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Traffic heat map of Boyd County, Nebraska: 59 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Thayer Street and Hillcrest Boulevard

Boyd County, Nebraska Traffic Counts

Traffic analytics for Boyd County, Nebraska, calculated from real-world mobile and sensor networks on 379 road segments (59 road miles, about 828 ft each). Its busiest road, Thayer Street, carries 1,928 vehicles a day, 3.8 times the average road. 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 Boyd County, Nebraska

Traffic

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

vehicles per day508
Trucks

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

10.5%
Average travel time

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

31.7 min
Drivers’ average age

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

58.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$60,401

The average monitored road in Boyd County, Nebraska carries 508 vehicles per day. Across its 59 miles of monitored roads, that adds up to 24,175 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈8.8 million per year). Trucks are 10.5% of traffic, close to the 11.5% across Nebraska.

Quieter roads than 95% of counties in Nebraska

Boyd sees 86% lower average daily traffic volume than the state average (508 vehicles per day against 3,598), suggesting less demand on each road - quiet roads that suit freight movement more than drive-by retail. In total volume terms, its road network carries less than 0.1% of Nebraska's statewide total of vehicle-miles. Boyd carries less traffic than 95% of counties in Nebraska.

The average trip takes 31.7 minutes, on par with the state level. On travel time, Boyd runs shorter than 87% of counties in Nebraska.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

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

Boyd County vs. Nebraska Traffic Comparison

Boyd County's biggest difference from the Nebraska average is its average daily traffic per road, 86% below it.

MetricBoyd CountyNebraska averageDifference
Traffic5083,598-85.9%
Truck % (Total Traffic)10.5%11.5%-8.8%
Avg. Travel Time31.7 min33.0 min-4.1%

How Boyd County compares

Boyd County moves the least traffic of its nearby counties

Against the 4 nearest areas, Boyd County moves 18.0% of the total daily travel and carries 43.8% less traffic on a typical road; it has the quietest roads of the five. Smaller and quieter on both counts: a shorter network than the areas around it, carrying lighter traffic across it.

Boyd County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Nebraska average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Boyd County50810.5%24,17531.7 minN/A
Holt County, Nebraska1,08711.0%215,82834.6 minN/A
Charles Mix County, South Dakota1,1189.6%149,36234.0 minN/A
Douglas County, South Dakota8209.7%72,71441.5 minN/A
Bon Homme County, South Dakota5909.6%98,62841.7 minN/A
Nebraska average3,59811.5%N/A33.0 min17.5%

Boyd County ranked within Nebraska

Boyd County sits in Nebraska's top three on average driver age.

Boyd County ranked among 93 county-level areas in Nebraska (1 = highest).
MeasureBoyd CountyNebraska rank
Traffic volume (AADT)508#88 of 93
Average travel time31.7 min#81 of 93
Average driver income$60,401#76 of 93
Average driver age58.5 yrs#3 of 93

The two ends of this table sit far apart: #3 of 93 on average driver age, against #88 of 93 on average daily traffic volume.

Busiest roads in Boyd County, Nebraska

On their busiest stretches, the three busiest roads in Boyd County carry 1,580 vehicles a day on average, 3.1 times the typical road in the county (508).

Thayer Street leads with 1,928 vehicles a day, 193 of them trucks (10.0%). It also carries the most trucks.

Broadway Street carries longer journeys than most roads here, with a median trip of 57.3 minutes against 31.7 county-wide.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Thayer StreetPrimary road · 1,928vehicles193trucks · 10.0%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
31.9 min
Drivers’ median age
56.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$61,452

At 3.8 times the county average, Thayer Street draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $61,452 in household income.

2Hillcrest BoulevardPrimary road · 1,702vehicles162trucks · 9.6%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
30.7 min
Drivers’ median age
57.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$61,635

The busiest stretch of Hillcrest Boulevard carries 3.4 times the county average; trucks are 9.6% of it, below the county-wide 10.5%.

3NE 281Primary road · 1,108vehicles125trucks · 11.3%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
31.3 min
Drivers’ median age
57.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$61,772

On its busiest stretch, NE 281 carries 2.2 times the county average; trucks are 11.3% of it, above the county-wide 10.5%.

4NE 12Secondary road · 458vehicles40trucks · 8.7%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
48.3 min
Drivers’ median age
61.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$59,075

Drivers on NE 12 are on long journeys, a median 48.3 minutes against 31.7 county-wide: a through route more than a local street.

5Broadway StreetSecondary road · 184vehicles17trucks · 9.0%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
57.3 min
Drivers’ median age
62.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$59,274

Broadway Street is a quieter road: its busiest stretch carries 64% less than the county average; trucks are 9.0% of it, below the county-wide 10.5%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Thayer StreetPrimary road · #1 by traffic1,928vehicles193trucks · 10.0%
2Hillcrest BoulevardPrimary road · #2 by traffic1,702vehicles162trucks · 9.6%
3NE 281Primary road · #3 by traffic1,108vehicles125trucks · 11.3%
4NE 12Secondary road · #4 by traffic458vehicles40trucks · 8.7%
5NE 11Secondary road · 168vehicles19trucks · 11.2%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
51.3 min

NE 11 carries through traffic: the median trip using it lasts 51.3 minutes, against 31.7 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

BoydDepartment 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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