent rankings were released on November 6.

You can visit WalkScore.com here and read more about the rankings.

Somerville's rankings are based on comparing cities and towns regardless of their population size. When it comes to big, national cities, Somerville is too small to make the cut, though Boston is ranked as the third most walkable city in the country, behind New York and San Francisco.

When all communities are ranked, regardless of population size, here are the top 10 most walkable cities in America, along with their scores:

• Hoboken, N.J.: 94.8
• Union City, N.J.: 93.5
• West New York, N.J.: 93.2
• West Hollywood, Calif.: 88.7
• New York, N.Y.: 87.6
• Cambridge, Mass.: 86.9
• Somerville, Mass.: 84.8
• Jersey City, N.J.: 84.4
• San Francisco, Calif.: 83.97
• Cliffside Park, N.J.: 83.2

• New York, N.Y.: 80.8
• San Francisco, Calif.: 79.9
• Boston, Mass.: 74.3
• Cambridge, Mass.: 72.7
• Washington D.C.: 69.4
• Minneapolis, Minn.: 68.8
• Philadelphia, Penn.: 67.5
• Chicago, Ill.: 64.7
• Somerville, Mass.: 63.2
• Seattle, Wash.: 58.6