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Traffic heat map of Monroe County, Kentucky: 183 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Main Street and Edmonton Road

Monroe County, Kentucky Traffic Counts

TrafficZoom tracks traffic on 183 road miles in Monroe County, Kentucky, divided into 1,670 segments averaging 580 ft. Its busiest road, Main Street, carries 7,921 vehicles a day, 4.5 times the average road. Built from cross-verified mobile and road-sensor data, these counts help you size up a retail site, plan logistics routes or assess infrastructure needs.
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 Monroe County, Kentucky

Traffic

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

vehicles per day1,748
Trucks

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

9.2%
Average travel time

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

29.6 min
Congestion ratio

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

7.8%
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.

$52,176

Our data shows 1,748 vehicles per day on the average road in Monroe County, Kentucky, and 223,732 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈81.7 million per year) across its 183 miles of monitored roads. Trucks are a smaller part of the mix than across Kentucky: 9.2% against 12.1%.

Traffic 63% below the Kentucky average

Monroe sees 63% lower average daily traffic volume than the state average (1,748 vehicles per day against 4,696), suggesting less demand on each road - very light roads: easy truck access, but little passing trade for roadside retail. Across the whole network, that travel is about 0.2% of Kentucky's statewide total. By volume, Monroe's 1,748 vehicles per day trails 78% of counties in Kentucky.

The average trip takes 29.6 minutes, 7% lower than the state level. 69% of counties in Kentucky have a longer average travel time than Monroe's 29.6 minutes.

At 47% lower than the state level, the 7.8% congestion ratio signals smoother traffic flow - fewer delays make delivery windows more reliable.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Monroe County, Kentucky, the peak hour concentrates about 8% of the day's traffic.

Monroe County vs. Kentucky Traffic Comparison

Of the four measures, average daily traffic per road differs most: Monroe County runs 63% below the Kentucky average. Its truck share is also 24% below.

MetricMonroe CountyKentucky averageDifference
Traffic1,7484,696-62.8%
Truck % (Total Traffic)9.2%12.1%-24.1%
Avg. Travel Time29.6 min31.7 min-6.6%

How Monroe County compares

Monroe County against nearby counties

Monroe County tracks the 4 areas around it closely - no measure in this table sets it far apart from the areas immediately next to it, though it has the fourth busiest roads of the five.

Monroe 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
Monroe County1,7489.2%223,73229.6 min7.8%
Cumberland County, Kentucky2,61911.0%173,35134.6 min6.5%
Clay County, Tennessee1,32410.7%130,46835.2 min6.6%
Metcalfe County, Kentucky2,18014.4%458,70328.9 min8.2%
Macon County, Tennessee3,4488.5%359,22332.1 min12.8%
Kentucky average4,69612.1%N/A31.7 min14.7%

Monroe County ranked within Kentucky

Monroe County sits in the top quarter of the Kentucky field on average driver age, at #22 of 120.

Monroe County ranked among 120 county-level areas in Kentucky (1 = highest).
MeasureMonroe CountyKentucky rank
Traffic volume (AADT)1,748#94 of 120
Average travel time29.6 min#83 of 120
Average driver income$52,176#84 of 120
Average driver age49.8 yrs#22 of 120

The two ends of this table sit far apart: #22 of 120 on average driver age, against #94 of 120 on average daily traffic volume.

Busiest roads in Monroe County, Kentucky

On their busiest stretches, the three busiest roads in Monroe County carry 5,886 vehicles a day on average, 3.4 times the typical road in the county (1,748).

Main Street leads with 7,921 vehicles a day, 563 of them trucks (7.1%). It tops the truck ranking too, with the most trucks.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Main StreetPrimary road · 7,921vehicles563trucks · 7.1%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
18.3%
Median trip time
29.2 min
Drivers’ median age
50.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$52,409

Main Street is one of the more congested roads here: trips take 18% longer than at free-flow speed, against 8% county-wide.

2Edmonton RoadPrimary road · 5,722vehicles544trucks · 9.5%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
13.6%
Median trip time
31.1 min
Drivers’ median age
50.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$55,356

Edmonton Road carries 3.3 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 31.1 minutes.

3KY 163Primary road · 4,013vehicles434trucks · 10.8%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
9.3%
Median trip time
38.4 min
Drivers’ median age
50.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$58,258

At 2.3 times the county average, KY 163 draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $58,258 in household income.

44th StreetSecondary road · 3,996vehicles315trucks · 7.9%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
27.1 min
Drivers’ median age
49.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$49,421

The busiest stretch of 4th Street carries 2.3 times the county average; trucks are 7.9% of it, below the county-wide 9.2%.

54th BoulevardSecondary road · 3,633vehicles341trucks · 9.4%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
29.3 min
Drivers’ median age
49.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$50,946

On its busiest stretch, 4th Boulevard carries 2.1 times the county average; trucks are 9.4% of it, in line with the county-wide 9.2%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Main StreetPrimary road · #1 by traffic7,921vehicles563trucks · 7.1%
2Edmonton RoadPrimary road · #2 by traffic5,722vehicles544trucks · 9.5%
3KY 163Primary road · #3 by traffic4,013vehicles434trucks · 10.8%
44th BoulevardSecondary road · #5 by traffic3,633vehicles341trucks · 9.4%
54th StreetSecondary road · #4 by traffic3,996vehicles315trucks · 7.9%
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

MonroeDepartment 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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