Fort Pierce in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fort Pierce in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Fort PierceFlorida (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fort Pierce plotted against Florida and United States. While Florida and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, Fort Pierce's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Fort Pierce's incremental SNDi fell from 3.36 to 3.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fort Pierce ranked 1st out of 27 cities in Florida and 59th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.23
Rank in United States
57th of 333
Rank in Florida
3rd of 27

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.19
Rank in United States
59th of 333
Rank in Florida
1st of 27

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.81.62.43.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.81.62.43.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Fort PierceTibatiNzega

In new street additions, Tibati and Nzega both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Fort Pierce built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Fort Pierce and Tibati have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.