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Traffic heat map of Barton County, Missouri: 241 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on I 49 and 12th Street

Barton County, Missouri Traffic Counts

TrafficZoom tracks traffic on 241 road miles in Barton County, Missouri, divided into 2,212 segments averaging 576 ft. About 1 in 6 vehicles here is a truck, against 1 in 10 across Missouri. Built from cross-verified mobile and road-sensor data, these counts help you size up a retail site, plan logistics routes or assess infrastructure needs.
Data sourced from TrafficZoom's proprietary analytics platform.
Data current as of:
Q3 2026
Updated:
September 29, 2026
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Total Traffic Volume & Performance in Barton County, Missouri

Traffic

The average number of vehicles that travel each day over any road in the road network.

vehicles per day1,391
Trucks

The percentage of the total traffic volume composed of heavy vehicles.

17.4%
Average travel time

The average time of travel averaged among all vehicles traveling on the road network.

29.1 min
Drivers’ average age

Average age of residents in the geographic areas where the vehicle trips originated.

49.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income

Average income of residents in the geographic areas where the vehicle trips originated.

$52,611

The average monitored road in Barton County, Missouri carries 1,391 vehicles per day. Across its 241 miles of monitored roads, that adds up to 432,544 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈158 million per year). Freight weighs heavily here: trucks are 17.4% of traffic, against 9.8% across Missouri.

Shorter trips than 91% of counties in Missouri

At 1,391 vehicles per day, the average monitored road in Barton carries 75% less traffic than the state average of 5,631, suggesting less demand on each road - quiet roads that suit freight movement more than drive-by retail. Across the whole network, that travel is about 0.2% of Missouri's statewide total. Barton carries less traffic than 84% of counties in Missouri.

At 29.1 minutes, the average travel time is 7% lower than the state level. 91% of counties in Missouri have a longer average travel time than Barton's 29.1 minutes.

Highway vs. Non-Highway Traffic Analysis

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Highway Traffic in Barton County, Missouri

Trafficvehicles per day6,088
Trucks22.3%
Average travel time60.7 min
Drivers’ average age48.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income$55,183

Highways carry more than half of all travel in Barton County, Missouri (61% of vehicle-miles). The average highway carries 6,088 vehicles per day, 371% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 1,293 vehicles per day.

Yet highways are only 17% of the road network, 41 miles in 45 segments, so each mile of them is 3.6 times as busy as the average road mile.

Higher highway truck share than 83% of counties in Missouri

Highway truck concentration here runs 66% higher than the state average, at 22.3%. That marks Barton as a major freight corridor, where highway access is what logistics operators compete on.

By truck concentration, highways here outrank 83% of counties in Missouri. Barton's highway truck count is higher than 57% of counties in Missouri, at roughly 1,358 trucks per day.

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Non-highway Traffic in Barton County, Missouri

Trafficvehicles per day1,293
Trucks9.5%
Average travel time28.4 min
Drivers’ average age49.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income$50,484

A significant share of driving in Barton County, Missouri, 39% of vehicle-miles, happens on local roads. A typical local road sees 1,293 vehicles per day.

Spread over 201 miles and 2,167 segments, 83% of the road network, local roads carry a lighter load per mile: 166,754 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈60.9 million per year). About 1 in 10 vehicles on non-highway roads is a truck (9.5%).

Drivers from lower-income areas than 89% of counties in Missouri

Compared to highways, non-highway routes see 57% fewer trucks by share.

Trip origins here have lower average income than 89% of counties in Missouri. The driver population here skews older than 52% of counties in Missouri.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Barton County, Missouri, the peak hour concentrates about 7% of the day's traffic.

Barton County vs. Missouri Traffic Comparison

Barton County's biggest difference from the Missouri average is its truck share, 77% above it. Its average daily traffic per road, by contrast, is 75% below.

MetricBarton CountyMissouri averageDifference
Traffic1,3915,631-75.3%
Truck % (Total Traffic)17.4%9.8%+77.0%
Truck % (Highway)22.3%13.4%+65.8%
Avg. Travel Time29.1 min31.3 min-7.2%

How Barton County compares

Barton County has the shortest trips among its nearby counties

Against the 4 nearest areas, Barton County carries 62.9% less traffic on a typical road and moves 32.2% of the total daily travel; it has the fourth busiest roads of the five. Freight passes through here that never reaches the areas around it: the truck share is high precisely because the local car traffic is not.

