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Traffic heat map of McLean County, Kentucky: 173 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Henton Street and US 431

McLean County, Kentucky Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of McLean County, Kentucky? We measure 173 road miles, divided into 1,190 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. Its busiest road, Henton Street, carries 6,910 vehicles a day, 4.2 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 McLean County, Kentucky

Traffic

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

vehicles per day1,643
Trucks

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

8.5%
Average travel time

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

36.6 min
Congestion ratio

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

7.2%
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.

$66,260

A typical monitored road in McLean County, Kentucky sees 1,643 vehicles per day, while its 173 miles of monitored roads together handle 221,273 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈80.8 million per year). About 1 in 12 vehicles is a truck, fewer than the 1 in 8 across Kentucky.

Longer trips than 96% of counties in Kentucky

At 1,643 vehicles per day, the average monitored road in McLean carries 65% less traffic than the state average of 4,696, suggesting less demand on each road - quiet roads that suit freight movement more than drive-by retail. Across the whole network, that travel is about 0.2% of Kentucky's statewide total. 84% of counties in Kentucky see more traffic than McLean's 1,643 vehicles per day.

Journey times run 16% higher than the state level, at 36.6 minutes on average. Its average travel time of 36.6 minutes is longer than 96% of counties in Kentucky.

At 51% lower than the state level, the 7.2% 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 McLean County, Kentucky, the peak hour concentrates about 8% of the day's traffic.

McLean County vs. Kentucky Traffic Comparison

McLean County's biggest difference from the Kentucky average is its average daily traffic per road, 65% below it. Its truck share is also 29% below.

MetricMcLean CountyKentucky averageDifference
Traffic1,6434,696-65.0%
Truck % (Total Traffic)8.5%12.1%-29.5%
Avg. Travel Time36.6 min31.7 min+15.5%

How McLean County compares

McLean County moves the least traffic of its nearby counties

Compared with its 4 closest neighbours, McLean County moves 22.6% of the total daily travel and carries 40.0% less traffic on a typical road; it has the fourth busiest roads of the five. Quieter and more local than the areas around it on both counts: less traffic, and less of what there is arriving by truck.

McLean 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
McLean County1,6438.5%221,27336.6 min7.2%
Daviess County, Kentucky5,0088.1%1,814,50633.2 min17.8%
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky2,23612.2%769,39233.0 min7.1%
Ohio County, Kentucky2,31816.1%983,66430.1 min6.3%
Webster County, Kentucky1,38413.6%347,58432.7 min4.6%
Kentucky average4,69612.1%N/A31.7 min14.7%

McLean County ranked within Kentucky

McLean County sits in the top quarter of the Kentucky field on average travel time, at #6 of 120.

McLean County ranked among 120 county-level areas in Kentucky (1 = highest).
MeasureMcLean CountyKentucky rank
Traffic volume (AADT)1,643#101 of 120
Average travel time36.6 min#6 of 120
Average driver income$66,260#36 of 120
Average driver age49.8 yrs#21 of 120

The two ends of this table sit far apart: #6 of 120 on average travel time, against #101 of 120 on average daily traffic volume.

Busiest roads in McLean County, Kentucky

The three busiest roads in McLean County average 5,972 vehicles a day, 3.6 times the county average of 1,643 across all its monitored roads.

Henton Street is the busiest road, at 6,910 vehicles a day, 511 of them trucks (7.4%). It also carries the most trucks.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Henton StreetPrimary road · 6,910vehicles511trucks · 7.4%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
15.7%
Median trip time
34.0 min
Drivers’ median age
50.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$64,340

Delays build on Henton Street: its congestion ratio of 16% over free-flow time is well above the county's 7%.

2US 431Primary road · 5,627vehicles481trucks · 8.6%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
13.7%
Median trip time
34.6 min
Drivers’ median age
49.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$65,437

At 3.4 times the county average, US 431 draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $65,437 in household income.

3Main StreetSecondary road · 5,379vehicles371trucks · 6.9%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
12.7%
Median trip time
37.2 min
Drivers’ median age
49.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$65,230

The busiest stretch of Main Street carries 3.3 times the county average; trucks are 6.9% of it, below the county-wide 8.5%.

4Veterans Memorial DriveSecondary road · 4,412vehicles331trucks · 7.5%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
10.2%
Median trip time
40.6 min
Drivers’ median age
49.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$68,243

On its busiest stretch, Veterans Memorial Drive carries 2.7 times the county average; trucks are 7.5% of it, below the county-wide 8.5%.

5KY 81Secondary road · 4,098vehicles282trucks · 6.9%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
9.6%
Median trip time
42.0 min
Drivers’ median age
48.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$65,027

KY 81 peaks at 4,098 vehicles a day, 2.5 times the county average; trucks are 6.9% of it, below the county-wide 8.5%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Henton StreetPrimary road · #1 by traffic6,910vehicles511trucks · 7.4%
2US 431Primary road · #2 by traffic5,627vehicles481trucks · 8.6%
3Main StreetSecondary road · #3 by traffic5,379vehicles371trucks · 6.9%
4Veterans Memorial DriveSecondary road · #4 by traffic4,412vehicles331trucks · 7.5%
5Adams AvenuePrimary road · 3,630vehicles312trucks · 8.6%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
8.6%
Median trip time
38.5 min
Drivers’ median age
49.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$61,863

Adams Avenue carries 2.2 times the county average at its busiest, 312 of them trucks (8.6%, in line with the county-wide 8.5%).

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

McLeanDepartment 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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