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Traffic heat map of Bent County, Colorado: 83 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Bent Avenue

Bent County, Colorado Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of Bent County, Colorado? We measure 83 road miles, divided into 650 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. About 1 in 7 vehicles here is a truck, against 1 in 12 across Colorado. The breakdown below covers volume, trucks, congestion and driver profiles for retailers, logistics planners and engineers.
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 Bent County, Colorado

Traffic

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

vehicles per day1,848
Trucks

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

13.7%
Average travel time

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

41.0 min
Congestion ratio

The rate at which the actual travel time exceeds free-flow travel time, averaged among all roads in the network.

5.2%
Drivers’ average age

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

46.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$54,958

A typical monitored road in Bent County, Colorado sees 1,848 vehicles per day, while its 83 miles of monitored roads together handle 134,817 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈49.2 million per year). Freight weighs heavily here: trucks are 13.7% of traffic, against 8.4% across Colorado.

Traffic 73% below the Colorado average

At 1,848 vehicles per day, the average monitored road in Bent carries 73% less traffic than the state average of 6,752, suggesting less demand on each road - very light roads: easy truck access, but little passing trade for roadside retail. Network-wide, Bent accounts for about 0.1% of Colorado's statewide total of vehicle-miles. 75% of counties in Colorado see more traffic than Bent's 1,848 vehicles per day.

At 41.0 minutes, the average travel time is 23% higher than the state level. 75% of counties in Colorado have a shorter average travel time than Bent's 41.0 minutes.

At 67% lower than the state level, the 5.2% congestion ratio signals smoother traffic flow - free-flowing roads make scheduled deliveries highly predictable.

Highway vs. Non-Highway Traffic Analysis

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Highway Traffic in Bent County, Colorado

Trafficvehicles per day3,109
Trucks14.4%
Average travel time47.9 min
Congestion ratio6.6%
Drivers’ average age46.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income$55,327

The vast majority of driving in Bent County, Colorado happens on highways: 88% of all vehicle-miles. The average highway carries 3,109 vehicles per day, 484% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 532 vehicles per day.

Highways make up 53% of the monitored road miles (44 miles, 332 segments), so they carry more than their share: 118,405 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈43.2 million per year).

Fewer highway trucks than 92% of counties in Colorado

At 14.4%, highway truck share is 28% higher than the state average. Highways here lean toward freight, so highway access is a real asset for logistics operators.

Bent's highway truck share (14.4%) is higher than 68% of counties in Colorado. By raw truck volume, Bent carries fewer highway trucks than 92% of counties in Colorado.

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Non-highway Traffic in Bent County, Colorado

Trafficvehicles per day532
Trucks8.7%
Average travel time33.7 min
Congestion ratio3.8%
Drivers’ average age45.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income$53,590

Only a small share of travel in Bent County, Colorado happens on local roads: 12% of vehicle-miles. On the average non-highway road, that comes to 532 vehicles per day.

Spread over 39 miles and 318 segments, 47% of the road network, local roads carry a lighter load per mile: 16,412 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈6.0 million per year). About 1 in 12 vehicles on non-highway roads is a truck (8.7%).

Drivers from lower-income areas than 94% of counties in Colorado

Non-highway roads carry a truck concentration that's 40% lower than the highway network.

Non-highway congestion (3.8%) runs 75% lower than the state average, pointing to smoother local traffic flow.

Bent's average driver income is lower than 94% of counties in Colorado. Bent's median driver age is lower than 59% of counties in Colorado.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

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

Bent County vs. Colorado Traffic Comparison

Bent County's biggest difference from the Colorado average is its average daily traffic per road, 73% below it. Its truck share, by contrast, is 63% above.

MetricBent CountyColorado averageDifference
Traffic1,8486,752-72.6%
Truck % (Total Traffic)13.7%8.4%+62.7%
Truck % (Highway)14.4%11.2%+27.6%
Avg. Travel Time41.0 min33.2 min+23.5%

How Bent County compares

Bent County against nearby counties

Compared with its 4 closest neighbours, Bent County moves 48.9% of the total daily travel; it has the third busiest roads of the five. The same kind of road, just less of it: traffic per road matches the areas around it while the network itself is smaller.

Bent County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Colorado average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Bent County1,84813.7%134,81741.0 min5.2%
Kiowa County, Colorado1,53921.3%202,64644.8 min5.3%
Otero County, Colorado2,1459.3%373,02934.0 min7.0%
Prowers County, Colorado2,69418.6%448,94337.1 min7.6%
Crowley County, Colorado1,0058.5%79,27948.0 min3.8%
Colorado average6,7528.4%N/A33.2 min15.7%

Bent County ranked within Colorado

Bent County sits in the bottom quarter of the Colorado field on average driver income, at #60 of 64.

Bent County ranked among 64 county-level areas in Colorado (1 = highest); measures without data in every county rank a smaller field, down to 54.
MeasureBent CountyColorado rank
Traffic volume (AADT)1,848#48 of 64
Highway vehicle-miles per day118,405#49 of 54
Truck share on highways14.4%#18 of 54
Highway trucks per day446#50 of 54
Average travel time41.0 min#17 of 64
Average driver income$54,958#60 of 64
Average driver age46.7 yrs#38 of 64

Bent County ranks #17 of 64 on average travel time but #60 of 64 on average driver income - the two describe the same roads and are worth reading together rather than either on its own.

Busiest roads in Bent County, Colorado

The three busiest roads in Bent County average 4,741 vehicles a day, 2.6 times the county average of 1,848 across all its monitored roads.

Bent Avenue leads with 5,639 vehicles a day, 643 of them trucks (11.4%). It tops the truck ranking too, with the most trucks.

Trips using Bowker Avenue are long: a median of 55.7 minutes against 41.0 county-wide, the mark of a through route.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Bent AvenueTrunk road · 5,639vehicles643trucks · 11.4%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
8.8%
Median trip time
45.9 min
Drivers’ median age
47.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$48,431

Bent Avenue carries 3.1 times the county average at its busiest, 643 of them trucks (11.4%, below the county-wide 13.7%).

2Ambassador Thompson BoulevardTrunk road · 5,261vehicles629trucks · 12.0%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
7.9%
Median trip time
41.2 min
Drivers’ median age
47.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$50,729

Ambassador Thompson Boulevard carries 2.8 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 41.2 minutes.

3US 50Trunk road · 3,324vehicles486trucks · 14.6%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
4.9%
Median trip time
53.8 min
Drivers’ median age
45.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$53,586

Drivers on US 50 are on long journeys, a median 53.8 minutes against 41.0 county-wide: a through route more than a local street.

4Bowker AvenueTrunk road · 3,022vehicles428trucks · 14.2%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
7.6%
Median trip time
55.7 min
Drivers’ median age
45.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$58,166

Bowker Avenue carries 63% more than the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 55.7 minutes.

5Carson AvenueSecondary road · 1,861vehicles175trucks · 9.4%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
27.7 min
Drivers’ median age
45.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$50,202

Carson Avenue is a local road at heart: the median trip using it lasts 27.7 minutes, against 41.0 for the county.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Bent AvenueTrunk road · #1 by traffic5,639vehicles643trucks · 11.4%
2Ambassador Thompson BoulevardTrunk road · #2 by traffic5,261vehicles629trucks · 12.0%
3US 50Trunk road · #3 by traffic3,324vehicles486trucks · 14.6%
4Bowker AvenueTrunk road · #4 by traffic3,022vehicles428trucks · 14.2%
5Carson AvenueSecondary road · #5 by traffic1,861vehicles175trucks · 9.4%
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

BentDepartment 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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