Mission Viejo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mission Viejo in context

2.73.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Mission ViejoCalifornia (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mission Viejo plotted against California and United States. While California and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, Mission Viejo's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Mission Viejo's incremental SNDi fell from 6.01 to 5.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mission Viejo ranked 60th out of 60 cities in California and 315th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.76
Rank in United States
293rd of 333
Rank in California
58th of 60

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.52
Rank in United States
315th of 333
Rank in California
60th of 60

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Mission ViejoBournemouthKafr Al Sheikh

In new street additions, Mission Viejo and Bournemouth both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Kafr Al Sheikh built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.