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Traffic heat map of McPherson County, Nebraska: 28 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on NE 92 / NE 97 and NE 92

McPherson County, Nebraska Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of McPherson County, Nebraska? We measure 28 road miles, divided into 98 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. The average road here carries 475 vehicles a day, 87% less than the Nebraska average of 3,598. 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 McPherson County, Nebraska

Traffic

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

vehicles per day475
Trucks

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

8.9%
Average travel time

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

37.6 min
Drivers’ average age

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

51.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$57,424

Our data shows 475 vehicles per day on the average road in McPherson County, Nebraska, and 10,896 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈4.0 million per year) across its 28 miles of monitored roads. Trucks are a smaller part of the mix than across Nebraska: 8.9% against 11.5%.

Quieter roads than 97% of counties in Nebraska

McPherson sees 87% lower average daily traffic volume than the state average (475 vehicles per day against 3,598), 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 less than 0.1% of Nebraska's statewide total of vehicle-miles. By volume, McPherson's 475 vehicles per day trails 97% of counties in Nebraska.

The average trip takes 37.6 minutes, 14% higher than the state level. Its average travel time of 37.6 minutes is longer than 62% of counties in Nebraska.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In McPherson County, Nebraska, traffic has a sharp commute peak, with the busiest hour carrying about 9% of the day's traffic.

McPherson County vs. Nebraska Traffic Comparison

McPherson County's biggest difference from the Nebraska average is its average daily traffic per road, 87% below it. Its truck share is also 23% below.

MetricMcPherson CountyNebraska averageDifference
Traffic4753,598-86.8%
Truck % (Total Traffic)8.9%11.5%-22.6%
Avg. Travel Time37.6 min33.0 min+13.9%

How McPherson County compares

McPherson County moves the least traffic of its nearby counties

Set against the average of the 4 areas nearest to it, McPherson County moves 33.9% of the total daily travel and carries 30.0% less traffic on a typical road; it has the quietest 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.

McPherson County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Nebraska average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
McPherson County4758.9%10,89637.6 minN/A
Hooker County, Nebraska64113.5%25,55434.3 minN/A
Logan County, Nebraska85114.8%46,80040.9 minN/A
Arthur County, Nebraska49110.4%13,63443.6 minN/A
Thomas County, Nebraska73017.1%42,60560.9 minN/A
Nebraska average3,59811.5%N/A33.0 min17.5%

McPherson County ranked within Nebraska

Average daily traffic volume places McPherson County #90 of 93 in Nebraska - the bottom quarter of the state.

McPherson County ranked among 93 county-level areas in Nebraska (1 = highest).
MeasureMcPherson CountyNebraska rank
Traffic volume (AADT)475#90 of 93
Average travel time37.6 min#36 of 93
Average driver income$57,424#86 of 93
Average driver age51.2 yrs#45 of 93

Busiest roads in McPherson County, Nebraska

On their busiest stretches, the three busiest roads in McPherson County carry 473 vehicles a day on average, about the same as the typical road in the county (475).

NE 92 / NE 97 is the busiest road, at 810 vehicles a day, 63 of them trucks (7.7%). That is 2.0 times the next road, NE 97 (401). It tops the truck ranking too, with the most trucks.

NE 92 is a local road at heart: the median trip using it lasts 25.9 minutes, against 37.6 for the county.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1NE 92 / NE 97Secondary road · 810vehicles63trucks · 7.7%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
36.8 min
Drivers’ median age
51.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$60,332

NE 92 / NE 97 carries 71% more than the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 36.8 minutes.

2NE 97Secondary road · 401vehicles35trucks · 8.7%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
36.0 min
Drivers’ median age
50.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$58,987

Even at its busiest, NE 97 carries 15% less than the county average; trucks are 8.7% of it, in line with the county-wide 8.9%.

3NE 92Secondary road · 210vehicles22trucks · 10.6%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
25.9 min
Drivers’ median age
52.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$61,316

NE 92 is a quieter road: its busiest stretch carries 56% less than the county average; trucks are 10.6% of it, above the county-wide 8.9%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1NE 92 / NE 97Secondary road · #1 by traffic810vehicles63trucks · 7.7%
2NE 97Secondary road · #2 by traffic401vehicles35trucks · 8.7%
3NE 92Secondary road · #3 by traffic210vehicles22trucks · 10.6%
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

McPhersonDepartment 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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