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Traffic heat map of Hamilton County, New York: 138 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Adirondack Trail and Lake Street

Hamilton County, New York Traffic Counts

TrafficZoom tracks traffic on 138 road miles in Hamilton County, New York, divided into 1,054 segments averaging 691 ft. Its roads are the quietest of any county in New York, at 1,342 vehicles a day on average. 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 Hamilton County, New York

Traffic

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

vehicles per day1,342
Trucks

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

9.4%
Average travel time

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

40.1 min
Congestion ratio

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

6.2%
Drivers’ average age

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

59.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$67,021

Our data shows 1,342 vehicles per day on the average road in Hamilton County, New York, and 132,690 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈48.4 million per year) across its 138 miles of monitored roads. At 9.4%, the truck share runs above the 8.0% across New York: about 1 in 11 vehicles.

The quietest roads of any county in New York

At 1,342 vehicles per day, the average monitored road in Hamilton carries 82% less traffic than the state average of 7,377, suggesting less demand on each road - very light roads: easy truck access, but little passing trade for roadside retail. Network-wide, Hamilton accounts for less than 0.1% of New York's statewide total of vehicle-miles. In fact, Hamilton has the lowest average traffic volume of any county in New York, at 1,342 vehicles per day.

Journey times run 16% higher than the state level, at 40.1 minutes on average. 82% of counties in New York have a shorter average travel time than Hamilton's 40.1 minutes.

Congestion runs 70% lower than the state level, at a ratio of 6.2%, which means smoother traffic flow - free-flowing roads make scheduled deliveries highly predictable.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

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Peak Traffic Windows
Weekday peaks:
AM peak 10:00 AM–12:00 PM and a long afternoon plateau from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM, with volumes reaching approximately 90% higher than the daily average.
Weekend traffic:
Weekend traffic is about as busy as on weekdays (+4%): leisure and through trips largely replace the commute.
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Seasonal Fluctuation
Busy season:
July–September is the high season, with volumes +67% versus the annual average.
Lowest month:
December is the quietest month, with volumes -36% versus the annual average - the usual winter low.

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Hamilton County, New York, the peak hour concentrates about 8% of the day's traffic, and there is a strong seasonal swing of +67% in high season.

Hamilton County vs. New York Traffic Comparison

Of the four measures, average daily traffic per road differs most: Hamilton County runs 82% below the New York average. Its truck share, by contrast, is 19% above.

MetricHamilton CountyNew York averageDifference
Traffic1,3427,377-81.8%
Truck % (Total Traffic)9.4%8.0%+18.6%
Avg. Travel Time40.1 min34.7 min+15.7%

How Hamilton County compares

Hamilton County moves the least traffic of its nearby counties

Compared with its 4 closest neighbours, Hamilton County moves 5.4% of the total daily travel and carries 69.7% less traffic on a typical road; it has the quietest roads of the five. Quiet roads and long journeys - a rural pattern, where the distance between destinations rather than the traffic on the way is what takes the time.

Hamilton County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the New York average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Hamilton County1,3429.4%132,69040.1 min6.2%
Herkimer County, New York2,10314.5%1,564,44932.0 min9.6%
Warren County, New York6,2686.8%1,810,56040.6 min23.1%
Fulton County, New York3,6296.5%851,47834.7 min12.2%
Saratoga County, New York5,6916.3%5,691,59931.0 min15.1%
New York average7,3778.0%N/A34.7 min20.7%

Hamilton County ranked within New York

On average driver age, Hamilton County tops the New York field outright.

Hamilton County ranked among 62 county-level areas in New York (1 = highest).
MeasureHamilton CountyNew York rank
Traffic volume (AADT)1,342#62 of 62
Average travel time40.1 min#12 of 62
Average driver income$67,021#55 of 62
Average driver age59.9 yrs#1 of 62

The two ends of this table sit far apart: #1 of 62 on average driver age, against #62 of 62 on average daily traffic volume.

Busiest roads in Hamilton County, New York

Traffic concentrates on a few corridors: the three busiest roads average 2,854 vehicles a day, against 1,342 on the average road in Hamilton County.

Adirondack Trail is the busiest road, at 3,575 vehicles a day, 307 of them trucks (8.6%). It also carries the most trucks.

Trucks make up 33.4% of traffic on Gilmantown Road, against 9.4% across all roads in the county.

Trips using Lake Street are long: a median of 76.9 minutes against 40.1 county-wide, the mark of a through route.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Adirondack TrailPrimary road · 3,575vehicles307trucks · 8.6%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
9.7%
Median trip time
57.0 min
Drivers’ median age
55.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$71,952

Drivers on Adirondack Trail are on long journeys, a median 57.0 minutes against 40.1 county-wide: a through route more than a local street.

2Lake StreetPrimary road · 3,373vehicles250trucks · 7.4%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
9.7%
Median trip time
76.9 min
Drivers’ median age
59.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$75,271

Lake Street carries 2.5 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 76.9 minutes.

3Deerland RoadPrimary road · 1,613vehicles150trucks · 9.3%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
52.4 min
Drivers’ median age
60.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$73,949

Deerland Road peaks at 1,613 vehicles a day, 20% more than the county average; trucks are 9.3% of it, in line with the county-wide 9.4%.

4Main StreetPrimary road · 1,596vehicles106trucks · 6.6%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
42.7 min
Drivers’ median age
63.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$73,861

Main Street carries 19% more than the county average at its busiest, 106 of them trucks (6.6%, below the county-wide 9.4%).

5NY 8Primary road · 1,460vehicles122trucks · 8.3%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
6.1%
Median trip time
26.7 min
Drivers’ median age
60.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$63,169

NY 8 carries 9% more than the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 26.7 minutes.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Adirondack TrailPrimary road · #1 by traffic3,575vehicles307trucks · 8.6%
2Lake StreetPrimary road · #2 by traffic3,373vehicles250trucks · 7.4%
3Deerland RoadPrimary road · #3 by traffic1,613vehicles150trucks · 9.3%
4Gilmantown RoadTertiary road · 368vehicles123trucks · 33.4%
Road class
Tertiary road
Median trip time
23.8 min
Drivers’ median age
59.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$55,568

Gilmantown Road is a local road at heart: the median trip using it lasts 23.8 minutes, against 40.1 for the county.

5NY 8Primary road · #5 by traffic1,460vehicles122trucks · 8.3%
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

HamiltonDepartment 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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