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Traffic heat map of Bates County, Missouri: 313 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on I 49 and Fort Scott Street / MO 52

Bates County, Missouri Traffic Counts

Traffic analytics for Bates County, Missouri, calculated from real-world mobile and sensor networks on 2,790 road segments (313 road miles, about 593 ft each). About 1 in 6 vehicles here is a truck, against 1 in 10 across Missouri. Use the figures below to move from assumptions to certainty on retail locations, logistics and road planning.
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 Bates County, Missouri

Traffic

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

vehicles per day1,434
Trucks

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

17.6%
Average travel time

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

28.9 min
Drivers’ average age

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

49.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$65,705

The average monitored road in Bates County, Missouri carries 1,434 vehicles per day. Across its 313 miles of monitored roads, that adds up to 738,166 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈269 million per year). About 1 in 6 vehicles is a truck, well above the 9.8% across Missouri - a freight-heavy mix.

Shorter trips than 92% of counties in Missouri

At 1,434 vehicles per day, the average monitored road in Bates carries 75% less traffic than the state average of 5,631, suggesting less demand on each road - very light roads: easy truck access, but little passing trade for roadside retail. Network-wide, Bates accounts for about 0.4% of Missouri's statewide total of vehicle-miles. 78% of counties in Missouri see more traffic than Bates's 1,434 vehicles per day.

Journey times run 8% lower than the state level, at 28.9 minutes on average. Its average travel time of 28.9 minutes is shorter than 92% of counties in Missouri.

Highway vs. Non-Highway Traffic Analysis

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Highway Traffic in Bates County, Missouri

Trafficvehicles per day8,049
Trucks21.3%
Average travel time56.8 min
Drivers’ average age49.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income$66,594

Most travel in Bates County, Missouri happens on highways, 74% of all vehicle-miles. The average highway carries 8,049 vehicles per day, 544% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 1,249 vehicles per day.

That comes from just 20% of the monitored road miles: 62 miles in 76 segments, carrying 542,980 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈198 million per year).

54% of counties in Missouri move less traffic on their highways.

Higher highway truck share than 80% of counties in Missouri

Highway truck concentration here runs 59% higher than the state average, at 21.3%. That marks Bates as a major freight corridor, where highway access is what logistics operators compete on.

80% of counties in Missouri see a lower highway truck share than Bates's 21.3%. By raw truck volume, Bates carries more highway trucks than 74% of counties in Missouri.

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Non-highway Traffic in Bates County, Missouri

Trafficvehicles per day1,249
Trucks7.1%
Average travel time28.1 min
Drivers’ average age49.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income$64,599

At 26% of vehicle-miles, local roads carry a smaller share of the traffic in Bates County, Missouri than highways. A typical local road sees 1,249 vehicles per day.

Spread over 251 miles and 2,714 segments, 80% of the road network, local roads carry a lighter load per mile: 195,186 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈71.2 million per year). The truck share on non-highway roads is 7.1%.

Local roads carry 67% fewer trucks by share than highways

Compared to highways, non-highway routes see 67% fewer trucks by share.

61% of counties in Missouri see lower average driver income among trip origins than Bates. 58% of counties in Missouri have a younger driver population than Bates.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

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

Bates County vs. Missouri Traffic Comparison

The truck share sets Bates County apart: 79% above the Missouri average. Its average daily traffic per road, by contrast, is 75% below.

MetricBates CountyMissouri averageDifference
Traffic1,4345,631-74.5%
Truck % (Total Traffic)17.6%9.8%+79.0%
Truck % (Highway)21.3%13.4%+58.6%
Avg. Travel Time28.9 min31.3 min-7.7%

How Bates County compares

Bates County has a higher truck share than any nearby county

Against the 4 nearest areas, Bates County carries 57.3% less traffic on a typical road and runs 6.2 percentage points more truck traffic; 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.

