Drexel Heights in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Drexel Heights in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Drexel HeightsArizona (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Drexel Heights plotted against Arizona and United States. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Drexel Heights's incremental SNDi fell from 4.01 to 3.59 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Drexel Heights ranked 2nd out of 6 cities in Arizona and 144th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.59
Rank in United States
93rd of 333
Rank in Arizona
2nd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.06
Rank in United States
144th of 333
Rank in Arizona
2nd of 6

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Drexel HeightsKakdwipAbengourou

In new street additions, Drexel Heights built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Kakdwip built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Abengourou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Drexel Heights and Abengourou both became progressively more disconnected, while Kakdwip became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.