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Traffic heat map of Catron County, New Mexico: 130 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on California Street and US 60

Catron County, New Mexico Traffic Counts

TrafficZoom tracks traffic on 130 road miles in Catron County, New Mexico, divided into 567 segments averaging 1,206 ft. Its drivers come from the lowest-income neighborhoods of any county in New Mexico, averaging $32,162. Built from cross-verified mobile and road-sensor data, these counts help you size up a retail site, plan logistics routes or assess infrastructure needs.
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 Catron County, New Mexico

Traffic

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

vehicles per day643
Trucks

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

14.0%
Average travel time

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

55.0 min
Congestion ratio

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

2.9%
Drivers’ average age

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

45.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$32,162

Our data shows 643 vehicles per day on the average road in Catron County, New Mexico, and 84,494 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈30.8 million per year) across its 130 miles of monitored roads. About 1 in 7 vehicles is a truck, in line with New Mexico (16.2%).

Quieter roads than 97% of counties in New Mexico

Catron's average daily traffic volume is 86% lower than the state average - 643 vehicles per day against 4,562 - suggesting less traffic load per road - very light roads: easy truck access, but little passing trade for roadside retail. Network-wide, Catron accounts for about 0.1% of New Mexico's statewide total of vehicle-miles. By volume, Catron's 643 vehicles per day trails 97% of counties in New Mexico.

At 55.0 minutes, the average travel time is 62% higher than the state level. 91% of counties in New Mexico have a shorter average travel time than Catron's 55.0 minutes.

The congestion ratio of 2.9% is 80% lower, pointing to smoother traffic flow than the state level - delays are rare enough to plan travel times almost to the minute.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Catron County, New Mexico, the peak hour concentrates about 9% of the day's traffic.

Catron County vs. New Mexico Traffic Comparison

Of the four measures, average daily traffic per road differs most: Catron County runs 86% below the New Mexico average. Its average travel time, by contrast, is 62% above.

MetricCatron CountyNew Mexico averageDifference
Traffic6434,562-85.9%
Truck % (Total Traffic)14.0%16.2%-13.7%
Avg. Travel Time55.0 min34.0 min+61.6%

How Catron County compares

Catron County has the quietest roads among its nearby counties

Set against the average of the 4 areas nearest to it, Catron County moves 6.5% of the total daily travel and carries 77.6% less traffic on a typical road; it has the quietest roads of the five. Quieter and more local than the areas around it on both counts: less traffic, and less of what there is arriving by truck.

Catron County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the New Mexico average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Catron County64314.0%84,49455.0 min2.9%
Cibola County, New Mexico2,42730.7%2,174,34830.9 min8.1%
Greenlee County, Arizona2,60812.9%256,98642.4 min7.9%
Socorro County, New Mexico2,01220.4%1,312,40345.7 min5.7%
Valencia County, New Mexico4,4129.9%1,446,26830.2 min17.9%
New Mexico average4,56216.2%N/A34.0 min14.4%

Catron County ranked within New Mexico

Catron County records the lowest average driver income in New Mexico.

Catron County ranked among 33 county-level areas in New Mexico (1 = highest).
MeasureCatron CountyNew Mexico rank
Traffic volume (AADT)643#32 of 33
Average travel time55.0 min#4 of 33
Average driver income$32,162#33 of 33
Average driver age45.7 yrs#20 of 33

Catron County ranks #4 of 33 on average travel time but #32 of 33 on average daily traffic volume. Some of the longest trips in New Mexico on some of its emptiest roads - distance, not congestion, is what sets travel time here.

Busiest roads in Catron County, New Mexico

The three busiest roads in Catron County average 912 vehicles a day, 42% more than the county average of 643 across all its monitored roads.

California Street is the busiest road, at 1,268 vehicles a day, 122 of them trucks (9.6%). That is 56% more than the next road, US 60 (814). It also carries the most trucks.

Trips on Cat Walk Road are short, a median of 8.3 minutes against 55.0 county-wide, so it serves mostly local traffic.

Drivers on California Street come from neighborhoods with an average household income of $51,167, 59% above the county average of $32,162.

California Street skews older: its drivers' median age is 59.1, compared with 45.7 county-wide.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1California StreetPrimary road · 1,268vehicles122trucks · 9.6%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
3.1%
Median trip time
36.7 min
Drivers’ median age
59.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$51,167

California Street is a local road at heart: the median trip using it lasts 36.7 minutes, against 55.0 for the county.

2US 60Primary road · 814vehicles106trucks · 13.0%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
2.8%
Median trip time
55.7 min
Drivers’ median age
59.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$51,167

US 60 carries 27% more than the county average at its busiest, 106 of them trucks (13.0%, below the county-wide 14.0%).

3US 180Primary road · 655vehicles72trucks · 11.0%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
47.2 min
Drivers’ median age
43.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$29,212

Even at its busiest, US 180 carries about the same as the county average; trucks are 11.0% of it, below the county-wide 14.0%.

4New Mexico 36Primary road · 319vehicles69trucks · 21.6%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
56.1 min

New Mexico 36 leans on freight: 69 trucks a day, 21.6% of its traffic against 14.0% county-wide.

5Cat Walk RoadTertiary road · 242vehicles32trucks · 13.4%
Road class
Tertiary road
Median trip time
8.3 min

Cat Walk Road is a quieter road: its busiest stretch carries 62% less than the county average; trucks are 13.4% of it, in line with the county-wide 14.0%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1California StreetPrimary road · #1 by traffic1,268vehicles122trucks · 9.6%
2US 60Primary road · #2 by traffic814vehicles106trucks · 13.0%
3US 180Primary road · #3 by traffic655vehicles72trucks · 11.0%
4New Mexico 36Primary road · #4 by traffic319vehicles69trucks · 21.6%
5Cat Walk RoadTertiary road · #5 by traffic242vehicles32trucks · 13.4%
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

CatronDepartment 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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