Bates 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
Bates County1,43417.6%738,16628.9 minN/A
Cass County, Missouri6,9159.4%3,551,79832.0 min25.3%
Linn County, Kansas1,14713.6%382,25933.0 minN/A
Henry County, Missouri2,66812.4%919,61334.0 minN/A
Miami County, Kansas2,70210.2%1,280,38330.6 minN/A
Missouri average5,6319.8%N/A31.3 min19.4%

Bates County ranked within Missouri

Bates County sits in the bottom quarter of the Missouri field on average travel time, at #106 of 115.

Bates County ranked among 115 county-level areas in Missouri (1 = highest); measures without data in every county rank a smaller field, down to 93.
MeasureBates CountyMissouri rank
Traffic volume (AADT)1,434#90 of 115
Highway vehicle-miles per day542,980#43 of 93
Truck share on highways21.3%#19 of 93
Highway trucks per day1,717#25 of 93
Average travel time28.9 min#106 of 115
Average driver income$65,705#46 of 115
Average driver age49.8 yrs#49 of 115

Bates County ranks #19 of 93 on truck share on highways but #106 of 115 on average travel time - the two describe the same roads and are worth reading together rather than either on its own.

Busiest roads in Bates County, Missouri

On their busiest stretches, the three busiest roads in Bates County carry 12,132 vehicles a day on average, 8.5 times the typical road in the county (1,434).

I 49 leads with 18,937 vehicles a day, 3,867 of them trucks (20.4%). No other road comes close: Fort Scott Street / MO 52, in second place, carries 12,198. It also carries the most trucks.

I 49 carries longer journeys than most roads here, with a median trip of 52.4 minutes against 28.9 county-wide.

Few trucks use Fort Scott Street: 3.0% of its traffic, under half the county's 17.6%.

Fort Scott Street draws drivers from lower-income areas: their neighborhoods average $48,117 in household income, 27% below the county's $65,705.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1I 49Motorway · 18,937vehicles3,867trucks · 20.4%
Road class
Motorway
Median trip time
52.4 min
Drivers’ median age
49.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$69,032

I 49 is a trunk route for the county, carrying 13.2 times the county average on its busiest stretch; trucks are 20.4% of it, above the county-wide 17.6%.

2Fort Scott Street / MO 52Secondary road · 12,198vehicles455trucks · 3.7%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
25.8 min
Drivers’ median age
49.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$52,244

Fort Scott Street / MO 52 carries 8.5 times the county average at its busiest, 455 of them trucks (3.7%, below the county-wide 17.6%).

3Fort Scott StreetTertiary road · 5,262vehicles158trucks · 3.0%
Road class
Tertiary road
Median trip time
32.5 min
Drivers’ median age
49.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$48,117

Fort Scott Street carries 3.7 times the county average at its busiest, 158 of them trucks (3.0%, below the county-wide 17.6%).

4Orange StreetPrimary road · 4,974vehicles335trucks · 6.7%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
28.0 min
Drivers’ median age
50.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$51,606

Orange Street carries 3.5 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 28.0 minutes.

5Old US 71Secondary road · 4,831vehicles440trucks · 9.1%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
27.3 min
Drivers’ median age
48.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$70,504

At 3.4 times the county average, Old US 71 draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $70,504 in household income.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1I 49Motorway · #1 by traffic18,937vehicles3,867trucks · 20.4%
2Fort Scott Street / MO 52Secondary road · #2 by traffic12,198vehicles455trucks · 3.7%
3Old US 71Secondary road · #5 by traffic4,831vehicles440trucks · 9.1%
4Orange StreetPrimary road · #4 by traffic4,974vehicles335trucks · 6.7%
5Main StreetSecondary road · 2,195vehicles273trucks · 12.4%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
32.5 min
Drivers’ median age
47.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$71,981

Main Street is busy by local standards, at 53% more than the county average on its busiest stretch; trucks are 12.4% of it, below the county-wide 17.6%.

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

BatesDepartment 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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Q3 2026

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