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Traffic heat map of Dubuque County, Iowa: 613 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Dodge Street and US 20

Dubuque County, Iowa Traffic Counts

Traffic analytics for Dubuque County, Iowa, calculated from real-world mobile and sensor networks on 7,418 road segments (613 road miles, about 436 ft each). Its busiest road, Dodge Street, carries 31,033 vehicles a day, 8.2 times the average road. Use the figures below to move from assumptions to certainty on retail locations, logistics and road planning.
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 Dubuque County, Iowa

Traffic

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

vehicles per day3,791
Trucks

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

9.5%
Average travel time

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

32.1 min
Congestion ratio

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

14.8%
Drivers’ average age

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

47.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$87,710

A typical monitored road in Dubuque County, Iowa sees 3,791 vehicles per day, while its 613 miles of monitored roads together handle 1,911,046 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈698 million per year). Trucks are 9.5% of traffic, close to the 11.0% across Iowa.

Busier roads than 92% of counties in Iowa

Dubuque's average daily traffic volume is 25% higher than the state average - 3,791 vehicles per day against 3,042 - suggesting more traffic load per road - a critical factor for logistics and site planning. In total volume terms, its road network carries about 2.3% of Iowa's statewide total of vehicle-miles. Dubuque carries more traffic than 92% of counties in Iowa.

Journey times here (32.1 minutes on average) closely track the state level. 73% of counties in Iowa have a longer average travel time than Dubuque's 32.1 minutes.

The congestion ratio of 14.8% is 29% higher, pointing to more pronounced congestion than the state level - a factor for delivery windows and signal timing.

Highway vs. Non-Highway Traffic Analysis

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Highway Traffic in Dubuque County, Iowa

Trafficvehicles per day6,768
Trucks12.2%
Average travel time33.0 min
Congestion ratio16.1%
Drivers’ average age48.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income$88,750

Travel in Dubuque County, Iowa splits roughly evenly, with about half of it (51% of vehicle-miles) on highways. The average highway carries 6,768 vehicles per day, 90% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 3,556 vehicles per day.

With 25% of the road miles (151 miles in 543 segments), highways punch above their length, carrying 973,582 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈355 million per year).

87% of counties in Iowa move less traffic on their highways.

Lower highway truck share than 78% of counties in Iowa

The concentration of trucks on highways (12.2%) is 25% lower than the state average for similar road classifications. Highways here mostly serve passenger trips, so local access matters more than long-haul routing for logistics operators.

Dubuque's highway truck share (12.2%) is lower than 78% of counties in Iowa. Dubuque's highway truck count is higher than 54% of counties in Iowa, at roughly 822 trucks per day.

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Non-highway Traffic in Dubuque County, Iowa

Trafficvehicles per day3,556
Trucks6.8%
Average travel time32.0 min
Congestion ratio14.7%
Drivers’ average age47.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income$86,862

Travel in Dubuque County, Iowa splits roughly evenly, with about half of it (49% of vehicle-miles) on local roads. A typical local road sees 3,556 vehicles per day.

Local roads make up 75% of the monitored road miles (462 miles in 6,875 segments) but carry less than their share of travel: 937,463 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈342 million per year). Trucks make up 6.8% of non-highway traffic, about 1 in 15 vehicles.

Drivers from higher-income areas than 92% of counties in Iowa

Compared to highways, non-highway routes see 44% fewer trucks by share.

At 32% higher than the state level, the non-highway congestion ratio of 14.7% signals more friction on local roads.

Trip origins here have higher average income than 92% of counties in Iowa. Dubuque's median driver age is lower than 74% of counties in Iowa.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

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Peak Traffic Windows
Weekday peaks:
AM peak 7:00 AM–8:00 AM and a long afternoon plateau from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM, with volumes reaching approximately 65% higher than the daily average.
Weekend traffic:
Weekends are much quieter: volumes run about 26% below weekday levels, the signature of a commute-driven road network.
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Seasonal Fluctuation
Busy season:
May–July is the high season, with volumes +8% versus the annual average.
Lowest month:
February is the quietest month, with volumes -16% versus the annual average - the usual winter low.

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Dubuque County, Iowa, the peak hour concentrates about 7% of the day's traffic, and there is a noticeable seasonal swing of +8% in high season.

Dubuque County vs. Iowa Traffic Comparison

The average daily traffic per road sets Dubuque County apart: 25% above the Iowa average. Its highway truck share, by contrast, is 25% below.

