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Traffic heat map of Ouachita County, Arkansas: 296 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Washington Street

Ouachita County, Arkansas Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of Ouachita County, Arkansas? We measure 296 road miles, divided into 2,380 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. Its busiest road, Washington Street, carries 12,590 vehicles a day, 6.0 times the average road. The breakdown below covers volume, trucks, congestion and driver profiles for retailers, logistics planners and engineers.
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 Ouachita County, Arkansas

Traffic

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

vehicles per day2,094
Trucks

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

10.1%
Average travel time

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

29.2 min
Congestion ratio

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

6.1%
Drivers’ average age

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

50.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$56,830

Our data shows 2,094 vehicles per day on the average road in Ouachita County, Arkansas, and 564,624 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈206 million per year) across its 296 miles of monitored roads. Trucks are 10.1% of traffic, close to the 11.6% across Arkansas.

Shorter trips than 97% of counties in Arkansas

At 2,094 vehicles per day, the average monitored road in Ouachita carries 58% less traffic than the state average of 4,932, suggesting less demand on each road - very light roads: easy truck access, but little passing trade for roadside retail. In total volume terms, its road network carries about 0.6% of Arkansas's statewide total of vehicle-miles. Ouachita carries less traffic than 72% of counties in Arkansas.

The average trip takes 29.2 minutes, 8% lower than the state level. Its average travel time of 29.2 minutes is shorter than 97% of counties in Arkansas.

The congestion ratio of 6.1% is 52% lower, pointing to smoother traffic flow than the state level - free-flowing roads make scheduled deliveries highly predictable.

Highway vs. Non-Highway Traffic Analysis

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Highway Traffic in Ouachita County, Arkansas

Trafficvehicles per day3,693
Trucks12.5%
Average travel time34.6 min
Congestion ratio7.3%
Drivers’ average age50.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income$57,380

A significant share of driving in Ouachita County, Arkansas, 41% of vehicle-miles, happens on highways. The average highway carries 3,693 vehicles per day, 95% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 1,889 vehicles per day.

Highways make up 24% of the monitored road miles (71 miles, 270 segments), so they carry more than their share: 233,529 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈85.2 million per year).

Fewer highway trucks than 95% of counties in Arkansas

The concentration of trucks on highways (12.5%) is 27% lower than the state average for similar road classifications. Highways here mostly serve passenger trips, so local access matters more than long-haul routing for logistics operators.

59% of counties in Arkansas see a higher highway truck share than Ouachita's 12.5%. By raw truck volume, Ouachita carries fewer highway trucks than 95% of counties in Arkansas.

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Non-highway Traffic in Ouachita County, Arkansas

Trafficvehicles per day1,889
Trucks8.4%
Average travel time28.5 min
Congestion ratio5.9%
Drivers’ average age50.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income$56,481

A little more than half of the driving in Ouachita County, Arkansas happens on local roads: 59% of all vehicle-miles. The average non-highway road carries 1,889 vehicles per day.

Spread over 226 miles and 2,110 segments, 76% of the road network, local roads carry a lighter load per mile: 331,095 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈121 million per year). The truck share on non-highway roads is 8.4%.

Local congestion 52% below the Arkansas average

Non-highway roads carry a truck concentration that's 33% lower than the highway network.

The non-highway congestion ratio of 5.9% is 52% lower than the state level, suggesting more efficient local mobility than the state average.

55% of counties in Arkansas see lower average driver income among trip origins than Ouachita. The driver population here skews older than 69% of counties in Arkansas.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

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

Ouachita County vs. Arkansas Traffic Comparison

Of the four measures, average daily traffic per road differs most: Ouachita County runs 58% below the Arkansas average. Its highway truck share is also 27% below.

