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Traffic heat map of Eddy County, North Dakota: 82 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on 1st Street and US 281

Eddy County, North Dakota Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of Eddy County, North Dakota? We measure 82 road miles, divided into 394 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. The average road here carries 664 vehicles a day, 69% less than the North Dakota average of 2,174. 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 Eddy County, North Dakota

Traffic

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

vehicles per day664
Trucks

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

11.4%
Average travel time

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

48.7 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.

54.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$72,028

Our data shows 664 vehicles per day on the average road in Eddy County, North Dakota, and 42,822 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈15.6 million per year) across its 82 miles of monitored roads. About 1 in 9 vehicles is a truck, in line with North Dakota (11.1%).

Longer trips than 87% of counties in North Dakota

Eddy sees 69% lower average daily traffic volume than the state average (664 vehicles per day against 2,174), suggesting less demand on each road - quiet roads that suit freight movement more than drive-by retail. Network-wide, Eddy accounts for about 0.2% of North Dakota's statewide total of vehicle-miles. Eddy carries less traffic than 77% of counties in North Dakota.

Journey times run 31% higher than the state level, at 48.7 minutes on average. On travel time, Eddy runs longer than 87% of counties in North Dakota.

At 66% lower than the state level, the 3.6% 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 Eddy County, North Dakota, the peak hour concentrates about 7% of the day's traffic.

Eddy County vs. North Dakota Traffic Comparison

The average daily traffic per road sets Eddy County apart: 69% below the North Dakota average. Its average travel time, by contrast, is 31% above.

MetricEddy CountyNorth Dakota averageDifference
Traffic6642,174-69.5%
Truck % (Total Traffic)11.4%11.1%+2.9%
Avg. Travel Time48.7 min37.0 min+31.4%

How Eddy County compares

Eddy County moves the least traffic of its nearby counties

Set against the average of the 4 areas nearest to it, Eddy County moves 29.5% of the total daily travel and is 38.9% less congested; it has the third busiest roads of the five. Trips here run longer without running slower: distance, not congestion, is what drivers spend their time on.

Eddy County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the North Dakota average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Eddy County66411.4%42,82248.7 min3.6%
Foster County, North Dakota1,09410.2%96,66041.8 min5.3%
Nelson County, North Dakota52311.1%112,94242.2 min2.5%
Benson County, North Dakota64410.8%151,57535.4 min5.8%
Ramsey County, North Dakota1,75310.3%218,50130.1 min9.7%
North Dakota average2,17411.1%N/A37.0 min10.6%

Eddy County ranked within North Dakota

Eddy County sits in the top quarter of the North Dakota field on average travel time, at #8 of 53.

Eddy County ranked among 53 county-level areas in North Dakota (1 = highest).
MeasureEddy CountyNorth Dakota rank
Traffic volume (AADT)664#41 of 53
Average travel time48.7 min#8 of 53
Average driver income$72,028#38 of 53
Average driver age54.1 yrs#13 of 53

Eddy County ranks #8 of 53 on average travel time but #41 of 53 on average daily traffic volume - the two describe the same roads and are worth reading together rather than either on its own.

Busiest roads in Eddy County, North Dakota

On their busiest stretches, the three busiest roads in Eddy County carry 1,759 vehicles a day on average, 2.7 times the typical road in the county (664).

1st Street leads with 1,932 vehicles a day, 228 of them trucks (11.8%). It also carries the most trucks.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
11st StreetPrimary road · 1,932vehicles228trucks · 11.8%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
48.0 min
Drivers’ median age
53.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$60,505

The busiest stretch of 1st Street carries 2.9 times the county average; trucks are 11.8% of it, in line with the county-wide 11.4%.

2US 281Primary road · 1,744vehicles203trucks · 11.6%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
4.1%
Median trip time
50.9 min
Drivers’ median age
54.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$76,257

On its busiest stretch, US 281 carries 2.6 times the county average; trucks are 11.6% of it, in line with the county-wide 11.4%.

3ND 281 NortheastPrimary road · 1,600vehicles184trucks · 11.5%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
59.2 min
Drivers’ median age
52.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$78,871

ND 281 Northeast peaks at 1,600 vehicles a day, 2.4 times the county average; trucks are 11.5% of it, in line with the county-wide 11.4%.

41st Street SoutheastPrimary road · 1,321vehicles158trucks · 11.9%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
55.5 min
Drivers’ median age
53.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$63,816

1st Street Southeast carries 2.0 times the county average at its busiest, 158 of them trucks (11.9%, in line with the county-wide 11.4%).

5ND 15Secondary road · 642vehicles60trucks · 9.4%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
59.5 min

ND 15 is a quieter road: its busiest stretch carries about the same as the county average; trucks are 9.4% of it, below the county-wide 11.4%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
11st StreetPrimary road · #1 by traffic1,932vehicles228trucks · 11.8%
2US 281Primary road · #2 by traffic1,744vehicles203trucks · 11.6%
3ND 281 NortheastPrimary road · #3 by traffic1,600vehicles184trucks · 11.5%
41st Street SoutheastPrimary road · #4 by traffic1,321vehicles158trucks · 11.9%
5ND 15Secondary road · #5 by traffic642vehicles60trucks · 9.4%
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

EddyDepartment 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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