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Traffic | vehicles per day6,332 |
|---|---|
Trucks | 8.7% |
Average travel time | 32.3 min |
Congestion ratio | 18.6% |
Drivers’ average age | 46.0 yrs |
Drivers’ average income | $79,464 |
The average monitored road in North Carolina carries 6,332 vehicles per day. Across its 39,529 miles of monitored roads, that adds up to 273,243,430 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈99.7 billion per year). Trucks are 8.7% of traffic, close to the 9.3% across the US.
North Carolina's average daily traffic volume is 9% lower than the national average - 6,332 vehicles per day against 6,986. In total volume terms, its road network carries about 3.6% of the national total of vehicle-miles. By volume, North Carolina's 6,332 vehicles per day outpaces 56% of states nationwide.
Journey times here (32.3 minutes on average) closely track the national level. Its average travel time of 32.3 minutes is shorter than 74% of states nationwide.
Congestion here (18.6%) closely tracks the national level.
| Traffic | vehicles per day14,850 |
|---|---|
| Trucks | 12.1% |
| Average travel time | 39.3 min |
| Congestion ratio | 32.5% |
| Drivers’ average age | 46.1 yrs |
| Drivers’ average income | $76,889 |
Highways carry about half of all travel in North Carolina, 52% of vehicle-miles. The average highway carries 14,850 vehicles per day, 166% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 5,576 vehicles per day.
Highways make up 24% of the monitored road miles (9,419 miles, 63,520 segments), so they carry more than their share: 142,903,294 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈52.2 billion per year).
That puts North Carolina among the top 5 states nationwide for highway travel volume.
Highway truck concentration here runs 8% lower than the national average, at 12.1%. The highway traffic mix is typical for the US: neither freight- nor commuter-dominated.
By truck concentration, highways here trail 62% of states nationwide. 56% of states nationwide see fewer highway trucks per day than North Carolina's roughly 1,794.
| Traffic | vehicles per day5,576 |
|---|---|
| Trucks | 5.1% |
| Average travel time | 31.7 min |
| Congestion ratio | 17.7% |
| Drivers’ average age | 46.1 yrs |
| Drivers’ average income | $81,677 |
Local roads carry about half of all travel in North Carolina, 48% of vehicle-miles. A typical local road sees 5,576 vehicles per day.
Spread over 30,110 miles and 715,562 segments, 76% of the road network, local roads carry a lighter load per mile: 130,340,139 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈47.6 billion per year). About 1 in 20 vehicles on non-highway roads is a truck (5.1%).
The concentration of trucks on non-highway roads is 58% lower than on highways.
The non-highway congestion ratio of 17.7% is in line with the national level.
72% of states nationwide see higher average driver income among trip origins than North Carolina. The driver population here skews older than 54% of states nationwide.
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