Watsonville in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Watsonville 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
WatsonvilleCalifornia (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Watsonville plotted against California and United States. While California and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, Watsonville's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Watsonville's incremental SNDi fell from 4.61 to 4.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Watsonville ranked 22nd out of 60 cities in California and 193rd out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.37
Rank in United States
197th of 333
Rank in California
40th of 60

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.45
Rank in United States
193rd of 333
Rank in California
22nd of 60

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WatsonvilleDunfermlineAjaccio

In new street additions, Watsonville built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Dunfermline built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Ajaccio built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Watsonville and Ajaccio both became progressively more disconnected, while Dunfermline grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Watsonville and Dunfermline have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.