Hopkins Mill in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hopkins Mill in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Hopkins MillGeorgia (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hopkins Mill plotted against Georgia and United States. While Georgia and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, Hopkins Mill's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Hopkins Mill's incremental SNDi fell from 6.99 to 6.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hopkins Mill ranked 7th out of 8 cities in Georgia and 328th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.98
Rank in United States
320th of 333
Rank in Georgia
5th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.59
Rank in United States
328th of 333
Rank in Georgia
7th of 8

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
Hopkins MillSinkatIkom

In new street additions, Hopkins Mill built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Sinkāt fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Ikom built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Hopkins Mill and Ikom both became progressively more disconnected, while Sinkāt fluctuated in connectivity.