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Traffic | vehicles per day1,608 |
|---|---|
Trucks | 10.3% |
Average travel time | 29.6 min |
Congestion ratio | 5.8% |
Drivers’ average age | 49.4 yrs |
Drivers’ average income | $53,293 |
The average monitored road in Nicholas County, Kentucky carries 1,608 vehicles per day. Across its 100 miles of monitored roads, that adds up to 147,006 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈53.7 million per year). Trucks are 10.3% of traffic, close to the 12.1% across Kentucky.
At 1,608 vehicles per day, the average monitored road in Nicholas carries 66% less traffic than the state average of 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 0.1% of Kentucky's statewide total. By volume, Nicholas's 1,608 vehicles per day trails 86% of counties in Kentucky.
Journey times run 6% lower than the state level, at 29.6 minutes on average. 68% of counties in Kentucky have a longer average travel time than Nicholas's 29.6 minutes.
At 61% lower than the state level, the 5.8% congestion ratio signals smoother traffic flow - delays are rare enough to plan travel times almost to the minute.
| Traffic | vehicles per day5,110 |
|---|---|
| Trucks | 13.2% |
| Average travel time | 49.2 min |
| Congestion ratio | 11.9% |
| Drivers’ average age | 49.5 yrs |
| Drivers’ average income | $56,502 |
Highways carry about half of all travel in Nicholas County, Kentucky, 47% of vehicle-miles. The average highway carries 5,110 vehicles per day, 350% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 1,136 vehicles per day.
That comes from just 13% of the monitored road miles: 13 miles in 128 segments, carrying 69,240 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈25.3 million per year).
Highway truck concentration here runs 17% lower than the state average, at 13.2%. Highways here mostly serve passenger trips, so local access matters more than long-haul routing for logistics operators.
56% of counties in Kentucky see a higher highway truck share than Nicholas's 13.2%. 63% of counties in Kentucky see more highway trucks per day than Nicholas's roughly 673.
| Traffic | vehicles per day1,136 |
|---|---|
| Trucks | 7.7% |
| Average travel time | 27.0 min |
| Congestion ratio | 5.0% |
| Drivers’ average age | 49.2 yrs |
| Drivers’ average income | $51,386 |
Local roads carry about half of all travel in Nicholas County, Kentucky, 53% of vehicle-miles. The average non-highway road carries 1,136 vehicles per day.
Spread over 86 miles and 950 segments, 87% of the road network, local roads carry a lighter load per mile: 77,766 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈28.4 million per year). About 1 in 13 vehicles on non-highway roads is a truck (7.7%).
The concentration of trucks on non-highway roads is 42% lower than on highways.
Non-highway congestion (5.0%) runs 64% lower than the state average, pointing to smoother local traffic flow.
Trip origins here have lower average income than 68% of counties in Kentucky. The driver population here skews older than 73% of counties in Kentucky.
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