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Traffic heat map of Kossuth County, Iowa: 498 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on State Street and Jones Street

Kossuth County, Iowa Traffic Counts

Its busiest road, State Street, carries 6,672 vehicles a day, 6.9 times the average road. This page breaks down traffic in Kossuth County, Iowa across 498 miles of monitored roads split into 3,797 segments, using multi-sourced mobile and sensor data. It goes beyond raw counts to truck flow, congestion and who is driving, so site selection and route planning rest on evidence.
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 Kossuth County, Iowa

Traffic

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

vehicles per day970
Trucks

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

10.6%
Average travel time

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

39.7 min
Congestion ratio

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

5.3%
Drivers’ average age

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

53.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$70,415

Our data shows 970 vehicles per day on the average road in Kossuth County, Iowa, and 377,961 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈138 million per year) across its 498 miles of monitored roads. About 1 in 9 vehicles is a truck, in line with Iowa (11.0%).

Quieter roads than 95% of counties in Iowa

Kossuth sees 68% lower average daily traffic volume than the state average (970 vehicles per day against 3,042), 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 0.5% of Iowa's statewide total of vehicle-miles. 95% of counties in Iowa see more traffic than Kossuth's 970 vehicles per day.

The average trip takes 39.7 minutes, 20% higher than the state level. Its average travel time of 39.7 minutes is longer than 95% of counties in Iowa.

Congestion runs 54% lower than the state level, at a ratio of 5.3%, which means smoother traffic flow - free-flowing roads make scheduled deliveries highly predictable.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

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Peak Traffic Windows
Weekday peaks:
A long morning plateau from 7:00 AM to 12:00 PM and a long afternoon plateau from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM, with volumes reaching approximately 64% higher than the daily average.
Weekend traffic:
Weekends are much quieter: volumes run about 32% below weekday levels, the signature of a commute-driven road network.
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Seasonal Fluctuation
Busy season:
May–July is the high season, with volumes +9% versus the annual average.
Lowest month:
January is the quietest month, with volumes -12% versus the annual average - the usual winter low.

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Kossuth County, Iowa, the peak hour concentrates about 7% of the day's traffic, and there is a noticeable seasonal swing of +9% in high season.

Kossuth County vs. Iowa Traffic Comparison

Kossuth County's biggest difference from the Iowa average is its average daily traffic per road, 68% below it. Its average travel time, by contrast, is 20% above.

MetricKossuth CountyIowa averageDifference
Traffic9703,042-68.1%
Truck % (Total Traffic)10.6%11.0%-3.6%
Avg. Travel Time39.7 min33.0 min+20.4%

How Kossuth County compares

Kossuth County moves more traffic than any nearby county

Kossuth County tracks the 4 areas around it closely - no measure in this table sets it far apart from the areas immediately next to it, though it has the quietest roads of the five.

Kossuth County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Iowa average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Kossuth County97010.6%377,96139.7 min5.3%
Humboldt County, Iowa1,2959.0%207,44332.6 min6.7%
Palo Alto County, Iowa1,3158.8%211,24337.6 min6.8%
Hancock County, Iowa1,0299.2%275,79936.4 min5.6%
Emmet County, Iowa1,0778.7%130,12533.4 min6.1%
Iowa average3,04211.0%N/A33.0 min11.4%

Kossuth County ranked within Iowa

Average daily traffic volume places Kossuth County #94 of 99 in Iowa - the bottom quarter of the state.

Kossuth County ranked among 99 county-level areas in Iowa (1 = highest).
MeasureKossuth CountyIowa rank
Traffic volume (AADT)970#94 of 99
Average travel time39.7 min#6 of 99
Average driver income$70,415#63 of 99
Average driver age53.0 yrs#7 of 99

Kossuth County ranks #6 of 99 on average travel time but #94 of 99 on average daily traffic volume. Some of the longest trips in Iowa on some of its emptiest roads - distance, not congestion, is what sets travel time here.

Busiest roads in Kossuth County, Iowa

The three busiest roads in Kossuth County average 5,931 vehicles a day, 6.1 times the county average of 970 across all its monitored roads.

State Street leads with 6,672 vehicles a day, 656 of them trucks (9.8%). Main Street carries the most trucks, 693 a day (14.3% of its traffic), although it ranks #3 for all traffic.

Freight stands out on Diagonal Street: trucks are 17.0% of the traffic there, against 10.6% county-wide.

State Street carries longer journeys than most roads here, with a median trip of 54.0 minutes against 39.7 county-wide.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1State StreetPrimary road · 6,672vehicles656trucks · 9.8%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
7.7%
Median trip time
54.0 min
Drivers’ median age
52.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$69,568

State Street carries 6.9 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 54.0 minutes.

2Jones StreetPrimary road · 6,277vehicles552trucks · 8.8%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
8.2%
Median trip time
41.6 min
Drivers’ median age
53.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$70,699

At 6.5 times the county average, Jones Street draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $70,699 in household income.

3Main StreetSecondary road · 4,845vehicles693trucks · 14.3%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
11.5%
Median trip time
34.3 min
Drivers’ median age
52.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$67,293

Main Street carries 5.0 times the county average at its busiest, 693 of them trucks (14.3%, above the county-wide 10.6%).

4Diagonal StreetSecondary road · 3,658vehicles622trucks · 17.0%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
9.0%
Median trip time
34.7 min
Drivers’ median age
51.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$67,366

Diagonal Street carries 3.8 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 34.7 minutes.

5US 18Primary road · 3,194vehicles363trucks · 11.4%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
7.4%
Median trip time
46.5 min
Drivers’ median age
53.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$74,639

At 3.3 times the county average, US 18 draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $74,639 in household income.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Main StreetSecondary road · #3 by traffic4,845vehicles693trucks · 14.3%
2State StreetPrimary road · #1 by traffic6,672vehicles656trucks · 9.8%
3Diagonal StreetSecondary road · #4 by traffic3,658vehicles622trucks · 17.0%
4Jones StreetPrimary road · #2 by traffic6,277vehicles552trucks · 8.8%
5220th StreetPrimary road · 3,128vehicles384trucks · 12.3%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
6.5%
Median trip time
38.8 min
Drivers’ median age
52.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$74,459

The busiest stretch of 220th Street carries 3.2 times the county average; trucks are 12.3% of it, above the county-wide 10.6%.

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

KossuthDepartment 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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