Medford in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Medford in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MedfordOregon (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Medford plotted against Oregon and United States. While Oregon and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, Medford's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Medford's incremental SNDi fell from 4.14 to 3.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Medford ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Oregon and 142nd out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.36
Rank in United States
71st of 333
Rank in Oregon
1st of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.0
Rank in United States
142nd of 333
Rank in Oregon
1st of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MedfordBhalukaGuanhu

In new street additions, Medford and Guanhu both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Bhaluka built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Medford became progressively more disconnected, while Bhaluka grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Guanhu fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Medford had a more sprawly network than Bhaluka in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.