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Traffic heat map of Lamar County, Alabama: 344 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on 3rd Avenue Southwest and Pond Street

Lamar County, Alabama Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of Lamar County, Alabama? We measure 344 road miles, divided into 2,531 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. Trips here are the shortest of any county in Alabama, 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 Lamar County, Alabama

Traffic

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

vehicles per day1,404
Trucks

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

10.0%
Average travel time

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

28.8 min
Congestion ratio

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

6.0%
Drivers’ average age

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

50.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$49,290

The average monitored road in Lamar County, Alabama carries 1,404 vehicles per day. Across its 344 miles of monitored roads, that adds up to 327,916 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈120 million per year). Trucks are 10.0% of traffic, close to the 10.6% across Alabama.

The shortest trips of any county in Alabama

At 1,404 vehicles per day, the average monitored road in Lamar carries 76% less traffic than the state average of 5,932, 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 0.2% of Alabama's statewide total. Lamar carries less traffic than 98% of counties in Alabama.

Journey times run 10% lower than the state level, at 28.8 minutes on average. Lamar additionally records the lowest average travel time of any county in Alabama - 28.8 minutes.

At 61% lower than the state level, the 6.0% congestion ratio signals smoother traffic flow - delays are rare enough to plan travel times almost to the minute.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

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

Lamar County vs. Alabama Traffic Comparison

Of the four measures, average daily traffic per road differs most: Lamar County runs 76% below the Alabama average.

MetricLamar CountyAlabama averageDifference
Traffic1,4045,932-76.3%
Truck % (Total Traffic)10.0%10.6%-5.7%
Avg. Travel Time28.8 min31.8 min-9.5%

How Lamar County compares

Lamar County has the quietest roads among its nearby counties

Against the 4 nearest areas, Lamar County carries 50.4% less traffic on a typical road and moves 38.9% of the total daily travel; it has the quietest roads of the five. Quieter and more local than the areas around it on both counts: less traffic, and less of what there is arriving by truck.

Lamar County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Alabama average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Lamar County1,40410.0%327,91628.8 min6.0%
Fayette County, Alabama2,08710.6%320,58132.7 min6.5%
Monroe County, Mississippi3,26211.3%1,020,77833.1 min9.0%
Marion County, Alabama2,35517.2%1,052,61030.3 min6.9%
Itawamba County, Mississippi3,62714.9%981,52928.8 min7.9%
Alabama average5,93210.6%N/A31.8 min15.5%

Lamar County ranked within Alabama

Lamar County records the lowest average travel time in Alabama.

Lamar County ranked among 67 county-level areas in Alabama (1 = highest).
MeasureLamar CountyAlabama rank
Traffic volume (AADT)1,404#66 of 67
Average travel time28.8 min#67 of 67
Average driver income$49,290#62 of 67
Average driver age50.9 yrs#6 of 67

Lamar County ranks #6 of 67 on average driver age but #62 of 67 on average driver income. The driver population here skews older and lower-income than most of Alabama.

Busiest roads in Lamar County, Alabama

The three busiest roads in Lamar County average 4,664 vehicles a day, 3.3 times the county average of 1,404 across all its monitored roads.

3rd Avenue Southwest is the busiest road, at 5,303 vehicles a day, 410 of them trucks (7.7%). Pond Street carries the most trucks, 472 a day (9.2% of its traffic), although it ranks #2 for all traffic.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
13rd Avenue SouthwestSecondary road · 5,303vehicles410trucks · 7.7%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
9.8%
Median trip time
28.3 min
Drivers’ median age
51.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$47,020

3rd Avenue Southwest carries 3.8 times the county average at its busiest, 410 of them trucks (7.7%, below the county-wide 10.0%).

2Pond StreetPrimary road · 5,134vehicles472trucks · 9.2%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
11.8%
Median trip time
28.0 min
Drivers’ median age
50.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$46,983

Pond Street carries 3.7 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 28.0 minutes.

3US 278Primary road · 3,554vehicles350trucks · 9.9%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
5.3%
Median trip time
28.9 min
Drivers’ median age
51.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$39,772

At 2.5 times the county average, US 278 draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $39,772 in household income.

4AL 17 / AL 96Primary road · 2,983vehicles356trucks · 11.9%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
7.5%
Median trip time
31.2 min
Drivers’ median age
51.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$59,521

The busiest stretch of AL 17 / AL 96 carries 2.1 times the county average; trucks are 11.9% of it, above the county-wide 10.0%.

5AL 18Secondary road · 2,823vehicles243trucks · 8.6%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
6.5%
Median trip time
26.4 min
Drivers’ median age
51.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$44,826

On its busiest stretch, AL 18 carries 2.0 times the county average; trucks are 8.6% of it, below the county-wide 10.0%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Pond StreetPrimary road · #2 by traffic5,134vehicles472trucks · 9.2%
23rd Avenue SouthwestSecondary road · #1 by traffic5,303vehicles410trucks · 7.7%
3AL 17 / AL 96Primary road · #4 by traffic2,983vehicles356trucks · 11.9%
4US 278Primary road · #3 by traffic3,554vehicles350trucks · 9.9%
52nd AvenuePrimary road · 2,290vehicles291trucks · 12.7%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
30.4 min
Drivers’ median age
52.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$47,985

At 63% more than the county average, 2nd Avenue draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $47,985 in household income.

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

LamarDepartment 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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