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Traffic heat map of Hinsdale County, Colorado: 43 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Gunnison Avenue and County Road 30

Hinsdale County, Colorado Traffic Counts

TrafficZoom tracks traffic on 43 road miles in Hinsdale County, Colorado, divided into 233 segments averaging 974 ft. Trips here are the shortest of any county in Colorado, a median 19.7 minutes. 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 Hinsdale County, Colorado

Traffic

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

vehicles per day895
Trucks

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

8.2%
Average travel time

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

19.7 min
Congestion ratio

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

5.8%
Drivers’ average age

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

57.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$64,403

Our data shows 895 vehicles per day on the average road in Hinsdale County, Colorado, and 20,189 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈7.4 million per year) across its 43 miles of monitored roads. About 1 in 12 vehicles is a truck, in line with Colorado (8.4%).

The shortest trips of any county in Colorado

Hinsdale sees 87% lower average daily traffic volume than the state average (895 vehicles per day against 6,752), suggesting less demand on each road - quiet roads that suit freight movement more than drive-by retail. Across the whole network, that travel is less than 0.1% of Colorado's statewide total. Hinsdale carries less traffic than 98% of counties in Colorado.

The average trip takes 19.7 minutes, 41% lower than the state level. Hinsdale additionally records the lowest average travel time of any county in Colorado - 19.7 minutes.

Congestion runs 63% lower than the state level, at a ratio of 5.8%, which means smoother traffic flow - delays are rare enough to plan travel times almost to the minute.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Hinsdale County, Colorado, traffic has a sharp commute peak, with the busiest hour carrying about 9% of the day's traffic.

Hinsdale County vs. Colorado Traffic Comparison

Of the four measures, average daily traffic per road differs most: Hinsdale County runs 87% below the Colorado average. Its average travel time is also 41% below.

MetricHinsdale CountyColorado averageDifference
Traffic8956,752-86.7%
Truck % (Total Traffic)8.2%8.4%-2.6%
Avg. Travel Time19.7 min33.2 min-40.6%

How Hinsdale County compares

Hinsdale County moves the least traffic of its nearby counties

Compared with its 4 closest neighbours, Hinsdale County moves 10.2% of the total daily travel and carries 69.2% less traffic on a typical road; it has the quietest roads of the five. It is the quiet one of the group - below the areas around it on volume, total travel and trip length alike.

Hinsdale 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
Hinsdale County8958.2%20,18919.7 min5.8%
San Juan County, Colorado2,7017.1%90,12944.2 min7.0%
Mineral County, Colorado90810.3%56,15839.6 min4.8%
Ouray County, Colorado4,5527.2%284,13438.0 min16.7%
Archuleta County, Colorado3,4668.3%364,48228.4 min12.2%
Colorado average6,7528.4%N/A33.2 min15.7%

Hinsdale County ranked within Colorado

No county-level area in Colorado records a lower average travel time than Hinsdale County.

Hinsdale County ranked among 64 county-level areas in Colorado (1 = highest).
MeasureHinsdale CountyColorado rank
Traffic volume (AADT)895#63 of 64
Average travel time19.7 min#64 of 64
Average driver income$64,403#51 of 64
Average driver age57.7 yrs#4 of 64

Hinsdale County ranks #4 of 64 on average driver age but #64 of 64 on average travel time - the two describe the same roads and are worth reading together rather than either on its own.

Busiest roads in Hinsdale County, Colorado

Traffic concentrates on a few corridors: the three busiest roads average 1,108 vehicles a day, against 895 on the average road in Hinsdale County.

Gunnison Avenue is the busiest road, at 2,425 vehicles a day, 174 of them trucks (7.2%). That is 4.5 times the next road, County Road 30 (543). It tops the truck ranking too, with the most trucks.

Trucks make up 72.7% of traffic on Cebolla Creek Road and 17.2% on County Road 20, against 8.2% across all roads in the county.

County Road 20 is a local road at heart: the median trip using it lasts 12.6 minutes, against 19.7 for the county.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Gunnison AvenueSecondary road · 2,425vehicles174trucks · 7.2%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
7.8%
Median trip time
21.0 min
Drivers’ median age
56.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$64,539

The busiest stretch of Gunnison Avenue carries 2.7 times the county average; trucks are 7.2% of it, below the county-wide 8.2%.

2County Road 30Tertiary road · 543vehicles33trucks · 6.0%
Road class
Tertiary road
Congestion ratio
3.2%
Median trip time
19.4 min
Drivers’ median age
58.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$64,488

Even at its busiest, County Road 30 carries 39% less than the county average; trucks are 6.0% of it, below the county-wide 8.2%.

3Silver Thread Scenic BywaySecondary road · 357vehicles28trucks · 7.8%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
5.1%
Median trip time
17.5 min
Drivers’ median age
58.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$63,812

Silver Thread Scenic Byway is a quieter road: its busiest stretch carries 60% less than the county average; trucks are 7.8% of it, in line with the county-wide 8.2%.

4County Road 20Tertiary road · 135vehicles23trucks · 17.2%
Road class
Tertiary road
Median trip time
12.6 min
Drivers’ median age
59.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$64,327

Even at its busiest, County Road 20 carries 85% less than the county average; trucks are 17.2% of it, above the county-wide 8.2%.

5Cebolla Creek RoadTertiary road · 128vehicles93trucks · 72.7%
Road class
Tertiary road

Cebolla Creek Road is a quieter road: its busiest stretch carries 86% less than the county average; trucks are 72.7% of it, above the county-wide 8.2%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Gunnison AvenueSecondary road · #1 by traffic2,425vehicles174trucks · 7.2%
2Cebolla Creek RoadTertiary road · #5 by traffic128vehicles93trucks · 72.7%
3County Road 30Tertiary road · #2 by traffic543vehicles33trucks · 6.0%
4Silver Thread Scenic BywaySecondary road · #3 by traffic357vehicles28trucks · 7.8%
5County Road 20Tertiary road · #4 by traffic135vehicles23trucks · 17.2%
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

HinsdaleDepartment 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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