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Traffic heat map of Perkins County, Nebraska: 102 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Central Avenue and NE 61

Perkins County, Nebraska Traffic Counts

Its busiest road, Central Avenue, carries 7,310 vehicles a day, 3.8 times the average road. This page breaks down traffic in Perkins County, Nebraska across 102 miles of monitored roads split into 458 segments, using multi-sourced mobile and sensor data. It goes beyond raw counts to truck flow, congestion and who is driving, so site selection and route planning rest on evidence.
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 Perkins County, Nebraska

Traffic

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

vehicles per day1,922
Trucks

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

7.6%
Average travel time

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

31.8 min
Drivers’ average age

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

54.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$68,192

Our data shows 1,922 vehicles per day on the average road in Perkins County, Nebraska, and 150,451 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈54.9 million per year) across its 102 miles of monitored roads. Trucks are a smaller part of the mix than across Nebraska: 7.6% against 11.5%.

Shorter trips than 86% of counties in Nebraska

At 1,922 vehicles per day, the average monitored road in Perkins carries 47% less traffic than the state average of 3,598, suggesting less demand on each road - lighter roads for freight, but less passing trade for roadside retail. In total volume terms, its road network carries about 0.3% of Nebraska's statewide total of vehicle-miles. 67% of counties in Nebraska see less traffic than Perkins's 1,922 vehicles per day.

At 31.8 minutes, the average travel time matches the state level closely. 86% of counties in Nebraska have a longer average travel time than Perkins's 31.8 minutes.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

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

Perkins County vs. Nebraska Traffic Comparison

The average daily traffic per road sets Perkins County apart: 47% below the Nebraska average. Its truck share is also 34% below.

MetricPerkins CountyNebraska averageDifference
Traffic1,9223,598-46.6%
Truck % (Total Traffic)7.6%11.5%-34.0%
Avg. Travel Time31.8 min33.0 min-3.9%

How Perkins County compares

Perkins County has the lowest truck share of its nearby counties

Compared with its 4 closest neighbours, Perkins County moves 22.9% of the total daily travel and runs 7.5 percentage points less truck traffic; it has the second busiest roads of the five. The mirror image of a big network: fewer road-miles carrying heavier traffic, so the travel here is concentrated rather than spread out.

Perkins County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Nebraska average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Perkins County1,9227.6%150,45131.8 minN/A
Keith County, Nebraska2,88821.6%2,214,55438.0 minN/A
Chase County, Nebraska1,8428.8%177,76031.6 minN/A
Sedgwick County, Colorado74720.5%192,93426.6 min3.3%
Hayes County, Nebraska9019.7%45,18639.5 minN/A
Nebraska average3,59811.5%N/A33.0 min17.5%

Perkins County ranked within Nebraska

Perkins County sits in the bottom quarter of the Nebraska field on average travel time, at #80 of 93.

Perkins County ranked among 93 county-level areas in Nebraska (1 = highest).
MeasurePerkins CountyNebraska rank
Traffic volume (AADT)1,922#31 of 93
Average travel time31.8 min#80 of 93
Average driver income$68,192#47 of 93
Average driver age54.3 yrs#16 of 93

The two ends of this table sit far apart: #16 of 93 on average driver age, against #80 of 93 on average travel time.

Busiest roads in Perkins County, Nebraska

Traffic concentrates on a few corridors: the three busiest roads average 5,237 vehicles a day, against 1,922 on the average road in Perkins County.

Central Avenue is the busiest road, at 7,310 vehicles a day, 494 of them trucks (6.8%). No other road comes close: NE 61, in second place, carries 4,401. It also carries the most trucks.

Highway 61 carries longer journeys than most roads here, with a median trip of 45.5 minutes against 31.8 county-wide.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Central AvenueSecondary road · 7,310vehicles494trucks · 6.8%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
28.7 min
Drivers’ median age
54.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$68,782

Central Avenue peaks at 7,310 vehicles a day, 3.8 times the county average; trucks are 6.8% of it, below the county-wide 7.6%.

2NE 61Secondary road · 4,401vehicles300trucks · 6.8%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
33.6 min
Drivers’ median age
54.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$67,206

NE 61 carries 2.3 times the county average at its busiest, 300 of them trucks (6.8%, below the county-wide 7.6%).

3A StreetSecondary road · 4,001vehicles287trucks · 7.2%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
32.5 min
Drivers’ median age
54.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$68,620

A Street carries 2.1 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 32.5 minutes.

4Highway 61Secondary road · 2,940vehicles225trucks · 7.7%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
45.5 min
Drivers’ median age
54.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$66,366

Highway 61 peaks at 2,940 vehicles a day, 53% more than the county average; trucks are 7.7% of it, in line with the county-wide 7.6%.

5NE 23Secondary road · 2,754vehicles184trucks · 6.7%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
34.6 min
Drivers’ median age
53.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$70,226

NE 23 carries 43% more than the county average at its busiest, 184 of them trucks (6.7%, below the county-wide 7.6%).

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Central AvenueSecondary road · #1 by traffic7,310vehicles494trucks · 6.8%
2NE 61Secondary road · #2 by traffic4,401vehicles300trucks · 6.8%
3A StreetSecondary road · #3 by traffic4,001vehicles287trucks · 7.2%
4Highway 61Secondary road · #4 by traffic2,940vehicles225trucks · 7.7%
5NE 23Secondary road · #5 by traffic2,754vehicles184trucks · 6.7%
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

PerkinsDepartment 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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