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Traffic heat map of Parke County, Indiana: 131 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on State Road 163 and Ohio Street

Parke County, Indiana Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of Parke County, Indiana? We measure 131 road miles, divided into 1,578 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. Its busiest road, State Road 163, carries 7,092 vehicles a day, 3.3 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 Parke County, Indiana

Traffic

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

vehicles per day2,182
Trucks

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

8.4%
Average travel time

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

35.7 min
Congestion ratio

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

9.2%
Drivers’ average age

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

48.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$65,176

Our data shows 2,182 vehicles per day on the average road in Parke County, Indiana, and 271,933 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈99.3 million per year) across its 131 miles of monitored roads. Trucks are a smaller part of the mix than across Indiana: 8.4% against 12.1%.

Quieter roads than 90% of counties in Indiana

Parke sees 62% lower average daily traffic volume than the state average (2,182 vehicles per day against 5,704), suggesting less demand on each road - quiet roads that suit freight movement more than drive-by retail. Across the whole network, that travel is about 0.2% of Indiana's statewide total. By volume, Parke's 2,182 vehicles per day trails 90% of counties in Indiana.

Journey times run 7% higher than the state level, at 35.7 minutes on average. 76% of counties in Indiana have a shorter average travel time than Parke's 35.7 minutes.

The congestion ratio of 9.2% is 41% lower, pointing to smoother traffic flow than the state level - fewer delays make delivery windows more reliable.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

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

Parke County vs. Indiana Traffic Comparison

Parke County's biggest difference from the Indiana average is its average daily traffic per road, 62% below it. Its truck share is also 30% below.

MetricParke CountyIndiana averageDifference
Traffic2,1825,704-61.7%
Truck % (Total Traffic)8.4%12.1%-30.5%
Avg. Travel Time35.7 min33.5 min+6.6%

How Parke County compares

Parke County moves the least traffic of its nearby counties

Set against the average of the 4 areas nearest to it, Parke County moves 22.9% of the total daily travel and carries 43.1% 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.

Parke County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Indiana average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Parke County2,1828.4%271,93335.7 min9.2%
Vermillion County, Indiana1,91614.7%492,30731.1 min7.9%
Putnam County, Indiana4,67820.0%1,321,63937.1 min13.0%
Clay County, Indiana2,95218.1%900,49433.7 min9.2%
Vigo County, Indiana5,78712.3%2,041,20534.2 min16.3%
Indiana average5,70412.1%N/A33.5 min15.6%

Parke County ranked within Indiana

Parke County sits in the bottom quarter of the Indiana field on average daily traffic volume, at #83 of 92.

Parke County ranked among 92 county-level areas in Indiana (1 = highest).
MeasureParke CountyIndiana rank
Traffic volume (AADT)2,182#83 of 92
Average travel time35.7 min#22 of 92
Average driver income$65,176#76 of 92
Average driver age48.6 yrs#35 of 92

Parke County ranks #22 of 92 on average travel time but #83 of 92 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 Parke County, Indiana

On their busiest stretches, the three busiest roads in Parke County carry 5,888 vehicles a day on average, 2.7 times the typical road in the county (2,182).

State Road 163 leads with 7,092 vehicles a day, 376 of them trucks (5.3%). Ohio Street carries the most trucks, 401 a day (6.4% of its traffic), although it ranks #2 for all traffic.

Trips using SR 59 are long: a median of 49.2 minutes against 35.7 county-wide, the mark of a through route.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1State Road 163Secondary road · 7,092vehicles376trucks · 5.3%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
17.6%
Median trip time
31.2 min
Drivers’ median age
49.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$60,114

Delays build on State Road 163: its congestion ratio of 18% over free-flow time is well above the county's 9%.

2Ohio StreetPrimary road · 6,304vehicles401trucks · 6.4%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
15.0%
Median trip time
34.8 min
Drivers’ median age
50.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$62,811

Travel on Ohio Street's busiest stretch runs 15% over free-flow time, against 9% across the county, so expect slower peak hours.

3US 36Primary road · 4,269vehicles395trucks · 9.3%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
9.7%
Median trip time
39.6 min
Drivers’ median age
48.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$74,531

On its busiest stretch, US 36 carries 2.0 times the county average; trucks are 9.3% of it, above the county-wide 8.4%.

4US 41Primary road · 3,958vehicles316trucks · 8.0%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
12.5%
Median trip time
33.9 min
Drivers’ median age
48.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$59,972

US 41 carries 81% more than the county average at its busiest, 316 of them trucks (8.0%, in line with the county-wide 8.4%).

5SR 47Primary road · 2,147vehicles184trucks · 8.6%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
4.6%
Median trip time
43.1 min
Drivers’ median age
50.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$67,441

SR 47 is a quieter road: its busiest stretch carries about the same as the county average; trucks are 8.6% of it, in line with the county-wide 8.4%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Ohio StreetPrimary road · #2 by traffic6,304vehicles401trucks · 6.4%
2US 36Primary road · #3 by traffic4,269vehicles395trucks · 9.3%
3State Road 163Secondary road · #1 by traffic7,092vehicles376trucks · 5.3%
4US 41Primary road · #4 by traffic3,958vehicles316trucks · 8.0%
5SR 59Secondary road · 2,124vehicles200trucks · 9.4%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
5.1%
Median trip time
49.2 min
Drivers’ median age
49.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$76,357

Even at its busiest, SR 59 carries about the same as the county average; trucks are 9.4% of it, above the county-wide 8.4%.

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

ParkeDepartment 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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