Fort Walton Beach in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fort Walton Beach in context

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Fort Walton BeachFlorida (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fort Walton Beach plotted against Florida and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Fort Walton Beach rose steadily, compared to Florida which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Fort Walton Beach's incremental SNDi rose from 8.33 to 9.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fort Walton Beach ranked 15th out of 27 cities in Florida and 263rd out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
9.45
Rank in United States
333rd of 333
Rank in Florida
27th of 27

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.14
Rank in United States
263rd of 333
Rank in Florida
15th of 27

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Fort Walton BeachSao Miguel dos CamposSausar

In new street additions, Fort Walton Beach and Sausar both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while São Miguel dos Campos built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Fort Walton Beach became progressively more disconnected, while São Miguel dos Campos grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Sausar fluctuated in connectivity.