Yuba City in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yuba City in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Yuba CityCalifornia (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yuba City plotted against California and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Yuba City rose steadily, compared to California which peaked in 1976-1990 and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Yuba City's incremental SNDi rose from 3.86 to 4.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yuba City ranked 12th out of 60 cities in California and 153rd out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.2
Rank in United States
179th of 333
Rank in California
35th of 60

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.1
Rank in United States
153rd of 333
Rank in California
12th 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
Yuba CityBorisoglebskIrrua

Yuba City, Borisoglebsk, and Irrua all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Yuba City and Irrua have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.