Which HDB town has the best food and hawker access?

In the current snapshot, Rochor ranks first for food and hawker access, scoring 98/100 on the food and hawker access pillar averaged across its 26 HDB blocks.

How is food and hawker access scored?

Each block is scored 0–100 from walking time to the nearest hawker centre and the number within an easy walk; the town figure is the unit-weighted average of its blocks. Everything is computed from open government data (data.gov.sg, OneMap).

Town ranking

Best HDB Towns for Food & Hawker Access

HDB towns ranked by how close and plentiful their hawker centres are.

transport →green space →healthcare →school →daily-needs →leisure and recreation →

#	Town	Score	To CBD
1	Rochor	98	16 min
2	Outram	98	18 min
3	Bukit Merah	90	19 min
4	Ang Mo Kio	89	35 min
5	Kallang	86	21 min
6	Marine Parade	83	35 min
7	Geylang	83	24 min
8	Queenstown	83	23 min
9	Bukit Timah	83	37 min
10	Tanglin	83	28 min
11	Toa Payoh	82	26 min
12	Changi	78	63 min

Score is the unit-weighted average across each town’s blocks of walking time to the nearest hawker centre and the number within an easy walk. Snapshot 2026-08.

How to use this

A high town average means the typical block scores well for food and hawker access, but individual blocks vary — check the specific block before you commit. Open a town’s Living in… guide for its full picture, or weigh food and hawker access against everything else on the overall town ranking and with the screening framework.