MetricDubuque CountyIowa averageDifference
Traffic3,7913,042+24.6%
Truck % (Total Traffic)9.5%11.0%-13.4%
Truck % (Highway)12.2%16.1%-24.5%
Avg. Travel Time32.1 min33.0 min-2.8%

How Dubuque County compares

Dubuque County moves more traffic than any nearby county

Set against the average of the 4 areas nearest to it, Dubuque County is 100.1% more congested and carries 113.9% more traffic on a typical road; it has the busiest roads of the five. It is where traffic concentrates in this corner of the map - the local bottleneck, with more vehicles per road AND less room to absorb them.

Dubuque County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Iowa average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Dubuque County3,7919.5%1,911,04632.1 min14.8%
Jackson County, Iowa1,54810.3%478,96834.1 min6.6%
Delaware County, Iowa1,48611.3%611,00331.5 min6.9%
Grant County, Wisconsin2,30411.2%1,101,47933.1 min9.1%
Jones County, Iowa1,7529.6%559,71233.2 min6.9%
Iowa average3,04211.0%N/A33.0 min11.4%

Dubuque County ranked within Iowa

Average daily traffic volume places Dubuque County #9 of 99 in Iowa - the top quarter of the state.

Dubuque County ranked among 99 county-level areas in Iowa (1 = highest); measures without data in every county rank a smaller field, down to 70.
MeasureDubuque CountyIowa rank
Traffic volume (AADT)3,791#9 of 99
Highway vehicle-miles per day973,582#10 of 70
Truck share on highways12.2%#54 of 70
Highway trucks per day822#33 of 70
Average travel time32.1 min#73 of 99
Average driver income$87,710#9 of 99
Average driver age47.9 yrs#74 of 99

Dubuque County ranks #9 of 99 on average daily traffic volume but #54 of 70 on truck share on highways - the two describe the same roads and are worth reading together rather than either on its own.

Busiest roads in Dubuque County, Iowa

Traffic concentrates on a few corridors: the three busiest roads average 23,377 vehicles a day, against 3,791 on the average road in Dubuque County.

Dodge Street leads with 31,033 vehicles a day, 1,694 of them trucks (5.5%). Olde Hawkeye Road carries the most trucks, 2,463 a day (16.6% of its traffic), although it is not among the 5 busiest roads overall.

US 151 carries longer journeys than most roads here, with a median trip of 54.3 minutes against 32.1 county-wide.

Freight stands out on Olde Hawkeye Road and US 151: trucks are 16.6% and 14.8% of the traffic there, against 9.5% county-wide.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Dodge StreetMotorway · 31,033vehicles1,694trucks · 5.5%
Road class
Motorway
Congestion ratio
38.7%
Median trip time
28.1 min
Drivers’ median age
47.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$80,578

Dodge Street is one of the more congested roads here: trips take 39% longer than at free-flow speed, against 15% county-wide.

2US 20Trunk road · 21,100vehicles1,833trucks · 8.7%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
24.1%
Median trip time
32.6 min
Drivers’ median age
49.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$94,497

US 20 carries 5.6 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 32.6 minutes.

3US 61Trunk road · 17,997vehicles2,113trucks · 11.7%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
21.6%
Median trip time
35.1 min
Drivers’ median age
48.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$88,883

US 61 carries 4.7 times the county average at its busiest, 2,113 of them trucks (11.7%, above the county-wide 9.5%).

4Northwest ArterialTrunk road · 17,030vehicles958trucks · 5.6%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
22.0%
Median trip time
28.6 min
Drivers’ median age
48.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$87,474

Northwest Arterial carries 4.5 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 28.6 minutes.

5University AvenuePrimary road · 16,096vehicles586trucks · 3.6%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
51.1%
Median trip time
34.2 min
Drivers’ median age
47.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$77,713

Delays build on University Avenue: its congestion ratio of 51% over free-flow time is well above the county's 15%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Olde Hawkeye RoadTrunk road · 14,793vehicles2,463trucks · 16.6%
Road class
Trunk road
Median trip time
37.9 min
Drivers’ median age
49.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$88,066

At 3.9 times the county average, Olde Hawkeye Road draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $88,066 in household income.

2US 61Trunk road · #3 by traffic17,997vehicles2,113trucks · 11.7%
3US 20Trunk road · #2 by traffic21,100vehicles1,833trucks · 8.7%
4Dodge StreetMotorway · #1 by traffic31,033vehicles1,694trucks · 5.5%
5US 151Motorway · 9,477vehicles1,399trucks · 14.8%
Road class
Motorway
Congestion ratio
9.5%
Median trip time
54.3 min
Drivers’ median age
48.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$89,273

The busiest stretch of US 151 carries 2.5 times the county average; trucks are 14.8% of it, above the county-wide 9.5%.

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

DubuqueDepartment 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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Q3 2026

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