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Traffic heat map of Gilpin County, Colorado: 54 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on CO 119 and Black Hawk Boulevard

Gilpin County, Colorado Traffic Counts

TrafficZoom tracks traffic on 54 road miles in Gilpin County, Colorado, divided into 766 segments averaging 372 ft. About 1 in 8 vehicles here is a truck, against 1 in 12 across Colorado. Built from cross-verified mobile and road-sensor data, these counts help you size up a retail site, plan logistics routes or assess infrastructure needs.
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 Gilpin County, Colorado

Traffic

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

vehicles per day2,489
Trucks

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

13.3%
Average travel time

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

41.0 min
Congestion ratio

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

10.3%
Drivers’ average age

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

51.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$88,567

A typical monitored road in Gilpin County, Colorado sees 2,489 vehicles per day, while its 54 miles of monitored roads together handle 186,682 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈68.1 million per year). Freight weighs heavily here: trucks are 13.3% of traffic, against 8.4% across Colorado.

Traffic 63% below the Colorado average

At 2,489 vehicles per day, the average monitored road in Gilpin carries 63% less traffic than the state average of 6,752, 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 0.1% of Colorado's statewide total. 65% of counties in Colorado see more traffic than Gilpin's 2,489 vehicles per day.

Journey times run 24% higher than the state level, at 41.0 minutes on average. On travel time, Gilpin runs longer than 76% of counties in Colorado.

Congestion runs 35% lower than the state level, at a ratio of 10.3%, which means smoother traffic flow - fewer delays make delivery windows more reliable.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

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Peak Traffic Windows
Weekday peaks:
AM peak 11:00 AM–12:00 PM and a long afternoon plateau from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM, with volumes reaching approximately 67% higher than the daily average.
Weekend traffic:
Weekends are busier than weekdays: volumes run about 39% above weekday levels, which usually points to leisure, tourism or shopping traffic.
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Seasonal Fluctuation
Busy season:
July–September is the high season, with volumes +21% versus the annual average.
Lowest month:
January is the quietest month, with volumes -17% versus the annual average - the usual winter low.

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Gilpin County, Colorado, the peak hour concentrates about 7% of the day's traffic, and there is a strong seasonal swing of +21% in high season.

Gilpin County vs. Colorado Traffic Comparison

Gilpin County's biggest difference from the Colorado average is its average daily traffic per road, 63% below it. Its truck share, by contrast, is 58% above.

MetricGilpin CountyColorado averageDifference
Traffic2,4896,752-63.1%
Truck % (Total Traffic)13.3%8.4%+57.9%
Avg. Travel Time41.0 min33.2 min+23.7%

How Gilpin County compares

Gilpin County moves the least traffic of its nearby counties

Against the 4 nearest areas, Gilpin County moves 3.8% of the total daily travel and carries 66.6% less traffic on a typical road; it has the quietest 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.

Gilpin County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Colorado average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Gilpin County2,48913.3%186,68241.0 min10.3%
Clear Creek County, Colorado5,22713.7%1,551,11453.2 min16.4%
Boulder County, Colorado8,5545.1%5,372,03733.6 min19.7%
Jefferson County, Colorado8,2315.9%10,806,93633.4 min17.1%
Broomfield County, Colorado7,8147.6%1,737,62930.9 min18.4%
Colorado average6,7528.4%N/A33.2 min15.7%

Gilpin County ranked within Colorado

Gilpin County sits in the top quarter of the Colorado field on average travel time, at #16 of 64.

Gilpin County ranked among 64 county-level areas in Colorado (1 = highest).
MeasureGilpin CountyColorado rank
Traffic volume (AADT)2,489#42 of 64
Average travel time41.0 min#16 of 64
Average driver income$88,567#21 of 64
Average driver age51.8 yrs#17 of 64

Busiest roads in Gilpin County, Colorado

On their busiest stretches, the three busiest roads in Gilpin County carry 7,994 vehicles a day on average, 3.2 times the typical road in the county (2,489).

CO 119 is the busiest road, at 14,362 vehicles a day, 2,196 of them trucks (15.3%). That is 2.4 times the next road, Black Hawk Boulevard (6,024). It also carries the most trucks.

Trucks make up 37.5% of traffic on Main Street and 31.3% on Lawrence Street, against 13.3% across all roads in the county.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1CO 119Primary road · 14,362vehicles2,196trucks · 15.3%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
35.4%
Median trip time
42.0 min
Drivers’ median age
51.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$90,176

CO 119 is one of the more congested roads here: trips take 35% longer than at free-flow speed, against 10% county-wide.

2Black Hawk BoulevardPrimary road · 6,024vehicles1,520trucks · 25.2%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
48.3 min
Drivers’ median age
55.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$94,046

Trucks make up 25.2% of Black Hawk Boulevard's traffic, against 13.3% across the county, so freight weighs heavily here.

3Gregory StreetPrimary road · 3,598vehicles987trucks · 27.4%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
31.6 min
Drivers’ median age
49.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$80,138

Gregory Street leans on freight: 987 trucks a day, 27.4% of its traffic against 13.3% county-wide.

4Main StreetTertiary road · 3,427vehicles1,286trucks · 37.5%
Road class
Tertiary road
Congestion ratio
10.6%
Median trip time
51.9 min
Drivers’ median age
50.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$75,195

Main Street carries 38% more than the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 51.9 minutes.

5Lawrence StreetPrimary road · 2,552vehicles798trucks · 31.3%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
35.5 min
Drivers’ median age
53.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$79,102

Lawrence Street is a quieter road: its busiest stretch carries about the same as the county average; trucks are 31.3% of it, above the county-wide 13.3%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1CO 119Primary road · #1 by traffic14,362vehicles2,196trucks · 15.3%
2Black Hawk BoulevardPrimary road · #2 by traffic6,024vehicles1,520trucks · 25.2%
3Main StreetTertiary road · #4 by traffic3,427vehicles1,286trucks · 37.5%
4Gregory StreetPrimary road · #3 by traffic3,598vehicles987trucks · 27.4%
5Lawrence StreetPrimary road · #5 by traffic2,552vehicles798trucks · 31.3%
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

GilpinDepartment 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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