Dayton in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Dayton in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dayton plotted against Ohio and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Dayton followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Ohio which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Dayton's incremental SNDi rose from 2.94 to 3.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dayton ranked 2nd out of 11 cities in Ohio and 20th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.82
- Rank in United States
- 121st of 333
- Rank in Ohio
- 5th of 11
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.85
- Rank in United States
- 20th of 333
- Rank in Ohio
- 2nd of 11
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Dayton and Araguaína both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Gudivada built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Dayton and Araguaína have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.