Visalia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Visalia 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
VisaliaCalifornia (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Visalia plotted against California and United States. While California and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, Visalia's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Visalia's incremental SNDi fell from 4.69 to 4.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Visalia ranked 32nd out of 60 cities in California and 224th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.13
Rank in United States
164th of 333
Rank in California
32nd of 60

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.68
Rank in United States
224th of 333
Rank in California
32nd of 60

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
VisaliaKennewickJau

In new street additions, Visalia and Kennewick both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Jaú fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Visalia had a more connected network than Kennewick in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.