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Traffic heat map of Cottle County, Texas: 99 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on 9th Street and US 83

Cottle County, Texas Traffic Counts

The average road here carries 715 vehicles a day, 90% less than the Texas average of 6,895. This page breaks down traffic in Cottle County, Texas across 99 miles of monitored roads split into 602 segments, using multi-sourced mobile and sensor data. It goes beyond raw counts to truck flow, congestion and who is driving, so site selection and route planning rest on evidence.
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 Cottle County, Texas

Traffic

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

vehicles per day715
Trucks

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

12.4%
Average travel time

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

37.2 min
Congestion ratio

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

3.6%
Drivers’ average age

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

46.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$62,437

Our data shows 715 vehicles per day on the average road in Cottle County, Texas, and 59,062 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈21.6 million per year) across its 99 miles of monitored roads. Trucks are 12.4% of traffic, more than the 9.8% across Texas.

Quieter roads than 97% of counties in Texas

Cottle sees 90% lower average daily traffic volume than the state average (715 vehicles per day against 6,895), 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 Texas's statewide total of vehicle-miles. By volume, Cottle's 715 vehicles per day trails 97% of counties in Texas.

Journey times run 14% higher than the state level, at 37.2 minutes on average. On travel time, Cottle runs longer than 69% of counties in Texas.

The congestion ratio of 3.6% is 78% 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 Cottle County, Texas, the peak hour concentrates about 7% of the day's traffic.

Cottle County vs. Texas Traffic Comparison

The average daily traffic per road sets Cottle County apart: 90% below the Texas average. Its truck share, by contrast, is 27% above.

MetricCottle CountyTexas averageDifference
Traffic7156,895-89.6%
Truck % (Total Traffic)12.4%9.8%+26.5%
Avg. Travel Time37.2 min32.6 min+14.1%

How Cottle County compares

Cottle County against nearby counties

Compared with its 4 closest neighbours, Cottle County carries 52.5% less traffic on a typical road and sees 33.7% shorter typical trips; it has the third busiest 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.

Cottle County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Texas average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Cottle County71512.4%59,06237.2 min3.6%
Childress County, Texas3,63821.8%428,02233.9 min8.1%
King County, Texas1,19516.1%96,97774.4 min3.1%
Motley County, Texas47413.5%47,33457.4 min3.8%
Foard County, Texas71311.8%52,62259.0 min3.3%
Texas average6,8959.8%N/A32.6 min16.4%

Cottle County ranked within Texas

Cottle County sits in the bottom quarter of the Texas field on average daily traffic volume, at #246 of 254.

Cottle County ranked among 254 county-level areas in Texas (1 = highest).
MeasureCottle CountyTexas rank
Traffic volume (AADT)715#246 of 254
Average travel time37.2 min#80 of 254
Average driver income$62,437#192 of 254
Average driver age46.4 yrs#107 of 254

The two ends of this table sit far apart: #80 of 254 on average travel time, against #246 of 254 on average daily traffic volume.

Busiest roads in Cottle County, Texas

On their busiest stretches, the three busiest roads in Cottle County carry 1,268 vehicles a day on average, 77% more than the typical road in the county (715).

9th Street leads with 1,623 vehicles a day, 175 of them trucks (10.8%). It tops the truck ranking too, with the most trucks.

Trips using US 70 are long: a median of 59.3 minutes against 37.2 county-wide, the mark of a through route.

Drivers on US 70 are noticeably older, with a median age of 54.9 against 46.4 across the county.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
19th StreetPrimary road · 1,623vehicles175trucks · 10.8%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
5.0%
Median trip time
33.9 min
Drivers’ median age
46.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$62,636

9th Street carries 2.3 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 33.9 minutes.

2US 83Primary road · 1,126vehicles112trucks · 9.9%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
2.6%
Median trip time
42.1 min
Drivers’ median age
44.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$61,450

US 83 carries 57% more than the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 42.1 minutes.

3Easley StreetPrimary road · 1,054vehicles116trucks · 11.0%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
3.6%
Median trip time
36.1 min
Drivers’ median age
46.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$53,453

At 47% more than the county average, Easley Street draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $53,453 in household income.

4US 62Primary road · 719vehicles105trucks · 14.6%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
59.2 min
Drivers’ median age
44.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$72,290

US 62 carries through traffic: the median trip using it lasts 59.2 minutes, against 37.2 for the county.

5US 70Primary road · 463vehicles55trucks · 11.9%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
59.3 min
Drivers’ median age
54.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$72,602

US 70 is a quieter road: its busiest stretch carries 35% less than the county average; trucks are 11.9% of it, in line with the county-wide 12.4%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
19th StreetPrimary road · #1 by traffic1,623vehicles175trucks · 10.8%
2Easley StreetPrimary road · #3 by traffic1,054vehicles116trucks · 11.0%
3US 83Primary road · #2 by traffic1,126vehicles112trucks · 9.9%
4US 62Primary road · #4 by traffic719vehicles105trucks · 14.6%
5US 70Primary road · #5 by traffic463vehicles55trucks · 11.9%
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

CottleDepartment 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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