North College Hill in context: Street-network sprawl trends

North College Hill in context

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
North College HillOhio (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with North College Hill plotted against Ohio and United States. The SNDi of new construction in North College Hill rose steadily, compared to Ohio which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, North College Hill's incremental SNDi rose from 6.95 to 9.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, North College Hill ranked 11th out of 11 cities in Ohio and 294th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
9.43
Rank in United States
332nd of 333
Rank in Ohio
11th of 11

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.74
Rank in United States
294th of 333
Rank in Ohio
11th of 11

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
North College HillArangLinares

In new street additions, North College Hill built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Arang built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Linares fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, North College Hill and Linares both became progressively more disconnected, while Arang became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. North College Hill and Arang have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.