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Traffic heat map of Mahnomen County, Minnesota: 156 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on 3rd Street Northeast and US 59

Mahnomen County, Minnesota Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of Mahnomen County, Minnesota? We measure 156 road miles, divided into 863 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. Its drivers come from the lowest-income neighborhoods of any county in Minnesota, averaging $57,555. 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 Mahnomen County, Minnesota

Traffic

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

vehicles per day1,239
Trucks

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

9.3%
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.

5.2%
Drivers’ average age

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

47.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$57,555

A typical monitored road in Mahnomen County, Minnesota sees 1,239 vehicles per day, while its 156 miles of monitored roads together handle 175,620 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈64.1 million per year). Trucks are 9.3% of traffic, more than the 8.1% across Minnesota.

Longer trips than 86% of counties in Minnesota

Mahnomen sees 64% lower average daily traffic volume than the state average (1,239 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. In total volume terms, its road network carries about 0.1% of Minnesota's statewide total of vehicle-miles. Mahnomen carries less traffic than 80% of counties in Minnesota.

At 39.7 minutes, the average travel time is 23% higher than the state level. On travel time, Mahnomen runs longer than 86% of counties in Minnesota.

The congestion ratio of 5.2% is 51% lower, pointing to smoother traffic flow than the state level - free-flowing roads make scheduled deliveries highly predictable.

Highway vs. Non-Highway Traffic Analysis

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Highway Traffic in Mahnomen County, Minnesota

Trafficvehicles per day3,926
Trucks10.7%
Average travel time45.9 min
Congestion ratio13.1%
Drivers’ average age46.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income$58,111

Travel in Mahnomen County, Minnesota splits roughly evenly, with about half of it (53% of vehicle-miles) on highways. The average highway carries 3,926 vehicles per day, 491% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 665 vehicles per day.

Yet highways are only 16% of the road network, 25 miles in 152 segments, so each mile of them is 3.3 times as busy as the average road mile.

Fewer highway trucks than 75% of counties in Minnesota

Highway truck concentration here (10.7%) closely tracks the state average for similar road classifications. The highway traffic mix is typical for Minnesota: neither freight- nor commuter-dominated.

58% of counties in Minnesota see a higher highway truck share than Mahnomen's 10.7%. By raw truck volume, Mahnomen carries fewer highway trucks than 75% of counties in Minnesota.

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Non-highway Traffic in Mahnomen County, Minnesota

Trafficvehicles per day665
Trucks7.8%
Average travel time38.3 min
Congestion ratio3.5%
Drivers’ average age48.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income$56,587

Travel in Mahnomen County, Minnesota splits roughly evenly, with about half of it (47% of vehicle-miles) on local roads. A typical local road sees 665 vehicles per day.

Spread over 131 miles and 711 segments, 84% of the road network, local roads carry a lighter load per mile: 81,775 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈29.8 million per year). About 1 in 13 vehicles on non-highway roads is a truck (7.8%).

The lowest driver income of any county in Minnesota

Non-highway roads carry a truck concentration that's 28% lower than the highway network.

The non-highway congestion ratio of 3.5% is 64% lower than the state level, suggesting more efficient local mobility than the state average.

Trips here originate from the lowest average driver income in Minnesota, at $57,555. 65% of counties in Minnesota have an older driver population than Mahnomen.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

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

Mahnomen County vs. Minnesota Traffic Comparison

Mahnomen County's biggest difference from the Minnesota average is its average daily traffic per road, 64% below it. Its average travel time, by contrast, is 23% above.

MetricMahnomen CountyMinnesota averageDifference
Traffic1,2393,404-63.6%
Truck % (Total Traffic)9.3%8.1%+15.9%
Truck % (Highway)10.7%10.3%+4.6%
Avg. Travel Time39.7 min32.2 min+23.0%

How Mahnomen County compares

Mahnomen County against nearby counties

Set against the average of the 4 areas nearest to it, Mahnomen County moves 43.2% of the total daily travel; 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.

Mahnomen 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
Mahnomen County1,2399.3%175,62039.7 min5.2%
Clearwater County, Minnesota9558.1%294,50430.2 min4.7%
Becker County, Minnesota1,7207.1%964,32934.7 min7.7%
Norman County, Minnesota8338.6%224,40351.7 min3.9%
Red Lake County, Minnesota1,0388.5%142,18536.2 min5.3%
Minnesota average3,4048.1%N/A32.2 min10.6%

Mahnomen County ranked within Minnesota

No county-level area in Minnesota records a lower average driver income than Mahnomen County.

Mahnomen County ranked among 87 county-level areas in Minnesota (1 = highest); measures without data in every county rank a smaller field, down to 81.
MeasureMahnomen CountyMinnesota rank
Traffic volume (AADT)1,239#70 of 87
Highway vehicle-miles per day93,845#71 of 81
Truck share on highways10.7%#47 of 81
Highway trucks per day421#61 of 81
Average travel time39.7 min#13 of 87
Average driver income$57,555#87 of 87
Average driver age47.1 yrs#57 of 87

Mahnomen County ranks #13 of 87 on average travel time but #87 of 87 on average driver income - the two describe the same roads and are worth reading together rather than either on its own.

Busiest roads in Mahnomen County, Minnesota

On their busiest stretches, the three busiest roads in Mahnomen County carry 4,122 vehicles a day on average, 3.3 times the typical road in the county (1,239).

3rd Street Northeast leads with 5,665 vehicles a day, 520 of them trucks (9.2%). It also carries the most trucks.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
13rd Street NortheastTrunk road · 5,665vehicles520trucks · 9.2%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
13.5%
Median trip time
38.1 min
Drivers’ median age
48.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$48,862

At 4.6 times the county average, 3rd Street Northeast draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $48,862 in household income.

2US 59Trunk road · 4,824vehicles478trucks · 9.9%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
14.4%
Median trip time
47.8 min
Drivers’ median age
46.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$58,110

The busiest stretch of US 59 carries 3.9 times the county average; trucks are 9.9% of it, above the county-wide 9.3%.

3Veterans Memorial HighwaySecondary road · 1,876vehicles148trucks · 7.9%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
4.3%
Median trip time
42.1 min
Drivers’ median age
48.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$70,660

Veterans Memorial Highway peaks at 1,876 vehicles a day, 51% more than the county average; trucks are 7.9% of it, below the county-wide 9.3%.

4MN 200Secondary road · 1,368vehicles120trucks · 8.8%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
3.3%
Median trip time
39.7 min
Drivers’ median age
49.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$50,112

MN 200 carries 10% more than the county average at its busiest, 120 of them trucks (8.8%, below the county-wide 9.3%).

5Pleasant AvenueSecondary road · 1,297vehicles88trucks · 6.8%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
3.0%
Median trip time
32.2 min
Drivers’ median age
47.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$63,245

Pleasant Avenue is a quieter road: its busiest stretch carries about the same as the county average; trucks are 6.8% of it, below the county-wide 9.3%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
13rd Street NortheastTrunk road · #1 by traffic5,665vehicles520trucks · 9.2%
2US 59Trunk road · #2 by traffic4,824vehicles478trucks · 9.9%
3Veterans Memorial HighwaySecondary road · #3 by traffic1,876vehicles148trucks · 7.9%
4MN 200Secondary road · #4 by traffic1,368vehicles120trucks · 8.8%
5Pleasant AvenueSecondary road · #5 by traffic1,297vehicles88trucks · 6.8%
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

MahnomenDepartment 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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