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Traffic heat map of Person County, North Carolina: 283 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Durham Road

Person County, North Carolina Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of Person County, North Carolina? We measure 283 road miles, divided into 4,172 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. Its busiest road, Durham Road, carries 26,058 vehicles a day, 8.6 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 Person County, North Carolina

Traffic

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

vehicles per day3,029
Trucks

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

6.8%
Average travel time

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

28.8 min
Congestion ratio

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

8.5%
Drivers’ average age

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

51.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$66,402

Our data shows 3,029 vehicles per day on the average road in Person County, North Carolina, and 722,151 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈264 million per year) across its 283 miles of monitored roads. About 1 in 15 vehicles is a truck, fewer than the 1 in 11 across North Carolina.

Shorter trips than 95% of counties in North Carolina

Person's average daily traffic volume is 52% lower than the state average - 3,029 vehicles per day against 6,332 - suggesting less traffic load per road - quiet roads that suit freight movement more than drive-by retail. In total volume terms, its road network carries about 0.3% of North Carolina's statewide total of vehicle-miles. Person carries less traffic than 77% of counties in North Carolina.

Journey times run 11% lower than the state level, at 28.8 minutes on average. On travel time, Person runs shorter than 95% of counties in North Carolina.

Congestion runs 54% lower than the state level, at a ratio of 8.5%, which means smoother traffic flow - free-flowing roads make scheduled deliveries highly predictable.

Highway vs. Non-Highway Traffic Analysis

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Highway Traffic in Person County, North Carolina

Trafficvehicles per day13,742
Trucks7.5%
Average travel time29.5 min
Congestion ratio24.2%
Drivers’ average age50.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income$63,359

Highways carry a significant share of travel in Person County, North Carolina: 41% of all vehicle-miles. The average highway carries 13,742 vehicles per day, 597% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 1,971 vehicles per day.

Yet highways are only 12% of the road network, 34 miles in 375 segments, so each mile of them is 3.4 times as busy as the average road mile.

Lower highway truck share than 86% of counties in North Carolina

The concentration of trucks on highways (7.5%) is 38% 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.

By truck concentration, highways here trail 86% of counties in North Carolina. By raw truck volume, Person carries fewer highway trucks than 82% of counties in North Carolina.

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Non-highway Traffic in Person County, North Carolina

Trafficvehicles per day1,971
Trucks6.2%
Average travel time28.8 min
Congestion ratio6.9%
Drivers’ average age51.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income$68,921

Local roads carry more than half of all travel in Person County, North Carolina (59% of vehicle-miles). The average non-highway road carries 1,971 vehicles per day.

Spread over 249 miles and 3,797 segments, 88% of the road network, local roads carry a lighter load per mile: 429,332 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈157 million per year). The truck share on non-highway roads is 6.2%.

Local congestion 61% below the North Carolina average

The concentration of trucks on non-highway roads is 17% lower than on highways.

The non-highway congestion ratio of 6.9% is 61% lower than the state level, suggesting more efficient local mobility than the state average.

Trip origins here have higher average income than 55% of counties in North Carolina. The driver population here skews older than 70% of counties in North Carolina.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Person County, North Carolina, the peak hour concentrates about 8% of the day's traffic.

Person County vs. North Carolina Traffic Comparison

Person County's biggest difference from the North Carolina average is its average daily traffic per road, 52% below it. Its highway truck share is also 38% below.

MetricPerson CountyNorth Carolina averageDifference
Traffic3,0296,332-52.2%
Truck % (Total Traffic)6.8%8.7%-22.7%
Truck % (Highway)7.5%12.1%-38.0%
Avg. Travel Time28.8 min32.3 min-10.7%

How Person County compares

Person County has the lowest truck share of its nearby counties

Against the 4 nearest areas, Person County moves 19.4% of the total daily travel and is 37.2% less congested; 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.

Person County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the North Carolina average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Person County3,0296.8%722,15128.8 min8.5%
Granville County, North Carolina3,72815.5%1,794,63030.4 min12.3%
Caswell County, North Carolina1,76610.6%565,85234.5 min6.2%
Orange County, North Carolina5,28610.1%4,407,04732.7 min14.6%
Durham County, North Carolina9,0997.5%8,155,63932.4 min20.9%
North Carolina average6,3328.7%N/A32.3 min18.6%

Person County ranked within North Carolina

Average travel time places Person County #95 of 100 in North Carolina - the bottom quarter of the state.

Person County ranked among 100 county-level areas in North Carolina (1 = highest); measures without data in every county rank a smaller field, down to 97.
MeasurePerson CountyNorth Carolina rank
Traffic volume (AADT)3,029#77 of 100
Highway vehicle-miles per day292,819#80 of 97
Truck share on highways7.5%#84 of 97
Highway trucks per day1,029#80 of 97
Average travel time28.8 min#95 of 100
Average driver income$66,402#46 of 100
Average driver age51.0 yrs#31 of 100

The two ends of this table sit far apart: #31 of 100 on average driver age, against #95 of 100 on average travel time.

Busiest roads in Person County, North Carolina

Traffic concentrates on a few corridors: the three busiest roads average 23,341 vehicles a day, against 3,029 on the average road in Person County.

Durham Road leads with 26,058 vehicles a day, 1,072 of them trucks (4.1%). US 501 carries the most trucks, 1,293 a day (6.3% of its traffic), although it ranks #3 for all traffic.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Durham RoadTrunk road · 26,058vehicles1,072trucks · 4.1%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
37.8%
Median trip time
28.5 min
Drivers’ median age
50.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$63,275

Durham Road is one of the more congested roads here: trips take 38% longer than at free-flow speed, against 8% county-wide.

2Madison BoulevardTrunk road · 23,541vehicles989trucks · 4.2%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
34.1%
Median trip time
28.6 min
Drivers’ median age
50.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$61,490

Delays build on Madison Boulevard: its congestion ratio of 34% over free-flow time is well above the county's 8%.

3US 501Trunk road · 20,424vehicles1,293trucks · 6.3%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
27.8%
Median trip time
28.7 min
Drivers’ median age
51.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$63,257

At 6.7 times the county average, US 501 draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $63,257 in household income.

4Roxboro RoadTrunk road · 8,863vehicles581trucks · 6.6%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
13.2%
Median trip time
36.6 min
Drivers’ median age
50.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$66,415

Roxboro Road carries 2.9 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 36.6 minutes.

5Virgilina RoadTrunk road · 8,348vehicles476trucks · 5.7%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
24.8%
Median trip time
32.4 min
Drivers’ median age
51.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$54,483

At 2.8 times the county average, Virgilina Road draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $54,483 in household income.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1US 501Trunk road · #3 by traffic20,424vehicles1,293trucks · 6.3%
2Durham RoadTrunk road · #1 by traffic26,058vehicles1,072trucks · 4.1%
3Madison BoulevardTrunk road · #2 by traffic23,541vehicles989trucks · 4.2%
4Roxboro RoadTrunk road · #4 by traffic8,863vehicles581trucks · 6.6%
5Jim Thorpe HighwayTrunk road · 5,845vehicles502trucks · 8.6%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
9.5%
Median trip time
32.0 min
Drivers’ median age
52.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$57,347

Jim Thorpe Highway carries 93% more than the county average at its busiest, 502 of them trucks (8.6%, above the county-wide 6.8%).

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

PersonDepartment 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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