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Traffic heat map of Pitt County, North Carolina: 594 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Memorial Drive

Pitt County, North Carolina Traffic Counts

Our Pitt County, North Carolina traffic data covers 9,519 road segments over 594 road miles, with an average segment of just 330 ft. Its busiest road, Memorial Drive, carries 37,670 vehicles a day, 4.5 times the average road. Whether you are evaluating a new retail location, planning routes or assessing infrastructure, these numbers replace guesswork.
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 Pitt County, North Carolina

Traffic

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

vehicles per day8,412
Trucks

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

6.7%
Average travel time

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

35.9 min
Congestion ratio

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

22.0%
Drivers’ average age

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

41.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$69,844

The average monitored road in Pitt County, North Carolina carries 8,412 vehicles per day. Across its 594 miles of monitored roads, that adds up to 3,878,931 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈1.4 billion per year). About 1 in 15 vehicles is a truck, fewer than the 1 in 11 across North Carolina.

Busier roads than 90% of counties in North Carolina

At 8,412 vehicles per day, the average monitored road in Pitt carries 33% more traffic than the state average of 6,332, suggesting more demand on each road - more exposure for roadside businesses, and more competition for road space. In total volume terms, its road network carries about 1.4% of North Carolina's statewide total of vehicle-miles. Pitt carries more traffic than 90% of counties in North Carolina.

Journey times run 11% higher than the state level, at 35.9 minutes on average. Its average travel time of 35.9 minutes is longer than 86% of counties in North Carolina.

At 18% higher than the state level, the 22.0% congestion ratio signals more pronounced congestion - relevant for traffic control and delivery planning.

Highway vs. Non-Highway Traffic Analysis

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Highway Traffic in Pitt County, North Carolina

Trafficvehicles per day17,114
Trucks9.6%
Average travel time37.4 min
Congestion ratio30.0%
Drivers’ average age42.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income$65,555

A significant share of driving in Pitt County, North Carolina, 38% of vehicle-miles, happens on highways. The average highway carries 17,114 vehicles per day, 127% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 7,542 vehicles per day.

Highways make up 26% of the monitored road miles (153 miles, 865 segments), so they carry more than their share: 1,490,084 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈544 million per year).

By highway travel volume, Pitt outranks 73% of counties in North Carolina.

Lower highway truck share than 70% of counties in North Carolina

Highway truck concentration here runs 20% lower than the state average, at 9.6%. Highways here mostly serve passenger trips, so local access matters more than long-haul routing for logistics operators.

Pitt's highway truck share (9.6%) is lower than 70% of counties in North Carolina. Pitt's highway truck count is lower than 61% of counties in North Carolina, at roughly 1,650 trucks per day.

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Non-highway Traffic in Pitt County, North Carolina

Trafficvehicles per day7,542
Trucks4.9%
Average travel time35.7 min
Congestion ratio21.2%
Drivers’ average age40.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income$71,824

Local roads carry more than half of all travel in Pitt County, North Carolina (62% of vehicle-miles). A typical local road sees 7,542 vehicles per day.

Their share of road miles is similar, 74% (441 miles in 8,654 segments), carrying 2,388,847 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈872 million per year). Trucks make up 4.9% of non-highway traffic, about 1 in 20 vehicles.

Younger drivers than 97% of counties in North Carolina

Non-highway roads carry a truck concentration that's 49% lower than the highway network.

Non-highway congestion (21.2%) runs 20% higher than the state average, pointing to slower local traffic flow.

Pitt's average driver income is higher than 68% of counties in North Carolina. Pitt's median driver age is lower than 97% of counties in North Carolina.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

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Peak Traffic Windows
Weekday peaks:
AM peak 7:00 AM–9:00 AM and PM peak 4:00 PM–6:00 PM, with volumes reaching approximately 78% higher than the daily average.
Weekend traffic:
Weekends are much quieter: volumes run about 32% below weekday levels, the signature of a commute-driven road network.
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Seasonal Fluctuation
Busy season:
Traffic is nearly flat through the year: even March–May, the busiest stretch, runs only +3% versus the annual average.
Lowest month:
January is the quietest month, with volumes -7% versus the annual average - the usual winter low.

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Pitt County, North Carolina, the peak hour concentrates about 7% of the day's traffic, and traffic stays steady through the year (+3% in high season).

Pitt County vs. North Carolina Traffic Comparison

The average daily traffic per road sets Pitt County apart: 33% above the North Carolina average. Its truck share, by contrast, is 23% below.

MetricPitt CountyNorth Carolina averageDifference
Traffic8,4126,332+32.8%
Truck % (Total Traffic)6.7%8.7%-22.9%
Truck % (Highway)9.6%12.1%-20.2%
Avg. Travel Time35.9 min32.3 min+11.0%

How Pitt County compares

Pitt County moves more traffic than any nearby county

Against the 4 nearest areas, Pitt County is 115.7% more congested and carries 144.9% more traffic on a typical road; it has the busiest roads of the five. It is where traffic concentrates in this corner of the map - the local bottleneck, with more vehicles per road AND less room to absorb them.

