Saint Cloud in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Saint Cloud in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Saint CloudMinnesota (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Saint Cloud plotted against Minnesota and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Saint Cloud followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Minnesota which peaked in 1991-2005 and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Saint Cloud's incremental SNDi rose from 3.1 to 5.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Saint Cloud ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Minnesota and 62nd out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.04
Rank in United States
260th of 333
Rank in Minnesota
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.21
Rank in United States
62nd of 333
Rank in Minnesota
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Saint CloudFuladshahrBrazlandia

In new street additions, Saint Cloud and Brazlândia both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Fuladshahr fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Saint Cloud became progressively more disconnected, while Fuladshahr fluctuated in connectivity and Brazlândia fluctuated in connectivity. Saint Cloud and Brazlândia have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.