Corpus Christi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Corpus Christi in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Corpus Christi plotted against Texas and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Corpus Christi rose steadily, compared to Texas which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Corpus Christi's incremental SNDi rose from 3.01 to 3.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Corpus Christi ranked 10th out of 42 cities in Texas and 60th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.51
Rank in United States
86th of 333
Rank in Texas
22nd of 42

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.2
Rank in United States
60th of 333
Rank in Texas
10th of 42

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Corpus ChristiMandirajaAl-Mahmudiya

In new street additions, Corpus Christi and Mandiraja both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Al-Mahmudiya fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Corpus Christi and Mandiraja have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.