Barton County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Missouri average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Barton County1,39117.4%432,54429.1 minN/A
Jasper County, Missouri7,04511.6%3,694,42536.9 min4.1%
Vernon County, Missouri2,04516.6%622,16635.9 minN/A
Dade County, Missouri8748.3%145,81036.1 min5.2%
Crawford County, Kansas5,0418.2%903,81732.8 minN/A
Missouri average5,6319.8%N/A31.3 min19.4%

Barton County ranked within Missouri

Average travel time places Barton County #105 of 115 in Missouri - the bottom quarter of the state.

Barton County ranked among 115 county-level areas in Missouri (1 = highest); measures without data in every county rank a smaller field, down to 93.
MeasureBarton CountyMissouri rank
Traffic volume (AADT)1,391#97 of 115
Highway vehicle-miles per day265,790#68 of 93
Truck share on highways22.3%#17 of 93
Highway trucks per day1,358#41 of 93
Average travel time29.1 min#105 of 115
Average driver income$52,611#103 of 115
Average driver age49.3 yrs#56 of 115

The two ends of this table sit far apart: #17 of 93 on truck share on highways, against #105 of 115 on average travel time.

Busiest roads in Barton County, Missouri

The three busiest roads in Barton County average 9,204 vehicles a day, 6.6 times the county average of 1,391 across all its monitored roads.

I 49 is the busiest road, at 13,036 vehicles a day, 2,907 of them trucks (22.3%). It also carries the most trucks.

Trips using I 49 are long: a median of 60.7 minutes against 29.1 county-wide, the mark of a through route.

Few trucks use 12th Street: 6.2% of its traffic, under half the county's 17.4%.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1I 49Motorway · 13,036vehicles2,907trucks · 22.3%
Road class
Motorway
Median trip time
60.7 min
Drivers’ median age
48.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$55,183

At 9.4 times the county average, I 49 draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $55,183 in household income.

212th StreetPrimary road · 11,404vehicles706trucks · 6.2%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
27.8 min
Drivers’ median age
49.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$44,554

A main artery: 12th Street's busiest stretch carries 8.2 times the county average; trucks are 6.2% of it, below the county-wide 17.4%.

3US 160Primary road · 3,171vehicles278trucks · 8.8%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
26.8 min
Drivers’ median age
51.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$48,116

US 160 carries 2.3 times the county average at its busiest, 278 of them trucks (8.8%, below the county-wide 17.4%).

4Central RoadPrimary road · 2,026vehicles178trucks · 8.8%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
32.2 min
Drivers’ median age
52.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$47,900

At 46% more than the county average, Central Road draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $47,900 in household income.

5Southeast 1st LaneTertiary road · 1,538vehicles64trucks · 4.2%
Road class
Tertiary road
Median trip time
31.0 min
Drivers’ median age
51.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$40,672

Southeast 1st Lane is busy by local standards, at 11% more than the county average on its busiest stretch; trucks are 4.2% of it, below the county-wide 17.4%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1I 49Motorway · #1 by traffic13,036vehicles2,907trucks · 22.3%
212th StreetPrimary road · #2 by traffic11,404vehicles706trucks · 6.2%
3US 160Primary road · #3 by traffic3,171vehicles278trucks · 8.8%
4Central RoadPrimary road · #4 by traffic2,026vehicles178trucks · 8.8%
5MO 43Primary road · 1,351vehicles158trucks · 11.7%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
38.6 min
Drivers’ median age
51.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$60,686

MO 43 carries through traffic: the median trip using it lasts 38.6 minutes, against 29.1 for the county.

How to read these road counts
  • The first number is AADT, annual average daily traffic: the vehicles passing a point on an average day, both directions combined and trucks included. On a divided highway both carriageways are added together.
  • Traffic changes along a road, with more near interchanges and towns and less in open country. Every figure for a road describes its busiest stretch in the county, so the two rankings show the same numbers for the same road.
  • The second number is the trucks on that stretch, a part of its AADT. The bar splits the AADT into cars and light vehicles (blue) and trucks (amber).
  • See segment-level AADT for any road on TrafficZoom.

Data Sources & Methodology

The data presented on this page is derived from TrafficZoom's proprietary analytics platform, which aggregates and normalizes information from multiple sources, including:

Mobile device location data (anonymized and aggregated)

Road sensor networks and traffic counters

Historical traffic pattern databases

Public traffic count programs published by the

BartonDepartment of Transportation

Demographic Baseline for O-D Modeling

U.S. Census Bureau
All metrics represent estimates based on statistical modeling and are intended for strategic planning purposes.
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Data current as of:
Q3 2026

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