Courthouse Green in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Courthouse Green in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Courthouse GreenVirginia (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Courthouse Green plotted against Virginia and United States. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Courthouse Green's incremental SNDi fell from 6.37 to 5.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Courthouse Green ranked 10th out of 11 cities in Virginia and 317th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.41
Rank in United States
279th of 333
Rank in Virginia
8th of 11

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.56
Rank in United States
317th of 333
Rank in Virginia
10th of 11

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

What about similarly populated cities?

4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Courthouse GreenKyonghungSan Juan Sacatepequez

In new street additions, Courthouse Green built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Kyonghung built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and San Juan Sacatepéquez built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Courthouse Green and Kyonghung both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while San Juan Sacatepéquez became progressively more disconnected. Courthouse Green and San Juan Sacatepéquez have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.