Waco in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Waco in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WacoTexas (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Waco plotted against Texas and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Waco rose steadily, compared to Texas which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Waco's incremental SNDi rose from 1.72 to 2.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Waco ranked 1st out of 42 cities in Texas and 1st out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.49
Rank in United States
14th of 333
Rank in Texas
3rd of 42

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.32
Rank in United States
1st of 333
Rank in Texas
1st of 42

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WacoAjaccioIuzhnyi

Waco, Ajaccio, and Южный all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Waco and Ajaccio have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.