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Traffic heat map of Garfield County, Nebraska: 61 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on 1st Avenue and NE 11

Garfield County, Nebraska Traffic Counts

The average road here carries 653 vehicles a day, 82% less than the Nebraska average of 3,598. This page breaks down traffic in Garfield County, Nebraska across 61 miles of monitored roads split into 425 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 Garfield County, Nebraska

Traffic

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

vehicles per day653
Trucks

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

7.0%
Average travel time

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

30.3 min
Drivers’ average age

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

53.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$69,901

Our data shows 653 vehicles per day on the average road in Garfield County, Nebraska, and 29,516 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈10.8 million per year) across its 61 miles of monitored roads. About 1 in 14 vehicles is a truck, fewer than the 1 in 9 across Nebraska.

Shorter trips than 92% of counties in Nebraska

Garfield sees 82% lower average daily traffic volume than the state average (653 vehicles per day against 3,598), suggesting less demand on each road - very light roads: easy truck access, but little passing trade for roadside retail. Network-wide, Garfield accounts for less than 0.1% of Nebraska's statewide total of vehicle-miles. 86% of counties in Nebraska see more traffic than Garfield's 653 vehicles per day.

The average trip takes 30.3 minutes, 8% lower than the state level. 92% of counties in Nebraska have a longer average travel time than Garfield's 30.3 minutes.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

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Peak Traffic Windows
Weekday peaks:
AM peak 10:00 AM–11:00 AM and PM peak 3:00 PM–4:00 PM, with volumes reaching approximately 100% higher than the daily average.
Weekend traffic:
Weekends are busier than weekdays: volumes run about 41% above weekday levels, which usually points to leisure, tourism or shopping traffic.
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Seasonal Fluctuation
Busy season:
June–August is the high season, with volumes +79% versus the annual average.
Lowest month:
January is the quietest month, with volumes -54% versus the annual average - the usual winter low.

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Garfield County, Nebraska, the peak hour concentrates about 8% of the day's traffic, and there is a strong seasonal swing of +79% in high season.

Garfield County vs. Nebraska Traffic Comparison

The average daily traffic per road sets Garfield County apart: 82% below the Nebraska average. Its truck share is also 39% below.

MetricGarfield CountyNebraska averageDifference
Traffic6533,598-81.8%
Truck % (Total Traffic)7.0%11.5%-39.3%
Avg. Travel Time30.3 min33.0 min-8.2%

How Garfield County compares

Garfield County against nearby counties

Against the 4 nearest areas, Garfield County sees 28.4% shorter typical trips; it has the second busiest roads of the five. The same kind of road, just less of it: traffic per road matches the areas around it while the network itself is smaller.

Garfield County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Nebraska average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Garfield County6537.0%29,51630.3 minN/A
Valley County, Nebraska1,0067.0%66,41530.4 minN/A
Loup County, Nebraska4719.5%31,17838.3 minN/A
Wheeler County, Nebraska59411.2%42,45654.9 minN/A
Greeley County, Nebraska6029.0%50,29645.8 minN/A
Nebraska average3,59811.5%N/A33.0 min17.5%

Garfield County ranked within Nebraska

Average travel time places Garfield County #86 of 93 in Nebraska - the bottom quarter of the state.

Garfield County ranked among 93 county-level areas in Nebraska (1 = highest).
MeasureGarfield CountyNebraska rank
Traffic volume (AADT)653#80 of 93
Average travel time30.3 min#86 of 93
Average driver income$69,901#40 of 93
Average driver age53.8 yrs#20 of 93

The two ends of this table sit far apart: #20 of 93 on average driver age, against #86 of 93 on average travel time.

Busiest roads in Garfield County, Nebraska

Traffic concentrates on a few corridors: the three busiest roads average 1,400 vehicles a day, against 653 on the average road in Garfield County.

1st Avenue leads with 1,874 vehicles a day, 114 of them trucks (6.1%). That is 52% more than the next road, NE 11 (1,232). It also carries the most trucks.

Trips using NE 91 are long: a median of 43.3 minutes against 30.3 county-wide, the mark of a through route.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
11st AvenueSecondary road · 1,874vehicles114trucks · 6.1%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
34.2 min
Drivers’ median age
53.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$69,356

1st Avenue carries 2.9 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 34.2 minutes.

2NE 11Secondary road · 1,232vehicles77trucks · 6.3%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
30.4 min
Drivers’ median age
53.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$67,373

NE 11 carries 89% more than the county average at its busiest, 77 of them trucks (6.3%, below the county-wide 7.0%).

3G StreetTertiary road · 1,095vehicles49trucks · 4.5%
Road class
Tertiary road
Median trip time
25.7 min
Drivers’ median age
53.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$69,776

G Street carries 68% more than the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 25.7 minutes.

4NE 91Secondary road · 801vehicles56trucks · 7.0%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
43.3 min
Drivers’ median age
54.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$67,851

At 23% more than the county average, NE 91 draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $67,851 in household income.

513th AvenueSecondary road · 655vehicles36trucks · 5.5%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
26.1 min
Drivers’ median age
54.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$70,761

Even at its busiest, 13th Avenue carries about the same as the county average; trucks are 5.5% of it, below the county-wide 7.0%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
11st AvenueSecondary road · #1 by traffic1,874vehicles114trucks · 6.1%
2NE 11Secondary road · #2 by traffic1,232vehicles77trucks · 6.3%
3NE 91Secondary road · #4 by traffic801vehicles56trucks · 7.0%
4G StreetTertiary road · #3 by traffic1,095vehicles49trucks · 4.5%
5NE 96Secondary road · 605vehicles41trucks · 6.8%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
22.8 min
Drivers’ median age
53.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$71,313

NE 96 is a quieter road: its busiest stretch carries 7% less than the county average; trucks are 6.8% of it, in line with the county-wide 7.0%.

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

GarfieldDepartment 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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