Watch DFW get built

23,063 subdivisions, 2.9 million lots, 1880 to 2023

Wait for it:

https://geopen.io/maps/dfw-growth.html (no phone)

825 subdivisions over 150 years. 102,286 lots.

And you guessed it, 1984 was the biggest year of subdivision building in DFW history! I’d like to insert my George Orwell and Van Halen jokes here.

DFW subdivisions have doubled in size since the 60s— 102 lots vs. 201 in the 2020s.

email me: robert@themap.io

Sources:

Original source (NCTCOG) —

https://data-nctcoggis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/276162221f2748c194c4e3639cd57638_4

Free download (geopen.io) — 26,537 subdivisions, GeoJSON

https://geopen.io/d/north-texas-residential-subdivisions-2023

Gif Link:

https://geopen.io/maps/dfw-growth.html

Static decade map:

https://themap.io/pmtiles/view/north-texas-subdivisions-by-decade