
Total Traffic Volume & Performance in Chambers County, Texas
Traffic The average number of vehicles that travel each day over any road in the road network. | vehicles per day6,036 |
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Trucks The percentage of the total traffic volume composed of heavy vehicles. | 17.1% |
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Average travel time The average time of travel averaged among all vehicles traveling on the road network. | 36.2 min |
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Congestion ratio The rate at which the actual travel time exceeds free-flow travel time, averaged among all roads in the network. | 16.6% |
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Drivers’ average age Average age of residents in the geographic areas where the vehicle trips originated. | 43.2 yrs |
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Drivers’ average income Average income of residents in the geographic areas where the vehicle trips originated. | $103,253 |
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A typical monitored road in Chambers County, Texas sees 6,036 vehicles per day, while its 433 miles of monitored roads together handle 3,070,981 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈1.1 billion per year). Freight weighs heavily here: trucks are 17.1% of traffic, against 9.8% across Texas.
Busier roads than 85% of counties in Texas
Chambers's average daily traffic volume is 12% lower than the state average - 6,036 vehicles per day against 6,895 - a factor worth weighing in site selection and logistics planning. Across the whole network, that travel is about 0.4% of Texas's statewide total. By volume, Chambers's 6,036 vehicles per day outpaces 85% of counties in Texas.
Journey times run 11% higher than the state level, at 36.2 minutes on average. On travel time, Chambers runs longer than 61% of counties in Texas.
Congestion here (16.6%) closely tracks the state level.
Highway vs. Non-Highway Traffic Analysis

Highway Traffic in Chambers County, Texas
| Traffic | vehicles per day17,381 |
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| Trucks | 22.0% |
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| Average travel time | 55.4 min |
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| Congestion ratio | 26.6% |
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| Drivers’ average age | 43.3 yrs |
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| Drivers’ average income | $96,526 |
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Highways carry more than half of all travel in Chambers County, Texas (65% of vehicle-miles). The average highway carries 17,381 vehicles per day, 214% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 5,543 vehicles per day.
With 23% of the road miles (98 miles in 213 segments), highways punch above their length, carrying 1,991,062 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈727 million per year).
That is more highway travel volume than 86% of counties in Texas.
More highway trucks than 97% of counties in Texas
Highway truck concentration here runs 60% higher than the state average, at 22.0%. That marks Chambers as a major freight corridor, where highway access is what logistics operators compete on.
Chambers's highway truck share (22.0%) is higher than 77% of counties in Texas. By raw truck volume, Chambers carries more highway trucks than 97% of counties in Texas.

Non-highway Traffic in Chambers County, Texas
| Traffic | vehicles per day5,543 |
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| Trucks | 8.2% |
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| Average travel time | 35.3 min |
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| Congestion ratio | 16.2% |
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| Drivers’ average age | 43.1 yrs |
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| Drivers’ average income | $107,922 |
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A significant share of driving in Chambers County, Texas, 35% of vehicle-miles, happens on local roads. A typical local road sees 5,543 vehicles per day.
Local roads make up 77% of the monitored road miles (335 miles in 4,903 segments) but carry less than their share of travel: 1,079,919 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈394 million per year). About 1 in 12 vehicles on non-highway roads is a truck (8.2%).
Drivers from higher-income areas than 95% of counties in Texas
The concentration of trucks on non-highway roads is 63% lower than on highways.
The non-highway congestion ratio of 16.2% is in line with the state level.
95% of counties in Texas see lower average driver income among trip origins than Chambers. The driver population here skews younger than 70% of counties in Texas.