MetricOuachita CountyArkansas averageDifference
Traffic2,0944,932-57.5%
Truck % (Total Traffic)10.1%11.6%-13.3%
Truck % (Highway)12.5%17.1%-27.1%
Avg. Travel Time29.2 min31.6 min-7.8%

How Ouachita County compares

Ouachita County has the shortest trips among its nearby counties

Against the 4 nearest areas, Ouachita County sees 20.8% shorter typical trips; it has the second busiest roads of the five.

Ouachita County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Arkansas average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Ouachita County2,09410.1%564,62429.2 min6.1%
Nevada County, Arkansas1,68722.5%553,77738.1 min5.1%
Calhoun County, Arkansas1,92513.5%288,79840.0 min6.9%
Dallas County, Arkansas1,55511.9%220,31836.4 min5.5%
Union County, Arkansas3,1879.8%889,46032.9 min9.4%
Arkansas average4,93211.6%N/A31.6 min12.8%

Ouachita County ranked within Arkansas

Average travel time places Ouachita County #73 of 75 in Arkansas - the bottom quarter of the state.

Ouachita County ranked among 75 county-level areas in Arkansas (1 = highest); measures without data in every county rank a smaller field, down to 64.
MeasureOuachita CountyArkansas rank
Traffic volume (AADT)2,094#54 of 75
Highway vehicle-miles per day233,529#39 of 64
Truck share on highways12.5%#38 of 64
Highway trucks per day461#61 of 64
Average travel time29.2 min#73 of 75
Average driver income$56,830#34 of 75
Average driver age50.1 yrs#24 of 75

The two ends of this table sit far apart: #24 of 75 on average driver age, against #73 of 75 on average travel time.

Busiest roads in Ouachita County, Arkansas

Traffic concentrates on a few corridors: the three busiest roads average 11,087 vehicles a day, against 2,094 on the average road in Ouachita County.

Washington Street leads with 12,590 vehicles a day, 1,594 of them trucks (12.7%). It tops the truck ranking too, with the most trucks.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Washington StreetTrunk road · 12,590vehicles1,594trucks · 12.7%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
13.4%
Median trip time
29.7 min
Drivers’ median age
49.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$57,495

Washington Street carries 6.0 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 29.7 minutes.

2Branyan-Hunnicutt BypassTrunk road · 12,210vehicles1,520trucks · 12.4%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
13.8%
Median trip time
31.6 min
Drivers’ median age
49.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$57,192

At 5.8 times the county average, Branyan-Hunnicutt Bypass draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $57,192 in household income.

3Dr Martin Luther King ExpresswayTrunk road · 8,461vehicles966trucks · 11.4%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
8.8%
Median trip time
34.1 min
Drivers’ median age
50.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$55,606

The busiest stretch of Dr Martin Luther King Expressway carries 4.0 times the county average; trucks are 11.4% of it, above the county-wide 10.1%.

4AR 274Secondary road · 7,779vehicles717trucks · 9.2%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
23.0 min
Drivers’ median age
51.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$58,857

On its busiest stretch, AR 274 carries 3.7 times the county average; trucks are 9.2% of it, below the county-wide 10.1%.

5Adams AvenueTrunk road · 7,081vehicles781trucks · 11.0%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
7.0%
Median trip time
31.4 min
Drivers’ median age
50.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$54,807

Adams Avenue peaks at 7,081 vehicles a day, 3.4 times the county average; trucks are 11.0% of it, above the county-wide 10.1%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Washington StreetTrunk road · #1 by traffic12,590vehicles1,594trucks · 12.7%
2Branyan-Hunnicutt BypassTrunk road · #2 by traffic12,210vehicles1,520trucks · 12.4%
3Dr Martin Luther King ExpresswayTrunk road · #3 by traffic8,461vehicles966trucks · 11.4%
4Adams AvenueTrunk road · #5 by traffic7,081vehicles781trucks · 11.0%
5AR 274Secondary road · #4 by traffic7,779vehicles717trucks · 9.2%
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

OuachitaDepartment 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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Q3 2026

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