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Traffic heat map of Kanabec County, Minnesota: 312 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on MN 23 / MN 65 and MN 23 / MN 47

Kanabec County, Minnesota Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of Kanabec County, Minnesota? We measure 312 road miles, divided into 4,154 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. Its busiest road, MN 23 / MN 65, carries 10,627 vehicles a day, 7.5 times the average road. 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 Kanabec County, Minnesota

Traffic

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

vehicles per day1,410
Trucks

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

8.3%
Average travel time

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

41.1 min
Congestion ratio

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

5.3%
Drivers’ average age

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

50.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$73,341

The average monitored road in Kanabec County, Minnesota carries 1,410 vehicles per day. Across its 312 miles of monitored roads, that adds up to 412,718 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈151 million per year). Trucks are 8.3% of traffic, close to the 8.1% across Minnesota.

Longer trips than 93% of counties in Minnesota

Kanabec sees 59% lower average daily traffic volume than the state average (1,410 vehicles per day against 3,404), 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 about 0.3% of Minnesota's statewide total. By volume, Kanabec's 1,410 vehicles per day trails 67% of counties in Minnesota.

The average trip takes 41.1 minutes, 28% higher than the state level. Its average travel time of 41.1 minutes is longer than 93% of counties in Minnesota.

The congestion ratio of 5.3% is 50% lower, pointing to smoother traffic flow than the state level - 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 Kanabec County, Minnesota

Trafficvehicles per day5,233
Trucks10.1%
Average travel time45.6 min
Congestion ratio13.4%
Drivers’ average age49.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income$73,809

A significant share of driving in Kanabec County, Minnesota, 39% of vehicle-miles, happens on highways. The average highway carries 5,233 vehicles per day, 449% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 953 vehicles per day.

Yet highways are only 10% of the road network, 32 miles in 444 segments, so each mile of them is 3.8 times as busy as the average road mile.

Lower highway truck share than 65% of counties in Minnesota

The concentration of trucks on highways (10.1%) is in line with the state average for similar road classifications. The highway traffic mix is typical for Minnesota: neither freight- nor commuter-dominated.

Kanabec's highway truck share (10.1%) is lower than 65% of counties in Minnesota. Kanabec's highway truck count is lower than 65% of counties in Minnesota, at roughly 526 trucks per day.

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Non-highway Traffic in Kanabec County, Minnesota

Trafficvehicles per day953
Trucks7.2%
Average travel time40.6 min
Congestion ratio4.3%
Drivers’ average age52.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income$72,974

A little more than half of the driving in Kanabec County, Minnesota happens on local roads: 61% of all vehicle-miles. On the average non-highway road, that comes to 953 vehicles per day.

Spread over 280 miles and 3,710 segments, 90% of the road network, local roads carry a lighter load per mile: 249,865 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈91.2 million per year). The truck share on non-highway roads is 7.2%.

Local congestion 56% below the Minnesota average

Compared to highways, non-highway routes see 29% fewer trucks by share.

At 56% lower than the state level, the non-highway congestion ratio of 4.3% signals easier movement on local roads.

Trip origins here have lower average income than 60% of counties in Minnesota. Kanabec's median driver age is higher than 58% of counties in Minnesota.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Kanabec County, Minnesota, the peak hour concentrates about 8% of the day's traffic.

Kanabec County vs. Minnesota Traffic Comparison

The average daily traffic per road sets Kanabec County apart: 59% below the Minnesota average. Its average travel time, by contrast, is 28% above.

MetricKanabec CountyMinnesota averageDifference
Traffic1,4103,404-58.6%
Truck % (Total Traffic)8.3%8.1%+3.0%
Truck % (Highway)10.1%10.3%-1.9%
Avg. Travel Time41.1 min32.2 min+27.6%

How Kanabec County compares

Kanabec County moves the least traffic of its nearby counties

Against the 4 nearest areas, Kanabec County moves 31.3% of the total daily travel and is 37.8% less congested; it has the quietest roads of the five. Trips here run longer without running slower: distance, not congestion, is what drivers spend their time on.

Kanabec County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Minnesota average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Kanabec County1,4108.3%412,71841.1 min5.3%
Isanti County, Minnesota2,4126.0%1,054,61434.3 min9.6%
Mille Lacs County, Minnesota1,8188.6%912,95933.6 min6.6%
Benton County, Minnesota2,3548.2%1,323,50630.2 min8.6%
Chisago County, Minnesota2,8828.1%1,975,33730.6 min9.1%
Minnesota average3,4048.1%N/A32.2 min10.6%

Kanabec County ranked within Minnesota

Average travel time places Kanabec County #7 of 87 in Minnesota - the top quarter of the state.

Kanabec County ranked among 87 county-level areas in Minnesota (1 = highest); measures without data in every county rank a smaller field, down to 81.
MeasureKanabec CountyMinnesota rank
Traffic volume (AADT)1,410#59 of 87
Highway vehicle-miles per day162,853#59 of 81
Truck share on highways10.1%#53 of 81
Highway trucks per day526#53 of 81
Average travel time41.1 min#7 of 87
Average driver income$73,341#53 of 87
Average driver age50.1 yrs#37 of 87

Busiest roads in Kanabec County, Minnesota

On their busiest stretches, the three busiest roads in Kanabec County carry 8,206 vehicles a day on average, 5.8 times the typical road in the county (1,410).

MN 23 / MN 65 leads with 10,627 vehicles a day, 725 of them trucks (6.8%). It tops the truck ranking too, with the most trucks.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1MN 23 / MN 65Trunk road · 10,627vehicles725trucks · 6.8%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
24.8%
Median trip time
43.3 min
Drivers’ median age
49.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$71,454

Delays build on MN 23 / MN 65: its congestion ratio of 25% over free-flow time is well above the county's 5%.

2MN 23 / MN 47Trunk road · 7,157vehicles666trucks · 9.3%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
15.9%
Median trip time
48.3 min
Drivers’ median age
49.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$74,015

MN 23 / MN 47 is a trunk route for the county, carrying 5.1 times the county average on its busiest stretch; trucks are 9.3% of it, above the county-wide 8.3%.

3MN 23Trunk road · 6,833vehicles564trucks · 8.2%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
16.0%
Median trip time
43.7 min
Drivers’ median age
50.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$68,616

Travel on MN 23's busiest stretch runs 16% over free-flow time, against 5% across the county, so expect slower peak hours.

4Forest AvenueTrunk road · 6,626vehicles486trucks · 7.3%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
14.6%
Median trip time
39.4 min
Drivers’ median age
50.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$69,037

Forest Avenue carries 4.7 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 39.4 minutes.

5MN 65Trunk road · 5,226vehicles505trucks · 9.7%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
11.8%
Median trip time
37.3 min
Drivers’ median age
48.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$75,153

At 3.7 times the county average, MN 65 draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $75,153 in household income.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1MN 23 / MN 65Trunk road · #1 by traffic10,627vehicles725trucks · 6.8%
2MN 23 / MN 47Trunk road · #2 by traffic7,157vehicles666trucks · 9.3%
3MN 23Trunk road · #3 by traffic6,833vehicles564trucks · 8.2%
4MN 65Trunk road · #5 by traffic5,226vehicles505trucks · 9.7%
5MN 23 / County Road 11Trunk road · 4,484vehicles501trucks · 11.2%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
10.3%
Median trip time
50.3 min
Drivers’ median age
49.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$69,816

The busiest stretch of MN 23 / County Road 11 carries 3.2 times the county average; trucks are 11.2% of it, above the county-wide 8.3%.

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

KanabecDepartment 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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