Brandon in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Brandon in context

3.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BrandonFlorida (Region)United States (Country)

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?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BrandonSimdegaChiquimula

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.