Need segment-level traffic data?
Identify traffic patterns street by street and analyze the exact corridors that matter to your project.
Traffic | vehicles per day6,752 |
|---|---|
Trucks | 8.4% |
Average travel time | 33.2 min |
Congestion ratio | 15.7% |
Drivers’ average age | 43.1 yrs |
Drivers’ average income | $104,692 |
Our data shows 6,752 vehicles per day on the average road in Colorado, and 127,026,550 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈46.4 billion per year) across its 21,304 miles of monitored roads. Trucks are 8.4% of traffic, close to the 9.3% across the US.
At 6,752 vehicles per day, the average road in Colorado tracks closely with the national average of 6,986 vehicles per day. Network-wide, Colorado accounts for about 1.7% of the national total of vehicle-miles. By volume, Colorado's 6,752 vehicles per day outpaces 58% of states nationwide.
The average trip takes 33.2 minutes, on par with the national level. On travel time, Colorado runs shorter than 52% of states nationwide.
The congestion ratio of 15.7% is 17% lower, pointing to smoother traffic flow than the national level - crucial for traffic control improvement and logistics planning.
| Traffic | vehicles per day14,126 |
|---|---|
| Trucks | 11.2% |
| Average travel time | 37.6 min |
| Congestion ratio | 34.1% |
| Drivers’ average age | 44.3 yrs |
| Drivers’ average income | $102,887 |
Highways carry about half of all travel in Colorado, 52% of vehicle-miles. The average highway carries 14,126 vehicles per day, 135% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 6,014 vehicles per day.
With 24% of the road miles (5,183 miles in 28,641 segments), highways punch above their length, carrying 65,630,166 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈24.0 billion per year).
54% of states nationwide move less traffic on their highways.
At 11.2%, highway truck share is 14% lower than the national average. The highway traffic mix is typical for the US: neither freight- nor commuter-dominated.
By truck concentration, highways here trail 72% of states nationwide. By raw truck volume, Colorado carries fewer highway trucks than 66% of states nationwide.
| Traffic | vehicles per day6,014 |
|---|---|
| Trucks | 5.3% |
| Average travel time | 32.9 min |
| Congestion ratio | 15.0% |
| Drivers’ average age | 42.6 yrs |
| Drivers’ average income | $106,443 |
Local roads carry about half of all travel in Colorado, 48% of vehicle-miles. On the average non-highway road, that comes to 6,014 vehicles per day.
Spread over 16,120 miles and 286,235 segments, 76% of the road network, local roads carry a lighter load per mile: 61,396,383 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈22.4 billion per year). About 1 in 19 vehicles on non-highway roads is a truck (5.3%).
Non-highway roads carry a truck concentration that's 52% lower than the highway network.
Non-highway congestion (15.0%) runs 18% lower than the national average, pointing to smoother local traffic flow.
Colorado's average driver income is higher than 88% of states nationwide. 90% of states nationwide have an older driver population than Colorado.
Mobile device location data (anonymized and aggregated)
Road sensor networks and traffic counters
Historical traffic pattern databases
Identify traffic patterns street by street and analyze the exact corridors that matter to your project.
