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Traffic heat map of Bath County, Virginia: 40 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Sam Snead Highway

Bath County, Virginia Traffic Counts

Trips here are the shortest of any county in Virginia, a median 24.5 minutes. This page breaks down traffic in Bath County, Virginia across 40 miles of monitored roads split into 548 segments, using multi-sourced mobile and sensor data. It goes beyond raw counts to truck flow, congestion and who is driving, so site selection and route planning rest on evidence.
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 Bath County, Virginia

Traffic

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

vehicles per day960
Trucks

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

9.4%
Average travel time

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

24.5 min
Drivers’ average age

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

55.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$64,663

Our data shows 960 vehicles per day on the average road in Bath County, Virginia, and 31,518 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈11.5 million per year) across its 40 miles of monitored roads. Trucks are 9.4% of traffic, close to the 9.6% across Virginia.

The shortest trips of any county in Virginia

Bath sees 82% lower average daily traffic volume than the state average (960 vehicles per day against 5,349), suggesting less demand on each road - very light roads: easy truck access, but little passing trade for roadside retail. Network-wide, Bath accounts for less than 0.1% of Virginia's statewide total of vehicle-miles. Bath carries less traffic than 98% of counties in Virginia.

Journey times run 23% lower than the state level, at 24.5 minutes on average. At 24.5 minutes, Bath also has the lowest average travel time in Virginia.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Bath County, Virginia, the peak hour concentrates about 8% of the day's traffic.

Bath County vs. Virginia Traffic Comparison

Bath County's biggest difference from the Virginia average is its average daily traffic per road, 82% below it. Its average travel time is also 23% below.

MetricBath CountyVirginia averageDifference
Traffic9605,349-82.1%
Truck % (Total Traffic)9.4%9.6%-2.1%
Avg. Travel Time24.5 min31.7 min-22.6%

How Bath County compares

Bath County has the quietest roads among its nearby counties and cities

Against the 4 nearest areas, Bath County moves 2.2% of the total daily travel and carries 77.5% less traffic on a typical road; it has the quietest roads of the five. It is the quiet one of the group - below the areas around it on volume, total travel and trip length alike.

Bath County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Virginia average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Bath County9609.4%31,51824.5 minN/A
Rockbridge County, Virginia1,82422.2%1,905,21731.6 min6.6%
Covington City, Virginia7,0007.0%100,12039.1 minN/A
Lexington City, Virginia4,3305.0%38,80528.1 min15.7%
Augusta County, Virginia3,92514.2%3,733,36329.5 min13.3%
Virginia average5,3499.6%N/A31.7 min16.8%

Bath County ranked within Virginia

No county-level area in Virginia records a lower average travel time than Bath County.

Bath County ranked among 133 county-level areas in Virginia (1 = highest).
MeasureBath CountyVirginia rank
Traffic volume (AADT)960#131 of 133
Average travel time24.5 min#133 of 133
Average driver income$64,663#93 of 133
Average driver age55.3 yrs#8 of 133

Bath County ranks #8 of 133 on average driver age but #133 of 133 on average travel time - the two describe the same roads and are worth reading together rather than either on its own.

Busiest roads in Bath County, Virginia

On their busiest stretches, the three busiest roads in Bath County carry 951 vehicles a day on average, about the same as the typical road in the county (960).

Sam Snead Highway leads with 1,674 vehicles a day, 146 of them trucks (8.7%). No other road comes close: Mountain Valley Road, in second place, carries 682. It tops the truck ranking too, with the most trucks.

Virginia Avenue carries longer journeys than most roads here, with a median trip of 38.9 minutes against 24.5 county-wide.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Sam Snead HighwayPrimary road · 1,674vehicles146trucks · 8.7%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
24.2 min
Drivers’ median age
55.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$64,729

Sam Snead Highway carries 74% more than the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 24.2 minutes.

2Mountain Valley RoadPrimary road · 682vehicles71trucks · 10.4%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
32.5 min
Drivers’ median age
57.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$66,445

Mountain Valley Road carries through traffic: the median trip using it lasts 32.5 minutes, against 24.5 for the county.

3Virginia AvenuePrimary road · 495vehicles47trucks · 9.5%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
38.9 min
Drivers’ median age
55.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$61,127

Even at its busiest, Virginia Avenue carries 48% less than the county average; trucks are 9.5% of it, in line with the county-wide 9.4%.

4Staunton & Warm Springs TurnpikePrimary road · 413vehicles42trucks · 10.1%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
35.8 min
Drivers’ median age
56.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$58,815

Drivers on Staunton & Warm Springs Turnpike are on long journeys, a median 35.8 minutes against 24.5 county-wide: a through route more than a local street.

5Courthouse Hill RoadTertiary road · 383vehicles29trucks · 7.6%
Road class
Tertiary road
Median trip time
23.9 min
Drivers’ median age
56.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$74,790

Courthouse Hill Road is a quieter road: its busiest stretch carries 60% less than the county average; trucks are 7.6% of it, below the county-wide 9.4%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Sam Snead HighwayPrimary road · #1 by traffic1,674vehicles146trucks · 8.7%
2Mountain Valley RoadPrimary road · #2 by traffic682vehicles71trucks · 10.4%
3Virginia AvenuePrimary road · #3 by traffic495vehicles47trucks · 9.5%
4Staunton & Warm Springs TurnpikePrimary road · #4 by traffic413vehicles42trucks · 10.1%
5Courthouse Hill RoadTertiary road · #5 by traffic383vehicles29trucks · 7.6%
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

BathDepartment 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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