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Traffic heat map of Kittson County, Minnesota: 249 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Atlantic Avenue

Kittson County, Minnesota Traffic Counts

TrafficZoom tracks traffic on 249 road miles in Kittson County, Minnesota, divided into 1,720 segments averaging 765 ft. Its roads are the quietest of any county in Minnesota, at 661 vehicles a day on average. 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 Kittson County, Minnesota

Traffic

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

vehicles per day661
Trucks

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

10.5%
Average travel time

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

46.7 min
Congestion ratio

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

3.2%
Drivers’ average age

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

55.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$70,986

Our data shows 661 vehicles per day on the average road in Kittson County, Minnesota, and 144,328 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈52.7 million per year) across its 249 miles of monitored roads. At 10.5%, the truck share runs above the 8.1% across Minnesota: about 1 in 10 vehicles.

The quietest roads of any county in Minnesota

Kittson sees 81% lower average daily traffic volume than the state average (661 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 0.1% of Minnesota's statewide total. In fact, Kittson has the lowest average traffic volume of any county in Minnesota, at 661 vehicles per day.

The average trip takes 46.7 minutes, 45% higher than the state level. 99% of counties in Minnesota have a shorter average travel time than Kittson's 46.7 minutes.

Congestion runs 70% lower than the state level, at a ratio of 3.2%, which means smoother traffic flow - free-flowing roads make scheduled deliveries highly predictable.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

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

Kittson County vs. Minnesota Traffic Comparison

The average daily traffic per road sets Kittson County apart: 81% below the Minnesota average. Its average travel time, by contrast, is 45% above.

MetricKittson CountyMinnesota averageDifference
Traffic6613,404-80.6%
Truck % (Total Traffic)10.5%8.1%+29.6%
Avg. Travel Time46.7 min32.2 min+44.9%

How Kittson County compares

Kittson County moves the least traffic of its nearby counties

Against the 4 nearest areas, Kittson County is 45.0% less congested and sees 40.4% longer typical trips; 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.

Kittson 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
Kittson County66110.5%144,32846.7 min3.2%
Marshall County, Minnesota8239.1%303,41940.4 min3.7%
Pembina County, North Dakota77411.7%205,38230.1 min5.8%
Roseau County, Minnesota1,5209.8%346,04332.2 min6.5%
Walsh County, North Dakota1,08710.4%269,69630.4 min7.0%
Minnesota average3,4048.1%N/A32.2 min10.6%

Kittson County ranked within Minnesota

Kittson County sits in Minnesota's top three on average travel time.

Kittson County ranked among 87 county-level areas in Minnesota (1 = highest).
MeasureKittson CountyMinnesota rank
Traffic volume (AADT)661#87 of 87
Average travel time46.7 min#2 of 87
Average driver income$70,986#67 of 87
Average driver age55.2 yrs#4 of 87

Kittson County ranks #2 of 87 on average travel time but #87 of 87 on average daily traffic volume. Some of the longest trips in Minnesota on some of its emptiest roads - distance, not congestion, is what sets travel time here.

Busiest roads in Kittson County, Minnesota

The three busiest roads in Kittson County average 1,690 vehicles a day, 2.6 times the county average of 661 across all its monitored roads.

Atlantic Avenue leads with 1,775 vehicles a day, 140 of them trucks (7.9%). MN 11 carries the most trucks, 224 a day (13.8% of its traffic), although it ranks #3 for all traffic.

Trucks make up 100.0% of traffic on County Road 57 and 100.0% on County Road 2, against 10.5% across all roads in the county.

Trips using Commercial Street are long: a median of 109.8 minutes against 46.7 county-wide, the mark of a through route.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Atlantic AvenuePrimary road · 1,775vehicles140trucks · 7.9%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
26.1 min
Drivers’ median age
56.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$71,332

The busiest stretch of Atlantic Avenue carries 2.7 times the county average; trucks are 7.9% of it, below the county-wide 10.5%.

2Commercial StreetPrimary road · 1,674vehicles221trucks · 13.2%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
3.5%
Median trip time
109.8 min

Commercial Street carries 2.5 times the county average at its busiest, 221 of them trucks (13.2%, above the county-wide 10.5%).

3MN 11Primary road · 1,621vehicles224trucks · 13.8%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
3.4%
Median trip time
90.2 min
Drivers’ median age
56.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$78,255

MN 11 carries through traffic: the median trip using it lasts 90.2 minutes, against 46.7 for the county.

4Cleveland AvenuePrimary road · 1,515vehicles164trucks · 10.8%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
3.8%
Median trip time
74.4 min
Drivers’ median age
52.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$68,497

Drivers on Cleveland Avenue are on long journeys, a median 74.4 minutes against 46.7 county-wide: a through route more than a local street.

5Broadway StreetSecondary road · 1,438vehicles95trucks · 6.6%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
25.4 min
Drivers’ median age
56.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$68,867

Broadway Street peaks at 1,438 vehicles a day, 2.2 times the county average; trucks are 6.6% of it, below the county-wide 10.5%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1MN 11Primary road · #3 by traffic1,621vehicles224trucks · 13.8%
2Commercial StreetPrimary road · #2 by traffic1,674vehicles221trucks · 13.2%
3County Road 57Tertiary road · 220vehicles220trucks · 100.0%
Road class
Tertiary road

County Road 57 is a quieter road: its busiest stretch carries 67% less than the county average; trucks are 100.0% of it, above the county-wide 10.5%.

4County Road 2Tertiary road · 188vehicles188trucks · 100.0%
Road class
Tertiary road

Even at its busiest, County Road 2 carries 72% less than the county average; trucks are 100.0% of it, above the county-wide 10.5%.

5Cleveland AvenuePrimary road · #4 by traffic1,515vehicles164trucks · 10.8%
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

KittsonDepartment 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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