Chico in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Chico in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChicoCalifornia (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chico plotted against California and United States. While California and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, Chico's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Chico's incremental SNDi fell from 4.07 to 3.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chico ranked 26th out of 60 cities in California and 200th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.54
Rank in United States
89th of 333
Rank in California
11th of 60

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.49
Rank in United States
200th of 333
Rank in California
26th of 60

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
ChicoVilla MariaTangi

In new street additions, Chico built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Villa María fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tangi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Chico and Villa María both became progressively more disconnected, while Tangi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.