Wenatchee in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Wenatchee in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wenatchee plotted against Washington and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Wenatchee rose steadily, compared to Washington which peaked in 1976-1990 and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Wenatchee's incremental SNDi rose from 4.54 to 5.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wenatchee ranked 6th out of 8 cities in Washington and 195th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.06
Rank in United States
262nd of 333
Rank in Washington
6th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.46
Rank in United States
195th of 333
Rank in Washington
6th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WenatcheeGhaziSifawa

In new street additions, Wenatchee built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ghazi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Sifawa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Wenatchee became progressively more disconnected, while Ghazi became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Sifawa grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Wenatchee and Ghazi have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.