Port Saint Lucie in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Port Saint Lucie 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
Port Saint LucieFlorida (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Port Saint Lucie plotted against Florida and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Port Saint Lucie rose steadily, compared to Florida which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Port Saint Lucie's incremental SNDi rose from 4.41 to 4.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Port Saint Lucie ranked 18th out of 27 cities in Florida and 270th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.75
Rank in United States
234th of 333
Rank in Florida
8th of 27

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.24
Rank in United States
270th of 333
Rank in Florida
18th of 27

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Port Saint LucieBozhouJayapura

While Bozhou and Jayapura both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Port Saint Lucie built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Port Saint Lucie and Jayapura both became progressively more disconnected, while Bozhou fluctuated in connectivity. Port Saint Lucie and Bozhou have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.