Jacinto City in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jacinto City in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Jacinto CityTexas (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jacinto City plotted against Texas and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Jacinto City rose steadily, compared to Texas which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Jacinto City's incremental SNDi rose from 4.57 to 5.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jacinto City ranked 36th out of 42 cities in Texas and 260th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.38
Rank in United States
277th of 333
Rank in Texas
37th of 42

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.12
Rank in United States
260th of 333
Rank in Texas
36th of 42

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
Jacinto CitySobralFeng Huang Shan Ban Shi Chu

While Sobral and 凤凰山办事处 both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Jacinto City built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.