Little Elm in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Little Elm in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Little ElmTexas (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Little Elm plotted against Texas and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Little Elm peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Texas which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Little Elm's incremental SNDi fell from 3.06 to 2.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Little Elm ranked 19th out of 42 cities in Texas and 127th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.79
Rank in United States
35th of 333
Rank in Texas
9th of 42

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.85
Rank in United States
127th of 333
Rank in Texas
19th of 42

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Little ElmPuerto EscondidoPirassununga

While Puerto Escondido and Pirassununga both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Little Elm built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Puerto Escondido and Pirassununga both became progressively more disconnected, while Little Elm grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Little Elm and Puerto Escondido have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.