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Traffic heat map of Loup County, Nebraska: 79 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on NE 91 and NE 183

Loup County, Nebraska Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of Loup County, Nebraska? We measure 79 road miles, divided into 263 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. The average road here carries 471 vehicles a day, 87% less than the Nebraska average of 3,598. 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 Loup County, Nebraska

Traffic

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

vehicles per day471
Trucks

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

9.5%
Average travel time

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

38.3 min
Drivers’ average age

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

54.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$63,960

The average monitored road in Loup County, Nebraska carries 471 vehicles per day. Across its 79 miles of monitored roads, that adds up to 31,178 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈11.4 million per year). About 1 in 11 vehicles is a truck, fewer than the 1 in 9 across Nebraska.

Quieter roads than 98% of counties in Nebraska

At 471 vehicles per day, the average monitored road in Loup carries 87% less traffic than the state average of 3,598, 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 less than 0.1% of Nebraska's statewide total. 98% of counties in Nebraska see more traffic than Loup's 471 vehicles per day.

At 38.3 minutes, the average travel time is 16% higher than the state level. Its average travel time of 38.3 minutes is longer than 68% of counties in Nebraska.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Loup County, Nebraska, the peak hour concentrates about 9% of the day's traffic.

Loup County vs. Nebraska Traffic Comparison

The average daily traffic per road sets Loup County apart: 87% below the Nebraska average. Its truck share is also 18% below.

MetricLoup CountyNebraska averageDifference
Traffic4713,598-86.9%
Truck % (Total Traffic)9.5%11.5%-17.9%
Avg. Travel Time38.3 min33.0 min+16.0%

How Loup County compares

Loup County has the quietest roads among its nearby counties

Compared with its 4 closest neighbours, Loup County moves 29.2% of the total daily travel and carries 44.8% less traffic on a typical road; it has the quietest roads of the five. Smaller and quieter on both counts: a shorter network than the areas around it, carrying lighter traffic across it.

Loup County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Nebraska average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Loup County4719.5%31,17838.3 minN/A
Garfield County, Nebraska6537.0%29,51630.3 minN/A
Blaine County, Nebraska60813.1%31,50647.7 minN/A
Valley County, Nebraska1,0067.0%66,41530.4 minN/A
Custer County, Nebraska1,14610.5%300,29737.3 minN/A
Nebraska average3,59811.5%N/A33.0 min17.5%

Loup County ranked within Nebraska

Average daily traffic volume places Loup County #91 of 93 in Nebraska - the bottom quarter of the state.

Loup County ranked among 93 county-level areas in Nebraska (1 = highest).
MeasureLoup CountyNebraska rank
Traffic volume (AADT)471#91 of 93
Average travel time38.3 min#30 of 93
Average driver income$63,960#67 of 93
Average driver age54.2 yrs#17 of 93

Loup County ranks #17 of 93 on average driver age but #91 of 93 on average daily traffic volume - the two describe the same roads and are worth reading together rather than either on its own.

Busiest roads in Loup County, Nebraska

On their busiest stretches, the three busiest roads in Loup County carry 932 vehicles a day on average, 2.0 times the typical road in the county (471).

NE 91 is the busiest road, at 1,030 vehicles a day, 74 of them trucks (7.2%). NE 183 carries the most trucks, 91 a day (9.2% of its traffic), although it ranks #2 for all traffic.

NE 96 is a local road at heart: the median trip using it lasts 23.1 minutes, against 38.3 for the county.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1NE 91Secondary road · 1,030vehicles74trucks · 7.2%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
42.2 min
Drivers’ median age
54.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$66,048

On its busiest stretch, NE 91 carries 2.2 times the county average; trucks are 7.2% of it, below the county-wide 9.5%.

2NE 183Primary road · 986vehicles91trucks · 9.2%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
33.9 min
Drivers’ median age
55.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$63,370

NE 183 peaks at 986 vehicles a day, 2.1 times the county average; trucks are 9.2% of it, in line with the county-wide 9.5%.

33rd StreetPrimary road · 780vehicles79trucks · 10.2%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
33.5 min
Drivers’ median age
54.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$63,338

3rd Street is busy by local standards, at 65% more than the county average on its busiest stretch; trucks are 10.2% of it, above the county-wide 9.5%.

4Hioghway 183Primary road · 534vehicles58trucks · 10.9%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
31.8 min
Drivers’ median age
50.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$60,156

Hioghway 183 peaks at 534 vehicles a day, 13% more than the county average; trucks are 10.9% of it, above the county-wide 9.5%.

5NE 96Secondary road · 336vehicles30trucks · 8.8%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
23.1 min
Drivers’ median age
51.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$64,127

NE 96 is a quieter road: its busiest stretch carries 29% less than the county average; trucks are 8.8% of it, below the county-wide 9.5%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1NE 183Primary road · #2 by traffic986vehicles91trucks · 9.2%
23rd StreetPrimary road · #3 by traffic780vehicles79trucks · 10.2%
3NE 91Secondary road · #1 by traffic1,030vehicles74trucks · 7.2%
4Hioghway 183Primary road · #4 by traffic534vehicles58trucks · 10.9%
5NE 96Secondary road · #5 by traffic336vehicles30trucks · 8.8%
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

LoupDepartment 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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Q3 2026

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