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Traffic heat map of Jefferson County, Nebraska: 159 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on K Street and 14th Street

Jefferson County, Nebraska Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of Jefferson County, Nebraska? We measure 159 road miles, divided into 1,160 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. Trips here are the shortest of any county in Nebraska, a median 28.8 minutes. The breakdown below covers volume, trucks, congestion and driver profiles for retailers, logistics planners and engineers.
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 Jefferson County, Nebraska

Traffic

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

vehicles per day1,126
Trucks

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

9.1%
Average travel time

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

28.8 min
Drivers’ average age

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

53.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$67,389

Our data shows 1,126 vehicles per day on the average road in Jefferson County, Nebraska, and 150,736 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈55.0 million per year) across its 159 miles of monitored roads. About 1 in 11 vehicles is a truck, fewer than the 1 in 9 across Nebraska.

The shortest trips of any county in Nebraska

Jefferson's average daily traffic volume is 69% lower than the state average - 1,126 vehicles per day against 3,598 - suggesting less traffic load per road - quiet roads that suit freight movement more than drive-by retail. Network-wide, Jefferson accounts for about 0.3% of Nebraska's statewide total of vehicle-miles. 60% of counties in Nebraska see more traffic than Jefferson's 1,126 vehicles per day.

Journey times run 13% lower than the state level, at 28.8 minutes on average. It also posts the lowest average travel time in Nebraska, at 28.8 minutes.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

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

Jefferson County vs. Nebraska Traffic Comparison

The average daily traffic per road sets Jefferson County apart: 69% below the Nebraska average. Its truck share is also 21% below.

MetricJefferson CountyNebraska averageDifference
Traffic1,1263,598-68.7%
Truck % (Total Traffic)9.1%11.5%-21.4%
Avg. Travel Time28.8 min33.0 min-12.7%

How Jefferson County compares

Jefferson County has the shortest trips among its nearby counties

Compared with its 4 closest neighbours, Jefferson County carries 34.1% less traffic on a typical road and moves 44.5% of the total daily travel; it has the third busiest roads of the five. Smaller and quieter on both counts: a shorter network than the areas around it, carrying lighter traffic across it.

Jefferson 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
Jefferson County1,1269.1%150,73628.8 minN/A
Thayer County, Nebraska1,02312.2%205,89238.1 minN/A
Gage County, Nebraska2,7388.0%752,25334.0 minN/A
Saline County, Nebraska2,0247.6%269,13433.4 minN/A
Washington County, Kansas1,04110.3%128,06737.8 minN/A
Nebraska average3,59811.5%N/A33.0 min17.5%

Jefferson County ranked within Nebraska

No county-level area in Nebraska records a lower average travel time than Jefferson County.

Jefferson County ranked among 93 county-level areas in Nebraska (1 = highest).
MeasureJefferson CountyNebraska rank
Traffic volume (AADT)1,126#56 of 93
Average travel time28.8 min#93 of 93
Average driver income$67,389#53 of 93
Average driver age53.3 yrs#25 of 93

The two ends of this table sit far apart: #25 of 93 on average driver age, against #93 of 93 on average travel time.

Busiest roads in Jefferson County, Nebraska

The three busiest roads in Jefferson County average 4,402 vehicles a day, 3.9 times the county average of 1,126 across all its monitored roads.

K Street leads with 5,334 vehicles a day, 345 of them trucks (6.5%). 14th Street carries the most trucks, 419 a day (8.5% of its traffic), although it ranks #2 for all traffic.

Trips using US 136 are long: a median of 50.3 minutes against 28.8 county-wide, the mark of a through route.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1K StreetSecondary road · 5,334vehicles345trucks · 6.5%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
24.5 min
Drivers’ median age
53.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$61,422

At 4.7 times the county average, K Street draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $61,422 in household income.

214th StreetPrimary road · 4,929vehicles419trucks · 8.5%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
28.4 min
Drivers’ median age
53.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$60,047

The busiest stretch of 14th Street carries 4.4 times the county average; trucks are 8.5% of it, below the county-wide 9.1%.

3US 136Primary road · 2,941vehicles365trucks · 12.4%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
50.3 min
Drivers’ median age
53.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$66,058

On its busiest stretch, US 136 carries 2.6 times the county average; trucks are 12.4% of it, above the county-wide 9.1%.

4NE 15Secondary road · 2,357vehicles150trucks · 6.3%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
27.3 min
Drivers’ median age
53.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$64,380

NE 15 peaks at 2,357 vehicles a day, 2.1 times the county average; trucks are 6.3% of it, below the county-wide 9.1%.

5NE 136Primary road · 2,175vehicles250trucks · 11.5%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
36.8 min
Drivers’ median age
53.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$63,036

NE 136 carries 93% more than the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 36.8 minutes.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
114th StreetPrimary road · #2 by traffic4,929vehicles419trucks · 8.5%
2US 136Primary road · #3 by traffic2,941vehicles365trucks · 12.4%
3K StreetSecondary road · #1 by traffic5,334vehicles345trucks · 6.5%
4NE 136Primary road · #5 by traffic2,175vehicles250trucks · 11.5%
5NE 15Secondary road · #4 by traffic2,357vehicles150trucks · 6.3%
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

JeffersonDepartment 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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