Brandon in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Brandon in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Brandon plotted against Florida and United States. While Florida and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, Brandon's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Brandon's incremental SNDi fell from 5.74 to 5.64 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Brandon ranked 23rd out of 27 cities in Florida and 311th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.64
- Rank in United States
- 286th of 333
- Rank in Florida
- 19th of 27
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.36
- Rank in United States
- 311th of 333
- Rank in Florida
- 23rd of 27
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Simdega, India
- Berastagi, Indonesia
- Noginsk, Russia
- Chiquimula, Guatemala
- Constance, Germany
- Isfara, Tajikistan
In new street additions, Brandon built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Simdega fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Chiquimula fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Brandon and Chiquimula both became progressively more disconnected, while Simdega fluctuated in connectivity.