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Traffic heat map of Johnson County, Illinois: 181 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Ken Gray Expressway and I 24

Johnson County, Illinois Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of Johnson County, Illinois? We measure 181 road miles, divided into 1,394 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. About 1 in 5 vehicles here is a truck, against 1 in 10 across Illinois. 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 Johnson County, Illinois

Traffic

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

vehicles per day2,074
Trucks

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

22.1%
Average travel time

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

33.6 min
Congestion ratio

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

7.6%
Drivers’ average age

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

49.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$66,248

The average monitored road in Johnson County, Illinois carries 2,074 vehicles per day. Across its 181 miles of monitored roads, that adds up to 633,704 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈231 million per year). Freight weighs heavily here: trucks are 22.1% of traffic, against 10.2% across Illinois.

Traffic 76% below the Illinois average

Johnson sees 76% lower average daily traffic volume than the state average (2,074 vehicles per day against 8,480), suggesting less demand on each road - very light roads: easy truck access, but little passing trade for roadside retail. In total volume terms, its road network carries about 0.3% of Illinois's statewide total of vehicle-miles. Johnson carries less traffic than 83% of counties in Illinois.

Journey times here (33.6 minutes on average) closely track the state level. On travel time, Johnson runs shorter than 55% of counties in Illinois.

At 63% lower than the state level, the 7.6% congestion ratio signals smoother traffic flow - delays are rare enough to plan travel times almost to the minute.

Highway vs. Non-Highway Traffic Analysis

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Highway Traffic in Johnson County, Illinois

Trafficvehicles per day3,638
Trucks27.5%
Average travel time51.7 min
Congestion ratio8.5%
Drivers’ average age50.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income$68,645

Most travel in Johnson County, Illinois happens on highways, 73% of all vehicle-miles. The average highway carries 3,638 vehicles per day, 99% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 1,829 vehicles per day.

With 40% of the road miles (72 miles in 189 segments), highways punch above their length, carrying 463,074 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈169 million per year).

Higher highway truck share than 83% of counties in Illinois

Highway truck concentration here runs 58% higher than the state average, at 27.5%. That marks Johnson as a major freight corridor, where highway access is what logistics operators compete on.

83% of counties in Illinois see a lower highway truck share than Johnson's 27.5%. 57% of counties in Illinois see more highway trucks per day than Johnson's roughly 999.

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Non-highway Traffic in Johnson County, Illinois

Trafficvehicles per day1,829
Trucks7.7%
Average travel time30.8 min
Congestion ratio7.5%
Drivers’ average age49.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income$64,139

At 27% of vehicle-miles, local roads carry a smaller share of the traffic in Johnson County, Illinois than highways. A typical local road sees 1,829 vehicles per day.

Local roads make up 60% of the monitored road miles (109 miles in 1,205 segments) but carry less than their share of travel: 170,630 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈62.3 million per year). About 1 in 13 vehicles on non-highway roads is a truck (7.7%).

Local congestion 64% below the Illinois average

Non-highway roads carry a truck concentration that's 72% lower than the highway network.

Non-highway congestion (7.5%) runs 64% lower than the state average, pointing to smoother local traffic flow.

71% of counties in Illinois see higher average driver income among trip origins than Johnson. 61% of counties in Illinois have a younger driver population than Johnson.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

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

Johnson County vs. Illinois Traffic Comparison

Of the four measures, truck share differs most: Johnson County runs 117% above the Illinois average. Its average daily traffic per road, by contrast, is 76% below.

MetricJohnson CountyIllinois averageDifference
Traffic2,0748,480-75.5%
Truck % (Total Traffic)22.1%10.2%+117.5%
Truck % (Highway)27.5%17.3%+58.5%
Avg. Travel Time33.6 min34.1 min-1.5%

How Johnson County compares

Johnson County has a higher truck share than any nearby county

Against the 4 nearest areas, Johnson County runs 7.5 percentage points more truck traffic and carries 32.4% less traffic on a typical road; it has the fourth busiest roads of the five. Freight passes through here that never reaches the areas around it: the truck share is high precisely because the local car traffic is not.

