Indio in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Indio 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
IndioCalifornia (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Indio plotted against California and United States. While California and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, Indio's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Indio's incremental SNDi fell from 4.52 to 4.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Indio ranked 46th out of 60 cities in California and 274th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.34
Rank in United States
191st of 333
Rank in California
38th of 60

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.28
Rank in United States
274th of 333
Rank in California
46th of 60

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
IndioArapiracaMerca

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