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Traffic heat map of Emery County, Utah: 482 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on I 70 and Main Street

Emery County, Utah Traffic Counts

Its highways carry one of the top 3 truck shares of any county in Utah. This page breaks down traffic in Emery County, Utah across 482 miles of monitored roads split into 1,127 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 Emery County, Utah

Traffic

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

vehicles per day2,233
Trucks

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

18.3%
Average travel time

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

37.9 min
Drivers’ average age

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

47.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$71,224

A typical monitored road in Emery County, Utah sees 2,233 vehicles per day, while its 482 miles of monitored roads together handle 792,794 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈289 million per year). Freight weighs heavily here: trucks are 18.3% of traffic, against 8.9% across Utah.

Traffic 78% below the Utah average

Emery sees 78% lower average daily traffic volume than the state average (2,233 vehicles per day against 10,198), suggesting less demand on each road - very light roads: easy truck access, but little passing trade for roadside retail. Across the whole network, that travel is about 0.9% of Utah's statewide total. By volume, Emery's 2,233 vehicles per day trails 82% of counties in Utah.

Journey times run 18% higher than the state level, at 37.9 minutes on average. On travel time, Emery runs longer than 89% of counties in Utah.

Highway vs. Non-Highway Traffic Analysis

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Highway Traffic in Emery County, Utah

Trafficvehicles per day3,487
Trucks22.9%
Average travel time59.7 min
Drivers’ average age46.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income$64,523

A little more than half of the driving in Emery County, Utah happens on highways: 64% of all vehicle-miles. The average highway carries 3,487 vehicles per day, 86% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 1,876 vehicles per day.

With 43% of the road miles (206 miles in 250 segments), highways punch above their length, carrying 503,432 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈184 million per year).

Higher highway truck share than 96% of counties in Utah

Highway truck concentration here runs 85% higher than the state average, at 22.9%. That marks Emery as a major freight corridor, where highway access is what logistics operators compete on.

Emery's highway truck share (22.9%) is higher than 96% of counties in Utah. By raw truck volume, Emery carries fewer highway trucks than 92% of counties in Utah.

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Non-highway Traffic in Emery County, Utah

Trafficvehicles per day1,876
Trucks10.4%
Average travel time31.6 min
Drivers’ average age47.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income$72,759

A significant share of driving in Emery County, Utah, 36% of vehicle-miles, happens on local roads. The average non-highway road carries 1,876 vehicles per day.

Spread over 276 miles and 877 segments, 57% of the road network, local roads carry a lighter load per mile: 289,362 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈106 million per year). The truck share on non-highway roads is 10.4%.

Older drivers than 79% of counties in Utah

Non-highway roads carry a truck concentration that's 55% lower than the highway network.

Emery's average driver income is lower than 75% of counties in Utah. Emery's median driver age is higher than 79% of counties in Utah.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

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Peak Traffic Windows
Weekday peaks:
AM peak 9:00 AM–12:00 PM and PM peak 3:00 PM–6:00 PM, with volumes reaching approximately 63% higher than the daily average.
Weekend traffic:
Weekends are busier than weekdays: volumes run about 9% above weekday levels, which usually points to leisure, tourism or shopping traffic.
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Seasonal Fluctuation
Busy season:
May–July is the high season, with volumes +22% versus the annual average.
Lowest month:
January is the quietest month, with volumes -31% versus the annual average - the usual winter low.

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Emery County, Utah, the peak hour concentrates about 7% of the day's traffic, and there is a strong seasonal swing of +22% in high season.

Emery County vs. Utah Traffic Comparison

Emery County's biggest difference from the Utah average is its truck share, 105% above it. Its highway truck share is also 85% above.

MetricEmery CountyUtah averageDifference
Traffic2,23310,198-78.1%
Truck % (Total Traffic)18.3%8.9%+104.9%
Truck % (Highway)22.9%12.3%+85.3%
Avg. Travel Time37.9 min32.2 min+17.7%

How Emery County compares

Emery County has a higher truck share than any nearby county

Against the 4 nearest areas, Emery County runs 7.5 percentage points more truck traffic and sees 23.1% longer typical trips; it has the fourth busiest roads of the five. Freight passes through here that never reaches the areas around it: the truck share is high precisely because the local car traffic is not.

Emery County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Utah average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Emery County2,23318.3%792,79437.9 minN/A
Carbon County, Utah4,8809.4%566,03335.1 min10.1%
Sanpete County, Utah3,0048.1%522,18232.7 minN/A
Wayne County, Utah9749.3%73,47524.4 minN/A
Sevier County, Utah3,13016.4%981,09530.9 minN/A
Utah average10,1988.9%N/A32.2 min21.2%

Emery County ranked within Utah

Emery County sits in Utah's top three on truck share on highways.

Emery County ranked among 29 county-level areas in Utah (1 = highest); measures without data in every county rank a smaller field, down to 25.
MeasureEmery CountyUtah rank
Traffic volume (AADT)2,233#24 of 29
Highway vehicle-miles per day503,432#18 of 25
Truck share on highways22.9%#2 of 25
Highway trucks per day797#23 of 25
Average travel time37.9 min#4 of 29
Average driver income$71,224#22 of 29
Average driver age47.0 yrs#7 of 29

Emery County ranks #2 of 25 on truck share on highways but #23 of 25 on highway truck volume - the two describe the same roads and are worth reading together rather than either on its own.

Busiest roads in Emery County, Utah

The three busiest roads in Emery County average 7,252 vehicles a day, 3.2 times the county average of 2,233 across all its monitored roads.

I 70 is the busiest road, at 8,218 vehicles a day, 2,012 of them trucks (24.5%). Main Street is practically level with it at 8,129. It tops the truck ranking too, with the most trucks.

Trips using US 6 are long: a median of 60.8 minutes against 37.9 county-wide, the mark of a through route.

Few trucks use Main Street: 7.2% of its traffic, under half the county's 18.3%.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1I 70Motorway · 8,218vehicles2,012trucks · 24.5%
Road class
Motorway
Median trip time
54.6 min
Drivers’ median age
45.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$63,966

I 70 carries through traffic: the median trip using it lasts 54.6 minutes, against 37.9 for the county.

2Main StreetPrimary road · 8,129vehicles588trucks · 7.2%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
26.6 min
Drivers’ median age
46.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$72,433

Trips on Main Street are short, a median 26.6 minutes against 37.9 county-wide, so it mostly serves local errands and commutes.

3US 6Trunk road · 5,409vehicles757trucks · 14.0%
Road class
Trunk road
Median trip time
60.8 min
Drivers’ median age
46.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$58,637

US 6 carries 2.4 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 60.8 minutes.

4UT 10Primary road · 4,856vehicles454trucks · 9.3%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
31.6 min
Drivers’ median age
46.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$68,782

At 2.2 times the county average, UT 10 draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $68,782 in household income.

5State StreetPrimary road · 4,029vehicles315trucks · 7.8%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
32.3 min
Drivers’ median age
46.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$72,781

At 80% more than the county average, State Street draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $72,781 in household income.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1I 70Motorway · #1 by traffic8,218vehicles2,012trucks · 24.5%
2US 6Trunk road · #3 by traffic5,409vehicles757trucks · 14.0%
3Main StreetPrimary road · #2 by traffic8,129vehicles588trucks · 7.2%
4UT 10Primary road · #4 by traffic4,856vehicles454trucks · 9.3%
5State StreetPrimary road · #5 by traffic4,029vehicles315trucks · 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

EmeryDepartment 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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