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Traffic heat map of Matagorda County, Texas: 423 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on 7th Street and Avenue F

Matagorda County, Texas Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of Matagorda County, Texas? We measure 423 road miles, divided into 4,259 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. Its busiest road, 7th Street, carries 17,194 vehicles a day, 4.5 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 Matagorda County, Texas

Traffic

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

vehicles per day3,789
Trucks

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

8.3%
Average travel time

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

36.0 min
Congestion ratio

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

13.7%
Drivers’ average age

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

47.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$64,869

The average monitored road in Matagorda County, Texas carries 3,789 vehicles per day. Across its 423 miles of monitored roads, that adds up to 963,880 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈352 million per year). About 1 in 12 vehicles is a truck, in line with Texas (9.8%).

Traffic 45% below the Texas average

At 3,789 vehicles per day, the average monitored road in Matagorda carries 45% less traffic than the state average of 6,895, suggesting less demand on each road - less drive-by exposure for retail, but easier access for deliveries. Network-wide, Matagorda accounts for about 0.1% of Texas's statewide total of vehicle-miles. 65% of counties in Texas see less traffic than Matagorda's 3,789 vehicles per day.

Journey times run 10% higher than the state level, at 36.0 minutes on average. On travel time, Matagorda runs longer than 60% of counties in Texas.

At 16% lower than the state level, the 13.7% congestion ratio signals smoother traffic flow - crucial for traffic control improvement and logistics planning.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

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

Matagorda County vs. Texas Traffic Comparison

Matagorda County's biggest difference from the Texas average is its average daily traffic per road, 45% below it.

MetricMatagorda CountyTexas averageDifference
Traffic3,7896,895-45.1%
Truck % (Total Traffic)8.3%9.8%-14.6%
Avg. Travel Time36.0 min32.6 min+10.2%

How Matagorda County compares

Matagorda County against nearby counties

Compared with its 4 closest neighbours, Matagorda County moves 34.5% 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.

Matagorda County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Texas average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Matagorda County3,7898.3%963,88036.0 min13.7%
Wharton County, Texas3,16113.5%1,806,45034.5 min10.0%
Brazoria County, Texas5,4776.9%7,780,59532.1 min15.2%
Jackson County, Texas2,73715.0%998,85334.1 min7.9%
Calhoun County, Texas3,35110.5%582,25334.2 min9.6%
Texas average6,8959.8%N/A32.6 min16.4%

Matagorda County ranked within Texas

On all 4 measures below, Matagorda County lands in the middle of the Texas field rather than at either end.

Matagorda County ranked among 254 county-level areas in Texas (1 = highest).
MeasureMatagorda CountyTexas rank
Traffic volume (AADT)3,789#90 of 254
Average travel time36.0 min#103 of 254
Average driver income$64,869#172 of 254
Average driver age47.3 yrs#88 of 254

Busiest roads in Matagorda County, Texas

The three busiest roads in Matagorda County average 13,037 vehicles a day, 3.4 times the county average of 3,789 across all its monitored roads.

7th Street is the busiest road, at 17,194 vehicles a day, 1,045 of them trucks (6.1%). No other road comes close: Avenue F, in second place, carries 11,338. TX 35 carries the most trucks, 1,323 a day (12.5% of its traffic), although it ranks #3 for all traffic.

Few trucks use Avenue F: 4.0% of its traffic, under half the county's 8.3%.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
17th StreetPrimary road · 17,194vehicles1,045trucks · 6.1%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
45.0%
Median trip time
36.1 min
Drivers’ median age
47.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$64,542

Travel on 7th Street's busiest stretch runs 45% over free-flow time, against 14% across the county, so expect slower peak hours.

2Avenue FSecondary road · 11,338vehicles451trucks · 4.0%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
27.6%
Median trip time
31.2 min
Drivers’ median age
46.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$59,746

Avenue F is one of the more congested roads here: trips take 28% longer than at free-flow speed, against 14% county-wide.

3TX 35Primary road · 10,580vehicles1,323trucks · 12.5%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
23.3%
Median trip time
43.3 min
Drivers’ median age
46.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$69,847

At 2.8 times the county average, TX 35 draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $69,847 in household income.

4Avenue GPrimary road · 10,523vehicles888trucks · 8.4%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
23.8%
Median trip time
36.8 min
Drivers’ median age
47.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$67,764

The busiest stretch of Avenue G carries 2.8 times the county average; trucks are 8.4% of it, in line with the county-wide 8.3%.

5Nichols AvenueSecondary road · 9,341vehicles313trucks · 3.4%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
21.3%
Median trip time
31.2 min
Drivers’ median age
46.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$63,220

On its busiest stretch, Nichols Avenue carries 2.5 times the county average; trucks are 3.4% of it, below the county-wide 8.3%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1TX 35Primary road · #3 by traffic10,580vehicles1,323trucks · 12.5%
27th StreetPrimary road · #1 by traffic17,194vehicles1,045trucks · 6.1%
3Avenue GPrimary road · #4 by traffic10,523vehicles888trucks · 8.4%
41st StreetPrimary road · 4,919vehicles460trucks · 9.3%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
11.0%
Median trip time
33.2 min
Drivers’ median age
47.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$77,902

1st Street is busy by local standards, at 30% more than the county average on its busiest stretch; trucks are 9.3% of it, above the county-wide 8.3%.

5Avenue FSecondary road · #2 by traffic11,338vehicles451trucks · 4.0%
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

MatagordaDepartment 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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