Johnson County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Illinois average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Johnson County2,07422.1%633,70433.6 min7.6%
Williamson County, Illinois4,50812.7%2,115,22633.1 min12.0%
Pope County, Illinois1,0888.2%75,28439.4 min3.5%
Massac County, Illinois3,44719.7%542,84531.6 min9.8%
Union County, Illinois3,22118.1%629,32038.6 min9.2%
Illinois average8,48010.2%N/A34.1 min20.6%

Johnson County ranked within Illinois

Johnson County sits in the bottom quarter of the Illinois field on average daily traffic volume, at #85 of 102.

Johnson County ranked among 102 county-level areas in Illinois (1 = highest); measures without data in every county rank a smaller field, down to 82.
MeasureJohnson CountyIllinois rank
Traffic volume (AADT)2,074#85 of 102
Highway vehicle-miles per day463,074#45 of 82
Truck share on highways27.5%#15 of 82
Highway trucks per day999#47 of 82
Average travel time33.6 min#57 of 102
Average driver income$66,248#73 of 102
Average driver age49.9 yrs#40 of 102

The two ends of this table sit far apart: #15 of 82 on truck share on highways, against #85 of 102 on average daily traffic volume.

Busiest roads in Johnson County, Illinois

The three busiest roads in Johnson County average 12,430 vehicles a day, 6.0 times the county average of 2,074 across all its monitored roads.

Ken Gray Expressway is the busiest road, at 15,952 vehicles a day, 4,325 of them trucks (27.1%). It tops the truck ranking too, with the most trucks.

I 24 carries longer journeys than most roads here, with a median trip of 53.3 minutes against 33.6 county-wide.

Few trucks use North Broadway: 6.4% of its traffic, under half the county's 22.1%.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Ken Gray ExpresswayMotorway · 15,952vehicles4,325trucks · 27.1%
Road class
Motorway
Congestion ratio
18.1%
Median trip time
47.6 min
Drivers’ median age
50.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$68,749

Ken Gray Expressway is one of the more congested roads here: trips take 18% longer than at free-flow speed, against 8% county-wide.

2I 24Motorway · 14,904vehicles4,302trucks · 28.9%
Road class
Motorway
Congestion ratio
14.8%
Median trip time
53.3 min
Drivers’ median age
50.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$69,174

A main artery: I 24's busiest stretch carries 7.2 times the county average; trucks are 28.9% of it, above the county-wide 22.1%.

3North BroadwayPrimary road · 6,434vehicles410trucks · 6.4%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
16.1%
Median trip time
30.3 min
Drivers’ median age
49.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$69,876

Delays build on North Broadway: its congestion ratio of 16% over free-flow time is well above the county's 8%.

4IL 37Primary road · 5,101vehicles331trucks · 6.5%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
11.9%
Median trip time
30.6 min
Drivers’ median age
49.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$69,968

On its busiest stretch, IL 37 carries 2.5 times the county average; trucks are 6.5% of it, below the county-wide 22.1%.

51st StreetPrimary road · 4,154vehicles310trucks · 7.5%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
11.8%
Median trip time
27.1 min
Drivers’ median age
51.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$59,155

1st Street peaks at 4,154 vehicles a day, 2.0 times the county average; trucks are 7.5% of it, below the county-wide 22.1%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Ken Gray ExpresswayMotorway · #1 by traffic15,952vehicles4,325trucks · 27.1%
2I 24Motorway · #2 by traffic14,904vehicles4,302trucks · 28.9%
3North BroadwayPrimary road · #3 by traffic6,434vehicles410trucks · 6.4%
4IL 37Primary road · #4 by traffic5,101vehicles331trucks · 6.5%
51st StreetPrimary road · #5 by traffic4,154vehicles310trucks · 7.5%
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

JohnsonDepartment 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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