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Traffic heat map of Cheyenne County, Kansas: 89 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on US 36 and KS 27

Cheyenne County, Kansas Traffic Counts

TrafficZoom tracks traffic on 89 road miles in Cheyenne County, Kansas, divided into 474 segments averaging 992 ft. The average road here carries 823 vehicles a day, 81% less than the Kansas average of 4,243. 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 Cheyenne County, Kansas

Traffic

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

vehicles per day823
Trucks

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

10.1%
Average travel time

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

33.8 min
Drivers’ average age

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

53.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$54,068

A typical monitored road in Cheyenne County, Kansas sees 823 vehicles per day, while its 89 miles of monitored roads together handle 58,327 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈21.3 million per year). About 1 in 10 vehicles is a truck, in line with Kansas (10.2%).

Quieter roads than 96% of counties in Kansas

Cheyenne sees 81% lower average daily traffic volume than the state average (823 vehicles per day against 4,243), 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 Kansas's statewide total of vehicle-miles. 96% of counties in Kansas see more traffic than Cheyenne's 823 vehicles per day.

At 33.8 minutes, the average travel time is 6% higher than the state level. On travel time, Cheyenne runs shorter than 58% of counties in Kansas.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

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

Cheyenne County vs. Kansas Traffic Comparison

The average daily traffic per road sets Cheyenne County apart: 81% below the Kansas average.

MetricCheyenne CountyKansas averageDifference
Traffic8234,243-80.6%
Truck % (Total Traffic)10.1%10.2%-1.3%
Avg. Travel Time33.8 min31.8 min+6.2%

How Cheyenne County compares

Cheyenne County against nearby counties

Against the 4 nearest areas, Cheyenne County moves 18.0% of the total daily travel and carries 53.5% 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.

Cheyenne County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Kansas average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Cheyenne County82310.1%58,32733.8 minN/A
Sherman County, Kansas2,04921.4%378,18530.6 minN/A
Dundy County, Nebraska86212.3%65,69337.1 minN/A
Rawlins County, Kansas8519.1%60,85534.0 minN/A
Thomas County, Kansas3,31620.4%793,15533.9 minN/A
Kansas average4,24310.2%N/A31.8 min17.1%

Cheyenne County ranked within Kansas

Cheyenne County sits in the bottom quarter of the Kansas field on average driver income, at #102 of 105.

Cheyenne County ranked among 105 county-level areas in Kansas (1 = highest).
MeasureCheyenne CountyKansas rank
Traffic volume (AADT)823#101 of 105
Average travel time33.8 min#61 of 105
Average driver income$54,068#102 of 105
Average driver age53.0 yrs#16 of 105

Cheyenne County ranks #16 of 105 on average driver age but #102 of 105 on average driver income - the two describe the same roads and are worth reading together rather than either on its own.

Busiest roads in Cheyenne County, Kansas

The three busiest roads in Cheyenne County average 1,290 vehicles a day, 57% more than the county average of 823 across all its monitored roads.

US 36 is the busiest road, at 1,987 vehicles a day, 212 of them trucks (10.7%). No other road comes close: KS 27, in second place, carries 983. It tops the truck ranking too, with the most trucks.

Commerce Road carries longer journeys than most roads here, with a median trip of 61.2 minutes against 33.8 county-wide.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1US 36Primary road · 1,987vehicles212trucks · 10.7%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
32.0 min
Drivers’ median age
52.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$50,915

US 36 carries 2.4 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 32.0 minutes.

2KS 27Secondary road · 983vehicles80trucks · 8.2%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
43.8 min
Drivers’ median age
48.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$56,672

KS 27 carries 19% more than the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 43.8 minutes.

3College StreetTertiary road · 902vehicles62trucks · 6.9%
Road class
Tertiary road
Median trip time
29.8 min
Drivers’ median age
54.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$48,674

At 10% more than the county average, College Street draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $48,674 in household income.

4Commerce RoadSecondary road · 693vehicles58trucks · 8.4%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
61.2 min
Drivers’ median age
49.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$65,248

Even at its busiest, Commerce Road carries 16% less than the county average; trucks are 8.4% of it, below the county-wide 10.1%.

5Washington StreetTertiary road · 647vehicles43trucks · 6.6%
Road class
Tertiary road
Median trip time
31.0 min
Drivers’ median age
56.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$46,039

Washington Street is a quieter road: its busiest stretch carries 21% less than the county average; trucks are 6.6% of it, below the county-wide 10.1%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1US 36Primary road · #1 by traffic1,987vehicles212trucks · 10.7%
2KS 27Secondary road · #2 by traffic983vehicles80trucks · 8.2%
3College StreetTertiary road · #3 by traffic902vehicles62trucks · 6.9%
4Commerce RoadSecondary road · #4 by traffic693vehicles58trucks · 8.4%
5Washington StreetTertiary road · #5 by traffic647vehicles43trucks · 6.6%
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

CheyenneDepartment 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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