North Richland Hills in context: Street-network sprawl trends

North Richland Hills 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
North Richland HillsTexas (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with North Richland Hills plotted against Texas and United States. While Texas and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, North Richland Hills's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, North Richland Hills's incremental SNDi fell from 3.61 to 3.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, North Richland Hills ranked 21st out of 42 cities in Texas and 137th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.2
Rank in United States
56th of 333
Rank in Texas
17th of 42

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.96
Rank in United States
137th of 333
Rank in Texas
21st of 42

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
North Richland HillsAdamaBozhou

In new street additions, North Richland Hills built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Adama fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Bozhou built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, North Richland Hills and Adama both became progressively more disconnected, while Bozhou grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. North Richland Hills and Bozhou have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.