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Traffic heat map of Macon County, Georgia: 214 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Walnut Street and GA 26

Macon County, Georgia Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of Macon County, Georgia? We measure 214 road miles, divided into 1,490 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. Its busiest road, Walnut Street, carries 7,482 vehicles a day, 3.6 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 Macon County, Georgia

Traffic

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

vehicles per day2,061
Trucks

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

9.0%
Average travel time

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

40.0 min
Congestion ratio

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

7.3%
Drivers’ average age

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

45.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$46,563

The average monitored road in Macon County, Georgia carries 2,061 vehicles per day. Across its 214 miles of monitored roads, that adds up to 306,404 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈112 million per year). Trucks are 9.0% of traffic, close to the 9.7% across Georgia.

Longer trips than 91% of counties in Georgia

Macon sees 72% lower average daily traffic volume than the state average (2,061 vehicles per day against 7,398), suggesting less demand on each road - quiet roads that suit freight movement more than drive-by retail. In total volume terms, its road network carries about 0.1% of Georgia's statewide total of vehicle-miles. By volume, Macon's 2,061 vehicles per day trails 77% of counties in Georgia.

The average trip takes 40.0 minutes, 19% higher than the state level. On travel time, Macon runs longer than 91% of counties in Georgia.

At 57% lower than the state level, the 7.3% 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 Macon County, Georgia, the peak hour concentrates about 7% of the day's traffic.

Macon County vs. Georgia Traffic Comparison

The average daily traffic per road sets Macon County apart: 72% below the Georgia average. Its average travel time, by contrast, is 19% above.

MetricMacon CountyGeorgia averageDifference
Traffic2,0617,398-72.1%
Truck % (Total Traffic)9.0%9.7%-7.4%
Avg. Travel Time40.0 min33.6 min+19.3%

How Macon County compares

Macon County against nearby counties

Macon 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 second busiest roads of the five. The same kind of road, just less of it: traffic per road matches the areas around it while the network itself is smaller.

Macon County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Georgia average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Macon County2,0619.0%306,40440.0 min7.3%
Schley County, Georgia1,2929.7%117,22631.7 min5.6%
Dooly County, Georgia1,99318.6%1,189,85034.4 min7.2%
Taylor County, Georgia1,54612.7%318,10834.3 min5.3%
Sumter County, Georgia3,0978.5%623,31436.8 min9.5%
Georgia average7,3989.7%N/A33.6 min16.8%

Macon County ranked within Georgia

Average driver income places Macon County #153 of 159 in Georgia - the bottom quarter of the state.

Macon County ranked among 159 county-level areas in Georgia (1 = highest).
MeasureMacon CountyGeorgia rank
Traffic volume (AADT)2,061#122 of 159
Average travel time40.0 min#16 of 159
Average driver income$46,563#153 of 159
Average driver age45.6 yrs#98 of 159

Macon County ranks #16 of 159 on average travel time but #153 of 159 on average driver income - the two describe the same roads and are worth reading together rather than either on its own.

Busiest roads in Macon County, Georgia

On their busiest stretches, the three busiest roads in Macon County carry 7,198 vehicles a day on average, 3.5 times the typical road in the county (2,061).

Walnut Street leads with 7,482 vehicles a day, 570 of them trucks (7.6%). Spaulding Road carries the most trucks, 597 a day (8.6% of its traffic), although it ranks #3 for all traffic.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Walnut StreetPrimary road · 7,482vehicles570trucks · 7.6%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
21.3%
Median trip time
40.3 min
Drivers’ median age
47.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$47,298

Delays build on Walnut Street: its congestion ratio of 21% over free-flow time is well above the county's 7%.

2GA 26Primary road · 7,151vehicles567trucks · 7.9%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
42.3 min
Drivers’ median age
46.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$47,424

GA 26 peaks at 7,151 vehicles a day, 3.5 times the county average; trucks are 7.9% of it, below the county-wide 9.0%.

3Spaulding RoadPrimary road · 6,960vehicles597trucks · 8.6%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
19.5%
Median trip time
40.7 min
Drivers’ median age
46.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$53,342

Travel on Spaulding Road's busiest stretch runs 19% over free-flow time, against 7% across the county, so expect slower peak hours.

4Riverview DrivePrimary road · 6,458vehicles551trucks · 8.5%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
42.3 min
Drivers’ median age
46.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$46,802

Riverview Drive carries 3.1 times the county average at its busiest, 551 of them trucks (8.5%, in line with the county-wide 9.0%).

5Oglethorpe-Montezuma BypassPrimary road · 4,965vehicles448trucks · 9.0%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
43.4 min
Drivers’ median age
45.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$47,801

Oglethorpe-Montezuma Bypass carries 2.4 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 43.4 minutes.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Spaulding RoadPrimary road · #3 by traffic6,960vehicles597trucks · 8.6%
2Walnut StreetPrimary road · #1 by traffic7,482vehicles570trucks · 7.6%
3GA 26Primary road · #2 by traffic7,151vehicles567trucks · 7.9%
4Riverview DrivePrimary road · #4 by traffic6,458vehicles551trucks · 8.5%
5GA 49Primary road · 4,555vehicles460trucks · 10.1%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
10.1%
Median trip time
44.2 min
Drivers’ median age
44.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$47,151

At 2.2 times the county average, GA 49 draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $47,151 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

MaconDepartment 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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