Cape Coral in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cape Coral 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
Cape CoralFlorida (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cape Coral plotted against Florida and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Cape Coral peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Florida which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Cape Coral's incremental SNDi fell from 5.45 to 5.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cape Coral ranked 21st out of 27 cities in Florida and 301st out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.36
Rank in United States
276th of 333
Rank in Florida
16th of 27

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.87
Rank in United States
301st of 333
Rank in Florida
21st of 27

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
Cape CoralIkareNashville

In new street additions, Cape Coral built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Ikare built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Nashville fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Cape Coral and Ikare have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.