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Traffic heat map of Daniels County, Montana: 42 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on 1st Avenue and Main Street

Daniels County, Montana Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of Daniels County, Montana? We measure 42 road miles, divided into 160 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. Trips here are the shortest of any county in Montana, a median 27.4 minutes. The breakdown below covers volume, trucks, congestion and driver profiles for retailers, logistics planners and engineers.
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 Daniels County, Montana

Traffic

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

vehicles per day722
Trucks

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

8.7%
Average travel time

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

27.4 min
Congestion ratio

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

3.2%
Drivers’ average age

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

55.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$55,931

Our data shows 722 vehicles per day on the average road in Daniels County, Montana, and 21,025 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈7.7 million per year) across its 42 miles of monitored roads. About 1 in 12 vehicles is a truck, fewer than the 1 in 9 across Montana.

The shortest trips of any county in Montana

Daniels's average daily traffic volume is 83% lower than the state average - 722 vehicles per day against 4,202 - suggesting less traffic load per road - quiet roads that suit freight movement more than drive-by retail. Network-wide, Daniels accounts for less than 0.1% of Montana's statewide total of vehicle-miles. Daniels carries less traffic than 96% of counties in Montana.

Journey times run 24% lower than the state level, at 27.4 minutes on average. It also posts the lowest average travel time in Montana, at 27.4 minutes.

At 74% lower than the state level, the 3.2% congestion ratio signals smoother traffic flow - delays are rare enough to plan travel times almost to the minute.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Daniels County, Montana, traffic has a sharp commute peak, with the busiest hour carrying about 9% of the day's traffic.

Daniels County vs. Montana Traffic Comparison

Of the four measures, average daily traffic per road differs most: Daniels County runs 83% below the Montana average. Its truck share is also 26% below.

MetricDaniels CountyMontana averageDifference
Traffic7224,202-82.8%
Truck % (Total Traffic)8.7%11.7%-25.5%
Avg. Travel Time27.4 min36.2 min-24.3%

How Daniels County compares

Daniels County moves the least traffic of its nearby counties

Against the 4 nearest areas, Daniels County moves 14.5% of the total daily travel and carries 44.3% 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.

Daniels County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Montana average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Daniels County7228.7%21,02527.4 min3.2%
Roosevelt County, Montana1,55712.1%228,14436.1 min5.5%
Sheridan County, Montana93510.9%72,50137.0 min3.7%
Valley County, Montana1,85911.6%195,44431.6 min4.6%
McCone County, Montana83812.3%85,87236.1 min3.9%
Montana average4,20211.7%N/A36.2 min12.3%

Daniels County ranked within Montana

No county-level area in Montana records a lower average travel time than Daniels County.

Daniels County ranked among 56 county-level areas in Montana (1 = highest).
MeasureDaniels CountyMontana rank
Traffic volume (AADT)722#54 of 56
Average travel time27.4 min#56 of 56
Average driver income$55,931#51 of 56
Average driver age55.0 yrs#12 of 56

The two ends of this table sit far apart: #12 of 56 on average driver age, against #56 of 56 on average travel time.

Busiest roads in Daniels County, Montana

On their busiest stretches, the three busiest roads in Daniels County carry 1,000 vehicles a day on average, 38% more than the typical road in the county (722).

1st Avenue is the busiest road, at 1,232 vehicles a day, 88 of them trucks (7.1%). Main Street is practically level with it at 1,205. Main Street carries the most trucks, 90 a day (7.5% of its traffic), although it ranks #2 for all traffic.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
11st AvenuePrimary road · 1,232vehicles88trucks · 7.1%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
2.8%
Median trip time
27.8 min
Drivers’ median age
55.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$54,580

1st Avenue carries 71% more than the county average at its busiest, 88 of them trucks (7.1%, below the county-wide 8.7%).

2Main StreetPrimary road · 1,205vehicles90trucks · 7.5%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
3.5%
Median trip time
23.6 min
Drivers’ median age
55.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$54,020

Main Street carries 67% more than the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 23.6 minutes.

3MT 5Primary road · 563vehicles43trucks · 7.6%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
2.9%
Median trip time
32.7 min
Drivers’ median age
54.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$54,818

Even at its busiest, MT 5 carries 22% less than the county average; trucks are 7.6% of it, below the county-wide 8.7%.

4MT 13Primary road · 436vehicles46trucks · 10.6%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
24.2 min
Drivers’ median age
55.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$59,174

MT 13 is a quieter road: its busiest stretch carries 40% less than the county average; trucks are 10.6% of it, above the county-wide 8.7%.

5S-248Secondary road · 380vehicles30trucks · 7.8%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
32.7 min
Drivers’ median age
56.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$49,797

Even at its busiest, S-248 carries 47% less than the county average; trucks are 7.8% of it, below the county-wide 8.7%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Main StreetPrimary road · #2 by traffic1,205vehicles90trucks · 7.5%
21st AvenuePrimary road · #1 by traffic1,232vehicles88trucks · 7.1%
3MT 13Primary road · #4 by traffic436vehicles46trucks · 10.6%
4MT 5Primary road · #3 by traffic563vehicles43trucks · 7.6%
5S-248Secondary road · #5 by traffic380vehicles30trucks · 7.8%
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

DanielsDepartment 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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