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Traffic heat map of Hayes County, Nebraska: 64 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on US 6 and Hamilton Avenue

Hayes County, Nebraska Traffic Counts

TrafficZoom tracks traffic on 64 road miles in Hayes County, Nebraska, divided into 278 segments averaging 1,224 ft. The average road here carries 901 vehicles a day, 75% less than the Nebraska average of 3,598. 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 Hayes County, Nebraska

Traffic

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

vehicles per day901
Trucks

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

9.7%
Average travel time

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

39.5 min
Drivers’ average age

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

54.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$57,532

A typical monitored road in Hayes County, Nebraska sees 901 vehicles per day, while its 64 miles of monitored roads together handle 45,186 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈16.5 million per year). About 1 in 10 vehicles is a truck, fewer than the 1 in 9 across Nebraska.

Traffic 75% below the Nebraska average

At 901 vehicles per day, the average monitored road in Hayes carries 75% less traffic than the state average of 3,598, 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 less than 0.1% of Nebraska's statewide total. Hayes carries less traffic than 74% of counties in Nebraska.

Journey times run 20% higher than the state level, at 39.5 minutes on average. Its average travel time of 39.5 minutes is longer than 71% of counties in Nebraska.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Hayes County, Nebraska, the peak hour concentrates about 7% of the day's traffic.

Hayes County vs. Nebraska Traffic Comparison

Hayes County's biggest difference from the Nebraska average is its average daily traffic per road, 75% below it. Its average travel time, by contrast, is 20% above.

MetricHayes CountyNebraska averageDifference
Traffic9013,598-75.0%
Truck % (Total Traffic)9.7%11.5%-16.2%
Avg. Travel Time39.5 min33.0 min+19.7%

How Hayes County compares

Hayes County moves the least traffic of its nearby counties

Set against the average of the 4 areas nearest to it, Hayes County moves 5.8% of the total daily travel and carries 53.0% less traffic on a typical road; it has the quietest roads of the five. Quieter and more local than the areas around it on both counts: less traffic, and less of what there is arriving by truck.

Hayes 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
Hayes County9019.7%45,18639.5 minN/A
Hitchcock County, Nebraska1,16510.0%87,43837.5 minN/A
Chase County, Nebraska1,8428.8%177,76031.6 minN/A
Frontier County, Nebraska1,00710.6%84,19340.2 minN/A
Lincoln County, Nebraska3,64522.3%2,764,08336.0 minN/A
Nebraska average3,59811.5%N/A33.0 min17.5%

Hayes County ranked within Nebraska

Average driver income places Hayes County #85 of 93 in Nebraska - the bottom quarter of the state.

Hayes County ranked among 93 county-level areas in Nebraska (1 = highest).
MeasureHayes CountyNebraska rank
Traffic volume (AADT)901#69 of 93
Average travel time39.5 min#28 of 93
Average driver income$57,532#85 of 93
Average driver age54.2 yrs#18 of 93

The two ends of this table sit far apart: #18 of 93 on average driver age, against #85 of 93 on average driver income.

Busiest roads in Hayes County, Nebraska

Traffic concentrates on a few corridors: the three busiest roads average 1,026 vehicles a day, against 901 on the average road in Hayes County.

US 6 leads with 2,191 vehicles a day, 217 of them trucks (9.9%). No other road comes close: Hamilton Avenue, in second place, carries 448. It tops the truck ranking too, with the most trucks.

Freight stands out on Road 740: trucks are 20.9% of the traffic there, against 9.7% county-wide.

Trips on Road 740 are short, a median of 24.4 minutes against 39.5 county-wide, so it serves mostly local traffic.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1US 6Primary road · 2,191vehicles217trucks · 9.9%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
39.2 min
Drivers’ median age
53.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$56,551

US 6 peaks at 2,191 vehicles a day, 2.4 times the county average; trucks are 9.9% of it, in line with the county-wide 9.7%.

2Hamilton AvenueSecondary road · 448vehicles36trucks · 8.0%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
46.7 min
Drivers’ median age
56.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$60,313

Hamilton Avenue is a quieter road: its busiest stretch carries 50% less than the county average; trucks are 8.0% of it, below the county-wide 9.7%.

3NE 25Secondary road · 439vehicles41trucks · 9.2%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
41.9 min
Drivers’ median age
57.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$58,443

Even at its busiest, NE 25 carries 51% less than the county average; trucks are 9.2% of it, in line with the county-wide 9.7%.

4Troth StreetTertiary road · 297vehicles23trucks · 7.6%
Road class
Tertiary road
Median trip time
38.9 min
Drivers’ median age
58.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$60,313

Troth Street is a quieter road: its busiest stretch carries 67% less than the county average; trucks are 7.6% of it, below the county-wide 9.7%.

5NE 25ASecondary road · 291vehicles25trucks · 8.5%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
52.1 min
Drivers’ median age
56.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$57,083

NE 25A carries through traffic: the median trip using it lasts 52.1 minutes, against 39.5 for the county.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1US 6Primary road · #1 by traffic2,191vehicles217trucks · 9.9%
2NE 25Secondary road · #3 by traffic439vehicles41trucks · 9.2%
3Hamilton AvenueSecondary road · #2 by traffic448vehicles36trucks · 8.0%
4NE 25ASecondary road · #5 by traffic291vehicles25trucks · 8.5%
5Road 740Tertiary road · 115vehicles24trucks · 20.9%
Road class
Tertiary road
Median trip time
24.4 min

Even at its busiest, Road 740 carries 87% less than the county average; trucks are 20.9% of it, above the county-wide 9.7%.

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

HayesDepartment 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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