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Traffic heat map of Mitchell County, Kansas: 126 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Hersey Avenue and 8th Street

Mitchell County, Kansas Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of Mitchell County, Kansas? We measure 126 road miles, divided into 670 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. Its busiest road, Hersey Avenue, carries 4,601 vehicles a day, 3.1 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 Mitchell County, Kansas

Traffic

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

vehicles per day1,492
Trucks

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

8.6%
Average travel time

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

36.9 min
Drivers’ average age

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

53.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$59,498

Our data shows 1,492 vehicles per day on the average road in Mitchell County, Kansas, and 134,573 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈49.1 million per year) across its 126 miles of monitored roads. Trucks are a smaller part of the mix than across Kansas: 8.6% against 10.2%.

Traffic 65% below the Kansas average

Mitchell's average daily traffic volume is 65% lower than the state average - 1,492 vehicles per day against 4,243 - suggesting less traffic load per road - very light roads: easy truck access, but little passing trade for roadside retail. Network-wide, Mitchell accounts for about 0.2% of Kansas's statewide total of vehicle-miles. Mitchell carries less traffic than 63% of counties in Kansas.

Journey times run 16% higher than the state level, at 36.9 minutes on average. 67% of counties in Kansas have a shorter average travel time than Mitchell's 36.9 minutes.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

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Peak Traffic Windows
Weekday peaks:
A long morning plateau from 7:00 AM to 12:00 PM and PM peak 12:00 PM–2:00 PM, with volumes reaching approximately 58% higher than the daily average.
Weekend traffic:
Weekends are much quieter: volumes run about 36% below weekday levels, the signature of a commute-driven road network.
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Seasonal Fluctuation
Busy season:
April–June is the high season, with volumes +7% versus the annual average.
Lowest month:
July is the quietest month, with volumes -8% versus the annual average - an unusual summer low, when most places are at their busiest.

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Mitchell County, Kansas, the peak hour concentrates about 7% of the day's traffic, and there is a noticeable seasonal swing of +7% in high season.

Mitchell County vs. Kansas Traffic Comparison

Mitchell County's biggest difference from the Kansas average is its average daily traffic per road, 65% below it. Its average travel time, by contrast, is 16% above.

MetricMitchell CountyKansas averageDifference
Traffic1,4924,243-64.8%
Truck % (Total Traffic)8.6%10.2%-15.9%
Avg. Travel Time36.9 min31.8 min+16.1%

How Mitchell County compares

Mitchell County has the lowest truck share of its nearby counties

Nothing in this table sets Mitchell County sharply apart from the 4 areas nearest to it, though it has the second busiest roads of the five.

Mitchell County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Kansas average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Mitchell County1,4928.6%134,57336.9 minN/A
Lincoln County, Kansas85820.0%206,06844.3 minN/A
Jewell County, Kansas63611.8%59,38835.8 minN/A
Cloud County, Kansas2,47311.8%333,78135.6 minN/A
Osborne County, Kansas1,0799.4%71,77233.8 minN/A
Kansas average4,24310.2%N/A31.8 min17.1%

Mitchell County ranked within Kansas

Average driver age places Mitchell County #12 of 105 in Kansas - the top quarter of the state.

Mitchell County ranked among 105 county-level areas in Kansas (1 = highest).
MeasureMitchell CountyKansas rank
Traffic volume (AADT)1,492#67 of 105
Average travel time36.9 min#35 of 105
Average driver income$59,498#87 of 105
Average driver age53.4 yrs#12 of 105

Mitchell County ranks #12 of 105 on average driver age but #87 of 105 on average driver income - the two describe the same roads and are worth reading together rather than either on its own.

Busiest roads in Mitchell County, Kansas

On their busiest stretches, the three busiest roads in Mitchell County carry 3,966 vehicles a day on average, 2.7 times the typical road in the county (1,492).

Hersey Avenue is the busiest road, at 4,601 vehicles a day, 273 of them trucks (5.9%). It also carries the most trucks.

Gold Road carries longer journeys than most roads here, with a median trip of 57.2 minutes against 36.9 county-wide.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Hersey AvenueSecondary road · 4,601vehicles273trucks · 5.9%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
37.8 min
Drivers’ median age
53.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$56,173

At 3.1 times the county average, Hersey Avenue draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $56,173 in household income.

28th StreetSecondary road · 4,141vehicles208trucks · 5.0%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
32.5 min
Drivers’ median age
54.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$57,511

The busiest stretch of 8th Street carries 2.8 times the county average; trucks are 5.0% of it, below the county-wide 8.6%.

3Roosevelt AvenueSecondary road · 3,156vehicles218trucks · 6.9%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
40.4 min
Drivers’ median age
51.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$53,384

On its busiest stretch, Roosevelt Avenue carries 2.1 times the county average; trucks are 6.9% of it, below the county-wide 8.6%.

4US 24Primary road · 2,520vehicles224trucks · 8.9%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
34.6 min
Drivers’ median age
53.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$62,602

US 24 carries 69% more than the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 34.6 minutes.

5Wisconsin StreetPrimary road · 2,028vehicles196trucks · 9.7%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
39.4 min
Drivers’ median age
53.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$64,117

At 36% more than the county average, Wisconsin Street draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $64,117 in household income.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Hersey AvenueSecondary road · #1 by traffic4,601vehicles273trucks · 5.9%
2US 24Primary road · #4 by traffic2,520vehicles224trucks · 8.9%
3Roosevelt AvenueSecondary road · #3 by traffic3,156vehicles218trucks · 6.9%
4Gold RoadPrimary road · 1,764vehicles210trucks · 11.9%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
57.2 min
Drivers’ median age
52.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$53,766

Gold Road is busy by local standards, at 18% more than the county average on its busiest stretch; trucks are 11.9% of it, above the county-wide 8.6%.

58th StreetSecondary road · #2 by traffic4,141vehicles208trucks · 5.0%
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

MitchellDepartment 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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