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Traffic heat map of Norman County, Minnesota: 291 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on 140th St and Thorpe Avenue

Norman County, Minnesota Traffic Counts

TrafficZoom tracks traffic on 291 road miles in Norman County, Minnesota, divided into 1,911 segments averaging 803 ft. Trips here are the longest of any county in Minnesota, a median 51.7 minutes. 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 Norman County, Minnesota

Traffic

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

vehicles per day833
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.

51.7 min
Congestion ratio

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

3.9%
Drivers’ average age

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

51.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$73,291

Our data shows 833 vehicles per day on the average road in Norman County, Minnesota, and 224,403 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈81.9 million per year) across its 291 miles of monitored roads. About 1 in 12 vehicles is a truck, in line with Minnesota (8.1%).

The longest trips of any county in Minnesota

At 833 vehicles per day, the average monitored road in Norman carries 76% less traffic than the state average of 3,404, suggesting less demand on each road - very light roads: easy truck access, but little passing trade for roadside retail. Network-wide, Norman accounts for about 0.2% of Minnesota's statewide total of vehicle-miles. By volume, Norman's 833 vehicles per day trails 97% of counties in Minnesota.

The average trip takes 51.7 minutes, 60% higher than the state level. It also posts the highest average travel time in Minnesota, at 51.7 minutes.

The congestion ratio of 3.9% is 63% lower, pointing to smoother traffic flow than the state level - free-flowing roads make scheduled deliveries highly predictable.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

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

Norman County vs. Minnesota Traffic Comparison

The average daily traffic per road sets Norman County apart: 76% below the Minnesota average. Its average travel time, by contrast, is 60% above.

MetricNorman CountyMinnesota averageDifference
Traffic8333,404-75.5%
Truck % (Total Traffic)8.6%8.1%+6.1%
Avg. Travel Time51.7 min32.2 min+60.4%

How Norman County compares

Norman County is the least congested of its nearby counties

Set against the average of the 4 areas nearest to it, Norman County sees 53.2% longer typical trips and moves 28.4% of the total daily travel; it has the quietest roads of the five. Trips here run longer without running slower: distance, not congestion, is what drivers spend their time on.

Norman County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Minnesota average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Norman County8338.6%224,40351.7 min3.9%
Mahnomen County, Minnesota1,2399.3%175,62039.7 min5.2%
Polk County, Minnesota1,3127.7%878,88634.7 min5.3%
Traill County, North Dakota97612.2%335,35528.5 min6.2%
Clay County, Minnesota3,0098.8%1,770,23532.1 min10.2%
Minnesota average3,4048.1%N/A32.2 min10.6%

Norman County ranked within Minnesota

On average travel time, Norman County tops the Minnesota field outright.

Norman County ranked among 87 county-level areas in Minnesota (1 = highest).
MeasureNorman CountyMinnesota rank
Traffic volume (AADT)833#84 of 87
Average travel time51.7 min#1 of 87
Average driver income$73,291#54 of 87
Average driver age51.3 yrs#24 of 87

Norman County ranks #1 of 87 on average travel time but #84 of 87 on average daily traffic volume. Some of the longest trips in Minnesota on some of its emptiest roads - distance, not congestion, is what sets travel time here.

Busiest roads in Norman County, Minnesota

On their busiest stretches, the three busiest roads in Norman County carry 2,682 vehicles a day on average, 3.2 times the typical road in the county (833).

140th St leads with 3,039 vehicles a day, 339 of them trucks (11.2%). Thorpe Avenue is practically level with it at 3,002. It tops the truck ranking too, with the most trucks.

1st Street Northwest is a local road at heart: the median trip using it lasts 26.7 minutes, against 51.7 for the county.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1140th StPrimary road · 3,039vehicles339trucks · 11.2%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
60.2 min
Drivers’ median age
51.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$78,692

The busiest stretch of 140th St carries 3.6 times the county average; trucks are 11.2% of it, above the county-wide 8.6%.

2Thorpe AvenueSecondary road · 3,002vehicles210trucks · 7.0%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
8.1%
Median trip time
53.1 min
Drivers’ median age
51.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$73,865

On its busiest stretch, Thorpe Avenue carries 3.6 times the county average; trucks are 7.0% of it, below the county-wide 8.6%.

3US 75Primary road · 2,005vehicles162trucks · 8.1%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
4.8%
Median trip time
67.0 min
Drivers’ median age
51.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$67,059

US 75 peaks at 2,005 vehicles a day, 2.4 times the county average; trucks are 8.1% of it, below the county-wide 8.6%.

4MN 9Primary road · 1,980vehicles238trucks · 12.0%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
4.2%
Median trip time
63.1 min
Drivers’ median age
50.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$78,127

MN 9 carries 2.4 times the county average at its busiest, 238 of them trucks (12.0%, above the county-wide 8.6%).

51st Street NorthwestSecondary road · 1,848vehicles117trucks · 6.3%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
4.3%
Median trip time
26.7 min
Drivers’ median age
53.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$72,503

1st Street Northwest carries 2.2 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 26.7 minutes.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1140th StPrimary road · #1 by traffic3,039vehicles339trucks · 11.2%
2MN 9Primary road · #4 by traffic1,980vehicles238trucks · 12.0%
3Thorpe AvenueSecondary road · #2 by traffic3,002vehicles210trucks · 7.0%
4Main StreetPrimary road · 1,758vehicles176trucks · 10.0%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
4.7%
Median trip time
57.1 min
Drivers’ median age
50.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$74,080

At 2.1 times the county average, Main Street draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $74,080 in household income.

5US 75Primary road · #3 by traffic2,005vehicles162trucks · 8.1%
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

NormanDepartment 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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