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Traffic heat map of Ness County, Kansas: 108 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Sycamore Street and Pennsylvania Avenue

Ness County, Kansas Traffic Counts

Its busiest road, Sycamore Street, carries 3,259 vehicles a day, 3.2 times the average road. This page breaks down traffic in Ness County, Kansas across 108 miles of monitored roads split into 673 segments, using multi-sourced mobile and sensor data. It goes beyond raw counts to truck flow, congestion and who is driving, so site selection and route planning rest on evidence.
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 Ness County, Kansas

Traffic

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

vehicles per day1,026
Trucks

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

10.2%
Average travel time

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

44.2 min
Drivers’ average age

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

52.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$71,869

A typical monitored road in Ness County, Kansas sees 1,026 vehicles per day, while its 108 miles of monitored roads together handle 88,204 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈32.2 million per year). Trucks are 10.2% of traffic, close to the 10.2% across Kansas.

Quieter roads than 90% of counties in Kansas

At 1,026 vehicles per day, the average monitored road in Ness carries 76% less traffic than the state average of 4,243, 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 about 0.1% of Kansas's statewide total of vehicle-miles. 90% of counties in Kansas see more traffic than Ness's 1,026 vehicles per day.

At 44.2 minutes, the average travel time is 39% higher than the state level. On travel time, Ness runs longer than 86% of counties in Kansas.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

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

Ness County vs. Kansas Traffic Comparison

The average daily traffic per road sets Ness County apart: 76% below the Kansas average. Its average travel time, by contrast, is 39% above.

MetricNess CountyKansas averageDifference
Traffic1,0264,243-75.8%
Truck % (Total Traffic)10.2%10.2%+0.0%
Avg. Travel Time44.2 min31.8 min+39.0%

How Ness County compares

Ness County against nearby counties

Against the 4 nearest areas, Ness County moves 47.3% of the total daily travel and carries 30.1% 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.

Ness 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
Ness County1,02610.2%88,20444.2 minN/A
Hodgeman County, Kansas1,36013.6%83,11648.1 minN/A
Trego County, Kansas2,48723.1%508,69930.1 minN/A
Lane County, Kansas6898.4%41,65745.5 minN/A
Rush County, Kansas1,33412.8%112,61649.2 minN/A
Kansas average4,24310.2%N/A31.8 min17.1%

Ness County ranked within Kansas

Ness County sits in the bottom quarter of the Kansas field on average daily traffic volume, at #95 of 105.

Ness County ranked among 105 county-level areas in Kansas (1 = highest).
MeasureNess CountyKansas rank
Traffic volume (AADT)1,026#95 of 105
Average travel time44.2 min#16 of 105
Average driver income$71,869#34 of 105
Average driver age52.6 yrs#18 of 105

Ness County ranks #16 of 105 on average travel time but #95 of 105 on average daily traffic volume - the two describe the same roads and are worth reading together rather than either on its own.

Busiest roads in Ness County, Kansas

Traffic concentrates on a few corridors: the three busiest roads average 2,506 vehicles a day, against 1,026 on the average road in Ness County.

Sycamore Street is the busiest road, at 3,259 vehicles a day, 353 of them trucks (10.8%). Pennsylvania Avenue carries the most trucks, 400 a day (13.5% of its traffic), although it ranks #2 for all traffic.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Sycamore StreetSecondary road · 3,259vehicles353trucks · 10.8%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
39.3 min
Drivers’ median age
52.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$69,957

Sycamore Street carries 3.2 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 39.3 minutes.

2Pennsylvania AvenuePrimary road · 2,956vehicles400trucks · 13.5%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
37.4 min
Drivers’ median age
52.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$72,356

At 2.9 times the county average, Pennsylvania Avenue draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $72,356 in household income.

3US 283Primary road · 1,304vehicles155trucks · 11.9%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
38.4 min
Drivers’ median age
53.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$72,833

US 283 is busy by local standards, at 27% more than the county average on its busiest stretch; trucks are 11.9% of it, above the county-wide 10.2%.

4KS 96Secondary road · 1,064vehicles82trucks · 7.7%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
45.1 min
Drivers’ median age
51.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$74,108

KS 96 is a quieter road: its busiest stretch carries about the same as the county average; trucks are 7.7% of it, below the county-wide 10.2%.

5Washington StreetSecondary road · 818vehicles84trucks · 10.2%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
50.2 min
Drivers’ median age
51.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$74,765

Even at its busiest, Washington Street carries 20% less than the county average; trucks are 10.2% of it, in line with the county-wide 10.2%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Pennsylvania AvenuePrimary road · #2 by traffic2,956vehicles400trucks · 13.5%
2Sycamore StreetSecondary road · #1 by traffic3,259vehicles353trucks · 10.8%
3US 283Primary road · #3 by traffic1,304vehicles155trucks · 11.9%
4Washington StreetSecondary road · #5 by traffic818vehicles84trucks · 10.2%
5KS 96Secondary road · #4 by traffic1,064vehicles82trucks · 7.7%
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

NessDepartment 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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