Kenosha in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kenosha in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KenoshaWisconsin (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kenosha plotted against Wisconsin and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Kenosha rose steadily, compared to Wisconsin which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Kenosha's incremental SNDi rose from 2.41 to 2.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kenosha ranked 3rd out of 7 cities in Wisconsin and 13th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.95
Rank in United States
42nd of 333
Rank in Wisconsin
3rd of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.73
Rank in United States
13th of 333
Rank in Wisconsin
3rd of 7

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
KenoshaFengxiangNkawkaw

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