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Traffic heat map of Emmet County, Michigan: 186 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Mitchell Street and Bay View Road

Emmet County, Michigan Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of Emmet County, Michigan? We measure 186 road miles, divided into 2,577 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. Its busiest road, Mitchell Street, carries 27,313 vehicles a day, 3.9 times the average road. 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 Emmet County, Michigan

Traffic

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

vehicles per day7,019
Trucks

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

6.1%
Average travel time

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

31.3 min
Congestion ratio

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

19.3%
Drivers’ average age

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

53.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$75,892

The average monitored road in Emmet County, Michigan carries 7,019 vehicles per day. Across its 186 miles of monitored roads, that adds up to 861,963 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈315 million per year). About 1 in 16 vehicles is a truck, fewer than the 1 in 13 across Michigan.

Busier roads than 88% of counties in Michigan

Emmet's average daily traffic volume is 9% lower than the state average - 7,019 vehicles per day against 7,697. In total volume terms, its road network carries about 0.4% of Michigan's statewide total of vehicle-miles. 88% of counties in Michigan see less traffic than Emmet's 7,019 vehicles per day.

The average trip takes 31.3 minutes, 7% lower than the state level. 83% of counties in Michigan have a longer average travel time than Emmet's 31.3 minutes.

At 19.3%, the congestion ratio matches the state level closely.

Highway vs. Non-Highway Traffic Analysis

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Highway Traffic in Emmet County, Michigan

Trafficvehicles per day13,763
Trucks7.2%
Average travel time33.2 min
Congestion ratio35.4%
Drivers’ average age53.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income$75,432

Highways carry more than half of all travel in Emmet County, Michigan (59% of vehicle-miles). The average highway carries 13,763 vehicles per day, 287% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 3,552 vehicles per day.

With 26% of the road miles (49 miles in 875 segments), highways punch above their length, carrying 511,342 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈187 million per year).

Lower highway truck share than 97% of counties in Michigan

At 7.2%, highway truck share is 40% lower than the state average. Highways here mostly serve passenger trips, so local access matters more than long-haul routing for logistics operators.

97% of counties in Michigan see a higher highway truck share than Emmet's 7.2%. 59% of counties in Michigan see more highway trucks per day than Emmet's roughly 995.

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Non-highway Traffic in Emmet County, Michigan

Trafficvehicles per day3,552
Trucks4.5%
Average travel time30.4 min
Congestion ratio11.1%
Drivers’ average age52.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income$76,775

A significant share of driving in Emmet County, Michigan, 41% of vehicle-miles, happens on local roads. A typical local road sees 3,552 vehicles per day.

Spread over 138 miles and 1,702 segments, 74% of the road network, local roads carry a lighter load per mile: 350,621 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈128 million per year). The truck share on non-highway roads is 4.5%.

Drivers from higher-income areas than 76% of counties in Michigan

Non-highway roads carry a truck concentration that's 38% lower than the highway network.

Non-highway congestion (11.1%) runs 39% lower than the state average, pointing to smoother local traffic flow.

Trip origins here have higher average income than 76% of counties in Michigan. The driver population here skews older than 68% of counties in Michigan.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Emmet County, Michigan, the peak hour concentrates about 8% of the day's traffic.

Emmet County vs. Michigan Traffic Comparison

Of the four measures, highway truck share differs most: Emmet County runs 40% below the Michigan average. Its truck share is also 20% below.

MetricEmmet CountyMichigan averageDifference
Traffic7,0197,697-8.8%
Truck % (Total Traffic)6.1%7.7%-20.4%
Truck % (Highway)7.2%12.0%-39.5%
Avg. Travel Time31.3 min33.6 min-6.7%

How Emmet County compares

Emmet County is more congested than any nearby county

Set against the average of the 4 areas nearest to it, Emmet County is 64.8% more congested and carries 75.4% 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.

Emmet County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Michigan average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Emmet County7,0196.1%861,96331.3 min19.3%
Cheboygan County, Michigan3,8188.8%1,110,74133.4 min12.9%
Charlevoix County, Michigan4,3116.5%588,67931.8 min11.4%
Mackinac County, Michigan3,08010.5%685,38435.8 min9.4%
Otsego County, Michigan4,8038.0%949,73533.9 min13.1%
Michigan average7,6977.7%N/A33.6 min18.5%

Emmet County ranked within Michigan

Truck share on highways places Emmet County #72 of 74 in Michigan - the bottom quarter of the state.

Emmet County ranked among 83 county-level areas in Michigan (1 = highest); measures without data in every county rank a smaller field, down to 74.
MeasureEmmet CountyMichigan rank
Traffic volume (AADT)7,019#11 of 83
Highway vehicle-miles per day511,342#39 of 74
Truck share on highways7.2%#72 of 74
Highway trucks per day995#44 of 74
Average travel time31.3 min#69 of 83
Average driver income$75,892#21 of 83
Average driver age53.5 yrs#27 of 83

The two ends of this table sit far apart: #11 of 83 on average daily traffic volume, against #72 of 74 on truck share on highways.

Busiest roads in Emmet County, Michigan

On their busiest stretches, the three busiest roads in Emmet County carry 25,160 vehicles a day on average, 3.6 times the typical road in the county (7,019).

Mitchell Street leads with 27,313 vehicles a day, 1,469 of them trucks (5.4%). It also carries the most trucks.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Mitchell StreetTrunk road · 27,313vehicles1,469trucks · 5.4%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
40.1%
Median trip time
32.3 min
Drivers’ median age
54.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$77,620

Mitchell Street carries 3.9 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 32.3 minutes.

2Bay View RoadTrunk road · 24,479vehicles1,328trucks · 5.4%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
71.2%
Median trip time
32.9 min
Drivers’ median age
53.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$76,981

Delays build on Bay View Road: its congestion ratio of 71% over free-flow time is well above the county's 19%.

3Spring StreetTrunk road · 23,688vehicles1,158trucks · 4.9%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
34.3%
Median trip time
31.8 min
Drivers’ median age
54.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$76,496

At 3.4 times the county average, Spring Street draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $76,496 in household income.

4Sunset BoulevardTrunk road · 22,191vehicles1,418trucks · 6.4%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
55.8%
Median trip time
33.8 min
Drivers’ median age
54.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$76,987

The busiest stretch of Sunset Boulevard carries 3.2 times the county average; trucks are 6.4% of it, in line with the county-wide 6.1%.

5US 31Trunk road · 21,952vehicles1,437trucks · 6.5%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
57.3%
Median trip time
34.2 min
Drivers’ median age
53.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$73,866

Travel on US 31's busiest stretch runs 57% over free-flow time, against 19% across the county, so expect slower peak hours.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Mitchell StreetTrunk road · #1 by traffic27,313vehicles1,469trucks · 5.4%
2US 31Trunk road · #5 by traffic21,952vehicles1,437trucks · 6.5%
3Sunset BoulevardTrunk road · #4 by traffic22,191vehicles1,418trucks · 6.4%
4Merritt StreetTrunk road · 21,004vehicles1,362trucks · 6.5%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
53.7%
Median trip time
34.8 min
Drivers’ median age
53.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$75,084

On its busiest stretch, Merritt Street carries 3.0 times the county average; trucks are 6.5% of it, above the county-wide 6.1%.

5Bay View RoadTrunk road · #2 by traffic24,479vehicles1,328trucks · 5.4%
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

EmmetDepartment 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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