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Traffic | vehicles per day2,369 |
|---|---|
Trucks | 9.1% |
Average travel time | 29.0 min |
Congestion ratio | 9.1% |
Drivers’ average age | 48.2 yrs |
Drivers’ average income | $78,190 |
A typical monitored road in Carlton County, Minnesota sees 2,369 vehicles per day, while its 497 miles of monitored roads together handle 1,387,163 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈506 million per year). Trucks are 9.1% of traffic, close to the 8.1% across Minnesota.
At 2,369 vehicles per day, the average monitored road in Carlton carries 30% less traffic than the state average of 3,404, 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 1.0% of Minnesota's statewide total of vehicle-miles. 72% of counties in Minnesota see less traffic than Carlton's 2,369 vehicles per day.
The average trip takes 29.0 minutes, 10% lower than the state level. It also posts the lowest average travel time in Minnesota, at 29.0 minutes.
Congestion is somewhat lower than the state level, at a ratio of 9.1% (14% lower) - crucial for traffic control improvement and logistics planning.
| Traffic | vehicles per day6,368 |
|---|---|
| Trucks | 10.9% |
| Average travel time | 38.8 min |
| Congestion ratio | 16.4% |
| Drivers’ average age | 48.0 yrs |
| Drivers’ average income | $75,251 |
Highways carry more than half of all travel in Carlton County, Minnesota (68% of vehicle-miles). The average highway carries 6,368 vehicles per day, 245% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 1,848 vehicles per day.
Yet highways are only 22% of the road network, 110 miles in 357 segments, so each mile of them is 3.1 times as busy as the average road mile.
That is more highway travel volume than 80% of counties in Minnesota.
Highway truck concentration here runs 7% higher than the state average, at 10.9%. The highway traffic mix is typical for Minnesota: neither freight- nor commuter-dominated.
52% of counties in Minnesota see a higher highway truck share than Carlton's 10.9%. Carlton's highway truck count is higher than 70% of counties in Minnesota, at roughly 697 trucks per day.
| Traffic | vehicles per day1,848 |
|---|---|
| Trucks | 5.2% |
| Average travel time | 27.7 min |
| Congestion ratio | 8.1% |
| Drivers’ average age | 48.6 yrs |
| Drivers’ average income | $82,584 |
A significant share of driving in Carlton County, Minnesota, 32% of vehicle-miles, happens on local roads. On the average non-highway road, that comes to 1,848 vehicles per day.
Spread over 387 miles and 2,741 segments, 78% of the road network, local roads carry a lighter load per mile: 440,399 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈161 million per year). The truck share on non-highway roads is 5.2%.
Compared to highways, non-highway routes see 52% fewer trucks by share.
The non-highway congestion ratio of 8.1% is 17% lower than the state level, suggesting more efficient local mobility than the state average.
59% of counties in Minnesota see lower average driver income among trip origins than Carlton. The driver population here skews younger than 58% of counties in Minnesota.
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