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Traffic heat map of Hawaii: roads over 1,000 vehicles a day shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Lunalilo Freeway and Moanalua Freeway

Hawaii Traffic Counts

Our Hawaii traffic data covers 32,582 road segments over 2,179 road miles, with an average segment of just 353 ft. Its highways carry the lowest truck share of any state nationwide, 5.4%. Whether you are evaluating a new retail location, planning routes or assessing infrastructure, these numbers replace guesswork.
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 Hawaii

Traffic

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

vehicles per day10,441
Trucks

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

5.4%
Average travel time

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

36.4 min
Congestion ratio

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

29.5%
Drivers’ average age

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

48.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$104,554

Our data shows 10,441 vehicles per day on the average road in Hawaii, and 22,127,407 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈8.1 billion per year) across its 2,179 miles of monitored roads. Cars dominate: trucks are just 5.4% of traffic, under the 9.3% across the US.

Busier roads than 98% of states nationwide

Hawaii sees 49% higher average daily traffic volume than the national average (10,441 vehicles per day against 6,986), suggesting more demand on each road - more exposure for roadside businesses, and more competition for road space. In total volume terms, its road network carries about 0.3% of the national total of vehicle-miles. By volume, Hawaii's 10,441 vehicles per day outpaces 98% of states nationwide.

The average trip takes 36.4 minutes, 9% higher than the national level. On travel time, Hawaii runs longer than 96% of states nationwide.

Congestion runs 56% higher than the national level, at a ratio of 29.5%, which means more pronounced congestion - peak-hour routing and delivery windows need real slack here.

Highway vs. Non-Highway Traffic Analysis

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Highway Traffic in Hawaii

Trafficvehicles per day29,608
Trucks5.4%
Average travel time34.2 min
Congestion ratio80.4%
Drivers’ average age47.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income$111,698

Highways carry a significant share of travel in Hawaii: 30% of all vehicle-miles. The average highway carries 29,608 vehicles per day, 207% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 9,654 vehicles per day.

Yet highways are only 9% of the road network, 206 miles in 1,286 segments, so each mile of them is 3.2 times as busy as the average road mile.

The lowest highway truck share of any state nationwide

The concentration of trucks on highways (5.4%) is 59% lower than the national average for similar road classifications. Highways here carry mainly commuter and local trips, with little through freight.

Hawaii also posts the lowest highway truck share nationwide - 5.4%. 56% of states nationwide see more highway trucks per day than Hawaii's roughly 1,587.

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Non-highway Traffic in Hawaii

Trafficvehicles per day9,654
Trucks5.4%
Average travel time36.5 min
Congestion ratio28.2%
Drivers’ average age47.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income$101,528

A little more than half of the driving in Hawaii happens on local roads: 70% of all vehicle-miles. A typical local road sees 9,654 vehicles per day.

Local roads make up 91% of the monitored road miles (1,972 miles in 31,296 segments) but carry less than their share of travel: 15,482,438 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈5.7 billion per year). Trucks make up 5.4% of non-highway traffic, about 1 in 19 vehicles.

Older drivers than 88% of states nationwide

Local roads and highways carry about the same truck share here (5.4% against 5.4%), so freight is not confined to the highways.

At 54% higher than the national level, the non-highway congestion ratio of 28.2% signals more friction on local roads.

86% of states nationwide see lower average driver income among trip origins than Hawaii. The driver population here skews older than 88% of states nationwide.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

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Peak Traffic Windows
Weekday peaks:
AM peak 10:00 AM–12:00 PM and PM peak 3:00 PM–6:00 PM, with volumes reaching approximately 106% higher than the daily average.
Weekend traffic:
Weekends are somewhat quieter: volumes run about 17% below weekday levels, the usual weekend dip.
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Seasonal Fluctuation
Busy season:
Traffic is nearly flat through the year: even March–May, the busiest stretch, runs only +1% versus the annual average.
Lowest month:
November is the quietest month, with volumes -2% versus the annual average.

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Hawaii, the peak hour concentrates about 9% of the day's traffic, and traffic stays steady through the year (+1% in high season).

Hawaii vs. United States Traffic Comparison

Hawaii's biggest difference from the United States average is its highway truck share, 59% below it. Its average daily traffic per road, by contrast, is 49% above.

MetricHawaiiUnited States averageDifference
Traffic10,4416,986+49.5%
Truck % (Total Traffic)5.4%9.3%-42.6%
Truck % (Highway)5.4%13.1%-59.0%
Avg. Travel Time36.4 min33.3 min+9.2%

How Hawaii compares

Hawaii moves the least traffic of its nearby states

Compared with its 4 closest neighbours, Hawaii moves 7.2% of the total daily travel and is 45.8% more congested; it has the second busiest roads of the five. The mirror image of a big network: fewer road-miles carrying heavier traffic, so the travel here is concentrated rather than spread out.

Hawaii and the 4 nearest states by centroid distance, with the United States average for scale.
StateAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Hawaii10,4415.4%22,127,40736.4 min29.5%
California12,7667.8%927,539,30134.5 min27.4%
Oregon5,9089.2%86,863,90434.3 min16.6%
Nevada7,9149.7%63,246,04333.8 min17.1%
Washington7,3227.1%155,256,67633.2 min19.9%
United States average6,9869.3%N/A33.3 min18.9%

Busiest roads in Hawaii

The three busiest roads in Hawaii average 113,561 vehicles a day, 10.9 times the state average of 10,441 across all its monitored roads.

