White Settlement in context: Street-network sprawl trends

White Settlement 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
White SettlementTexas (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with White Settlement plotted against Texas and United States. While Texas and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, White Settlement's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, White Settlement's incremental SNDi fell from 3.4 to 2.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, White Settlement ranked 13th out of 42 cities in Texas and 79th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.83
Rank in United States
37th of 333
Rank in Texas
10th of 42

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.4
Rank in United States
79th of 333
Rank in Texas
13th 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
White SettlementCheongan-dongPeje

In new street additions, White Settlement built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Cheongan-dong fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Pejë built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, White Settlement and Pejë both became progressively more disconnected, while Cheongan-dong fluctuated in connectivity. White Settlement and Pejë have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.