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Traffic heat map of Bristol County, Rhode Island: 72 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Wampanoag Trail

Bristol County, Rhode Island Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of Bristol County, Rhode Island? We measure 72 road miles, divided into 2,981 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. Trips here are the shortest of any county in Rhode Island, a median 31.1 minutes. 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 Bristol County, Rhode Island

Traffic

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

vehicles per day5,623
Trucks

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

7.0%
Average travel time

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

31.1 min
Congestion ratio

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

16.0%
Drivers’ average age

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

50.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$114,231

A typical monitored road in Bristol County, Rhode Island sees 5,623 vehicles per day, while its 72 miles of monitored roads together handle 372,879 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈136 million per year). Trucks are 7.0% of traffic, close to the 7.0% across Rhode Island.

The shortest trips of any county in Rhode Island

At 5,623 vehicles per day, the average monitored road in Bristol carries 29% less traffic than the state average of 7,870, suggesting less demand on each road - less drive-by exposure for retail, but easier access for deliveries. In total volume terms, its road network carries about 1.9% of Rhode Island's statewide total of vehicle-miles. By volume, Bristol's 5,623 vehicles per day outpaces 50% of counties in Rhode Island.

Journey times run 12% lower than the state level, at 31.1 minutes on average. It also posts the lowest average travel time in Rhode Island, at 31.1 minutes.

At 31% lower than the state level, the 16.0% congestion ratio signals smoother traffic flow - travel times are easy to plan around for scheduled deliveries.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Bristol County, Rhode Island, the peak hour concentrates about 7% of the day's traffic.

Bristol County vs. Rhode Island Traffic Comparison

Of the four measures, average daily traffic per road differs most: Bristol County runs 29% below the Rhode Island average.

MetricBristol CountyRhode Island averageDifference
Traffic5,6237,870-28.5%
Truck % (Total Traffic)7.0%7.0%+0.9%
Avg. Travel Time31.1 min35.2 min-11.7%

How Bristol County compares

Bristol County moves the least traffic of its nearby counties

Against the 4 nearest areas, Bristol County moves 5.4% of the total daily travel and is 24.4% less congested; it has the fourth busiest roads of the five. Less traffic and more room for it - the roads here run both quieter and freer than the areas around them.

Bristol County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Rhode Island average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Bristol County5,6237.0%372,87931.1 min16.0%
Bristol County, Massachusetts7,4946.5%11,722,47334.5 min21.0%
Newport County, Rhode Island4,8266.4%1,178,04031.2 min14.9%
Kent County, Rhode Island8,8187.2%3,797,17633.2 min21.4%
Providence County, Rhode Island9,8286.3%10,827,04036.9 min27.5%
Rhode Island average7,8707.0%N/A35.2 min23.3%

Bristol County ranked within Rhode Island

On average driver income, Bristol County tops the Rhode Island field outright.

Bristol County ranked among 5 county-level areas in Rhode Island (1 = highest).
MeasureBristol CountyRhode Island rank
Traffic volume (AADT)5,623#3 of 5
Average travel time31.1 min#5 of 5
Average driver income$114,231#1 of 5
Average driver age50.3 yrs#2 of 5

The two ends of this table sit far apart: #1 of 5 on average driver income, against #5 of 5 on average travel time.

Busiest roads in Bristol County, Rhode Island

On their busiest stretches, the three busiest roads in Bristol County carry 18,197 vehicles a day on average, 3.2 times the typical road in the county (5,623).

Wampanoag Trail leads with 21,676 vehicles a day, 1,120 of them trucks (5.2%). Metacom Avenue carries the most trucks, 1,330 a day (7.8% of its traffic), although it ranks #2 for all traffic.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Wampanoag TrailPrimary road · 21,676vehicles1,120trucks · 5.2%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
28.6%
Median trip time
33.1 min
Drivers’ median age
49.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$129,910

Wampanoag Trail carries 3.9 times the county average at its busiest, 1,120 of them trucks (5.2%, below the county-wide 7.0%).

2Metacom AvenuePrimary road · 16,950vehicles1,330trucks · 7.8%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
33.5%
Median trip time
28.0 min
Drivers’ median age
50.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$100,117

Metacom Avenue carries 3.0 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 28.0 minutes.

3County RoadPrimary road · 15,966vehicles893trucks · 5.6%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
36.1%
Median trip time
33.8 min
Drivers’ median age
49.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$129,063

County Road is one of the more congested roads here: trips take 36% longer than at free-flow speed, against 16% county-wide.

4Main StreetPrimary road · 15,363vehicles950trucks · 6.2%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
38.1%
Median trip time
39.5 min
Drivers’ median age
49.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$124,415

Delays build on Main Street: its congestion ratio of 38% over free-flow time is well above the county's 16%.

5Hope StreetPrimary road · 10,256vehicles906trucks · 8.8%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
26.8%
Median trip time
33.3 min
Drivers’ median age
50.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$103,499

Hope Street carries 82% more than the county average at its busiest, 906 of them trucks (8.8%, above the county-wide 7.0%).

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Metacom AvenuePrimary road · #2 by traffic16,950vehicles1,330trucks · 7.8%
2Wampanoag TrailPrimary road · #1 by traffic21,676vehicles1,120trucks · 5.2%
3Main StreetPrimary road · #4 by traffic15,363vehicles950trucks · 6.2%
4Hope StreetPrimary road · #5 by traffic10,256vehicles906trucks · 8.8%
5County RoadPrimary road · #3 by traffic15,966vehicles893trucks · 5.6%
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

BristolDepartment 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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