Lunalilo Freeway in Honolulu County leads with 136,013 vehicles a day, 4,977 of them trucks (3.7%). Queen Liliʻuokalani Freeway in Honolulu County carries the most trucks, 5,684 a day (6.1% of its traffic), although it ranks #3 for all traffic.

Kalaniana’ole Highway in Honolulu County draws drivers from wealthier areas: their neighborhoods average $138,608 in household income, 33% above the state's $104,554.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Lunalilo FreewayHonolulu County · Motorway · 136,013vehicles4,977trucks · 3.7%
Road class
Motorway
Congestion ratio
98.2%
Median trip time
34.0 min
Drivers’ median age
47.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$113,046

Lunalilo Freeway is one of the more congested roads here: trips take 98% longer than at free-flow speed, against 30% state-wide.

2Moanalua FreewayHonolulu County · Motorway · 111,263vehicles5,407trucks · 4.9%
Road class
Motorway
Congestion ratio
87.5%
Median trip time
31.8 min
Drivers’ median age
47.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$109,286

At 10.7 times the state average, Moanalua Freeway draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $109,286 in household income.

3Queen Liliʻuokalani FreewayHonolulu County · Motorway · 93,407vehicles5,684trucks · 6.1%
Road class
Motorway
Congestion ratio
78.8%
Median trip time
35.6 min
Drivers’ median age
46.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$111,851

A main artery: Queen Liliʻuokalani Freeway's busiest stretch carries 8.9 times the state average; trucks are 6.1% of it, above the state-wide 5.4%.

4Kalaniana’ole HighwayHonolulu County · Trunk road · 79,673vehicles2,878trucks · 3.6%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
73.7%
Median trip time
30.3 min
Drivers’ median age
49.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$138,608

Kalaniana’ole Highway is a trunk route for the state, carrying 7.6 times the state average on its busiest stretch; trucks are 3.6% of it, below the state-wide 5.4%.

5Veteran's Memorial FreewayHonolulu County · Motorway · 75,863vehicles3,887trucks · 5.1%
Road class
Motorway
Congestion ratio
78.5%
Median trip time
32.9 min
Drivers’ median age
45.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$112,290

Veteran's Memorial Freeway carries 7.3 times the state average at its busiest, 3,887 of them trucks (5.1%, in line with the state-wide 5.4%).

6I H1Honolulu County · Motorway · 72,769vehicles3,092trucks · 4.2%
Road class
Motorway
Congestion ratio
72.8%
Median trip time
30.1 min
Drivers’ median age
49.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$138,304

I H1 carries 7.0 times the state average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 30.1 minutes.

7Farrington HighwayHonolulu County · Motorway · 72,060vehicles5,469trucks · 7.6%
Road class
Motorway
Congestion ratio
89.7%
Median trip time
36.4 min
Drivers’ median age
44.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$102,777

At 6.9 times the state average, Farrington Highway draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $102,777 in household income.

8Fort Weaver RoadHonolulu County · Trunk road · 63,877vehicles3,416trucks · 5.3%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
186.4%
Median trip time
32.5 min
Drivers’ median age
45.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$119,393

Delays build on Fort Weaver Road: its congestion ratio of 186% over free-flow time is well above the state's 30%.

9I H2Honolulu County · Motorway · 45,465vehicles2,564trucks · 5.6%
Road class
Motorway
Median trip time
31.2 min
Drivers’ median age
44.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$103,292

I H2 carries 4.4 times the state average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 31.2 minutes.

10Kahekili HighwayHonolulu County · Primary road · 44,383vehicles2,224trucks · 5.0%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
87.9%
Median trip time
37.9 min
Drivers’ median age
47.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$120,867

At 4.3 times the state average, Kahekili Highway draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $120,867 in household income.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Queen Liliʻuokalani FreewayHonolulu County · Motorway · #3 by traffic93,407vehicles5,684trucks · 6.1%
2Farrington HighwayHonolulu County · Motorway · #7 by traffic72,060vehicles5,469trucks · 7.6%
3Moanalua FreewayHonolulu County · Motorway · #2 by traffic111,263vehicles5,407trucks · 4.9%
4Lunalilo FreewayHonolulu County · Motorway · #1 by traffic136,013vehicles4,977trucks · 3.7%
5Veteran's Memorial FreewayHonolulu County · Motorway · #5 by traffic75,863vehicles3,887trucks · 5.1%
6Fort Weaver RoadHonolulu County · Trunk road · #8 by traffic63,877vehicles3,416trucks · 5.3%
7John A. Burns FreewayHonolulu County · Motorway · 42,391vehicles3,292trucks · 7.8%
Road class
Motorway
Congestion ratio
53.7%
Median trip time
34.8 min
Drivers’ median age
46.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$123,607

The busiest stretch of John A. Burns Freeway carries 4.1 times the state average; trucks are 7.8% of it, above the state-wide 5.4%.

8I H1Honolulu County · Motorway · #6 by traffic72,769vehicles3,092trucks · 4.2%
9Kalaniana’ole HighwayHonolulu County · Trunk road · #4 by traffic79,673vehicles2,878trucks · 3.6%
10I H2Honolulu County · Motorway · #9 by traffic45,465vehicles2,564trucks · 5.6%
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

HawaiiDepartment 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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