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Traffic heat map of McCracken County, Kentucky: 366 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on I 24 and Hinkleville Road

McCracken County, Kentucky Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of McCracken County, Kentucky? We measure 366 road miles, divided into 3,691 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. Its busiest road, I 24, carries 38,177 vehicles a day, 6.7 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 McCracken County, Kentucky

Traffic

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

vehicles per day5,726
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.

31.6 min
Congestion ratio

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

14.4%
Drivers’ average age

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

49.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$68,382

The average monitored road in McCracken County, Kentucky carries 5,726 vehicles per day. Across its 366 miles of monitored roads, that adds up to 1,855,585 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈677 million per year). About 1 in 11 vehicles is a truck, fewer than the 1 in 8 across Kentucky.

Busier roads than 93% of counties in Kentucky

At 5,726 vehicles per day, the average monitored road in McCracken carries 22% more traffic than the state average of 4,696, suggesting more demand on each road - a critical factor for logistics and site planning. Network-wide, McCracken accounts for about 1.6% of Kentucky's statewide total of vehicle-miles. McCracken carries more traffic than 93% of counties in Kentucky.

The average trip takes 31.6 minutes, on par with the state level. 60% of counties in Kentucky have a shorter average travel time than McCracken's 31.6 minutes.

Congestion here (14.4%) closely tracks the state level.

Highway vs. Non-Highway Traffic Analysis

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Highway Traffic in McCracken County, Kentucky

Trafficvehicles per day12,679
Trucks13.4%
Average travel time32.2 min
Congestion ratio28.1%
Drivers’ average age49.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income$68,539

Travel in McCracken County, Kentucky splits roughly evenly, with about half of it (49% of vehicle-miles) on highways. The average highway carries 12,679 vehicles per day, 164% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 4,794 vehicles per day.

With 22% of the road miles (81 miles in 436 segments), highways punch above their length, carrying 917,322 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈335 million per year).

82% of counties in Kentucky move less traffic on their highways.

More highway trucks than 71% of counties in Kentucky

The concentration of trucks on highways (13.4%) is 15% lower than the state average for similar road classifications. Highways here mostly serve passenger trips, so local access matters more than long-haul routing for logistics operators.

McCracken's highway truck share (13.4%) is lower than 52% of counties in Kentucky. 71% of counties in Kentucky see fewer highway trucks per day than McCracken's roughly 1,705.

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Non-highway Traffic in McCracken County, Kentucky

Trafficvehicles per day4,794
Trucks5.6%
Average travel time31.6 min
Congestion ratio12.5%
Drivers’ average age49.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income$68,270

Travel in McCracken County, Kentucky splits roughly evenly, with about half of it (51% of vehicle-miles) on local roads. The average non-highway road carries 4,794 vehicles per day.

Spread over 285 miles and 3,255 segments, 78% of the road network, local roads carry a lighter load per mile: 938,263 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈342 million per year). The truck share on non-highway roads is 5.6%.

Older drivers than 84% of counties in Kentucky

Non-highway roads carry a truck concentration that's 58% lower than the highway network.

Non-highway congestion (12.5%) runs slightly lower than the state level (10% lower).

Trip origins here have higher average income than 76% of counties in Kentucky. The driver population here skews older than 84% of counties in Kentucky.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

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

McCracken County vs. Kentucky Traffic Comparison

The average daily traffic per road sets McCracken County apart: 22% above the Kentucky average. Its truck share, by contrast, is 21% below.

MetricMcCracken CountyKentucky averageDifference
Traffic5,7264,696+21.9%
Truck % (Total Traffic)9.5%12.1%-21.3%
Truck % (Highway)13.4%15.9%-15.2%
Avg. Travel Time31.6 min31.7 min-0.1%

How McCracken County compares

McCracken County moves more traffic than any nearby county

Compared with its 4 closest neighbours, McCracken County moves 7.7 times the total daily travel and carries 202.8% more traffic on a typical road; it has the busiest roads of the five. It is where traffic concentrates in this corner of the map - the local bottleneck, with more vehicles per road AND less room to absorb them.

McCracken County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Kentucky average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
McCracken County5,7269.5%1,855,58531.6 min14.4%
Massac County, Illinois3,44719.7%542,84531.6 min9.8%
Ballard County, Kentucky1,81610.5%203,63743.4 min10.3%
Pope County, Illinois1,0888.2%75,28439.4 min3.5%
Carlisle County, Kentucky1,2149.8%145,49633.6 min5.8%
Kentucky average4,69612.1%N/A31.7 min14.7%

McCracken County ranked within Kentucky

Average daily traffic volume places McCracken County #9 of 120 in Kentucky - the top quarter of the state.

McCracken County ranked among 120 county-level areas in Kentucky (1 = highest); measures without data in every county rank a smaller field, down to 115.
MeasureMcCracken CountyKentucky rank
Traffic volume (AADT)5,726#9 of 120
Highway vehicle-miles per day917,322#21 of 115
Truck share on highways13.4%#60 of 115
Highway trucks per day1,705#34 of 115
Average travel time31.6 min#49 of 120
Average driver income$68,382#29 of 120
Average driver age49.8 yrs#20 of 120

Busiest roads in McCracken County, Kentucky

The three busiest roads in McCracken County average 29,672 vehicles a day, 5.2 times the county average of 5,726 across all its monitored roads.

I 24 is the busiest road, at 38,177 vehicles a day, 4,997 of them trucks (13.1%). It tops the truck ranking too, with the most trucks.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1I 24Motorway · 38,177vehicles4,997trucks · 13.1%
Road class
Motorway
Congestion ratio
44.3%
Median trip time
34.6 min
Drivers’ median age
49.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$68,287

Travel on I 24's busiest stretch runs 44% over free-flow time, against 14% across the county, so expect slower peak hours.

2Hinkleville RoadTrunk road · 27,239vehicles1,295trucks · 4.8%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
38.6%
Median trip time
31.0 min
Drivers’ median age
49.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$70,190

Hinkleville Road is one of the more congested roads here: trips take 39% longer than at free-flow speed, against 14% county-wide.

3Lone Oak RoadTrunk road · 23,599vehicles1,253trucks · 5.3%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
32.7%
Median trip time
30.2 min
Drivers’ median age
49.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$68,244

Lone Oak Road peaks at 23,599 vehicles a day, 4.1 times the county average; trucks are 5.3% of it, below the county-wide 9.5%.

4Clarks River RoadPrimary road · 19,089vehicles1,219trucks · 6.4%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
27.1%
Median trip time
30.8 min
Drivers’ median age
50.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$67,074

Clarks River Road carries 3.3 times the county average at its busiest, 1,219 of them trucks (6.4%, below the county-wide 9.5%).

5Jackson StreetPrimary road · 15,514vehicles853trucks · 5.5%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
18.9%
Median trip time
34.9 min
Drivers’ median age
49.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$65,448

Jackson Street carries 2.7 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 34.9 minutes.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1I 24Motorway · #1 by traffic38,177vehicles4,997trucks · 13.1%
2Hinkleville RoadTrunk road · #2 by traffic27,239vehicles1,295trucks · 4.8%
3Lone Oak RoadTrunk road · #3 by traffic23,599vehicles1,253trucks · 5.3%
4Clarks River RoadPrimary road · #4 by traffic19,089vehicles1,219trucks · 6.4%
5US 45Trunk road · 13,998vehicles1,140trucks · 8.1%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
15.1%
Median trip time
34.5 min
Drivers’ median age
49.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$64,902

At 2.4 times the county average, US 45 draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $64,902 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

McCrackenDepartment 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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