Pitt 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
Pitt County8,4126.7%3,878,93135.9 min22.0%
Greene County, North Carolina3,7659.3%555,05735.8 min11.6%
Martin County, North Carolina2,91210.7%746,41535.7 min8.3%
Edgecombe County, North Carolina2,9259.9%1,253,25834.4 min8.7%
Beaufort County, North Carolina4,1357.4%1,107,86931.5 min12.1%
North Carolina average6,3328.7%N/A32.3 min18.6%

Pitt County ranked within North Carolina

Average driver age places Pitt County #97 of 100 in North Carolina - the bottom quarter of the state.

Pitt 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.
MeasurePitt CountyNorth Carolina rank
Traffic volume (AADT)8,412#11 of 100
Highway vehicle-miles per day1,490,084#27 of 97
Truck share on highways9.6%#68 of 97
Highway trucks per day1,650#60 of 97
Average travel time35.9 min#15 of 100
Average driver income$69,844#33 of 100
Average driver age41.1 yrs#97 of 100

The two ends of this table sit far apart: #11 of 100 on average daily traffic volume, against #97 of 100 on average driver age.

Busiest roads in Pitt County, North Carolina

Traffic concentrates on a few corridors: the three busiest roads average 33,373 vehicles a day, against 8,412 on the average road in Pitt County.

Memorial Drive leads with 37,670 vehicles a day, 1,626 of them trucks (4.3%). John P East Memorial Highway carries the most trucks, 2,725 a day (13.4% of its traffic), although it is not among the 5 busiest roads overall.

Trucks make up 23.3% of traffic on I 587 and 13.4% on John P East Memorial Highway, against 6.7% across all roads in the county.

I 587 carries longer journeys than most roads here, with a median trip of 58.5 minutes against 35.9 county-wide.

Traffic and freight follow different roads here: only 0 of the five busiest roads also make the top 5 for trucks.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Memorial DriveTrunk road · 37,670vehicles1,626trucks · 4.3%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
32.7%
Median trip time
36.3 min
Drivers’ median age
42.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$69,030

On its busiest stretch, Memorial Drive carries 4.5 times the county average; trucks are 4.3% of it, below the county-wide 6.7%.

2Greenville Boulevard SouthwestTrunk road · 33,273vehicles1,007trucks · 3.0%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
43.6%
Median trip time
40.4 min
Drivers’ median age
41.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$67,045

Travel on Greenville Boulevard Southwest's busiest stretch runs 44% over free-flow time, against 22% across the county, so expect slower peak hours.

3Greenville Boulevard SoutheastTrunk road · 29,177vehicles1,220trucks · 4.2%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
39.5%
Median trip time
36.8 min
Drivers’ median age
41.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$66,726

Greenville Boulevard Southeast peaks at 29,177 vehicles a day, 3.5 times the county average; trucks are 4.2% of it, below the county-wide 6.7%.

4Stantonsburg RoadPrimary road · 29,078vehicles1,406trucks · 4.8%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
34.6%
Median trip time
38.4 min
Drivers’ median age
40.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$64,829

Stantonsburg Road carries 3.5 times the county average at its busiest, 1,406 of them trucks (4.8%, below the county-wide 6.7%).

5Arlington BoulevardSecondary road · 28,946vehicles901trucks · 3.1%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
55.0%
Median trip time
39.2 min
Drivers’ median age
41.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$67,201

Arlington Boulevard is one of the more congested roads here: trips take 55% longer than at free-flow speed, against 22% county-wide.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1John P East Memorial HighwayMotorway · 20,393vehicles2,725trucks · 13.4%
Road class
Motorway
Congestion ratio
20.0%
Median trip time
47.2 min
Drivers’ median age
41.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$63,621

Drivers on John P East Memorial Highway are on long journeys, a median 47.2 minutes against 35.9 county-wide: a through route more than a local street.

2US 264Motorway · 19,044vehicles2,268trucks · 11.9%
Road class
Motorway
Congestion ratio
20.3%
Median trip time
44.4 min
Drivers’ median age
44.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$66,899

US 264 leans on freight: 2,268 trucks a day, 11.9% of its traffic against 6.7% county-wide.

3NC 11Trunk road · 20,812vehicles2,037trucks · 9.8%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
25.0%
Median trip time
37.7 min
Drivers’ median age
45.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$61,083

NC 11 carries 2.5 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 37.7 minutes.

4Martin Luther King Junior HighwayTrunk road · 21,086vehicles2,019trucks · 9.6%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
26.4%
Median trip time
33.2 min
Drivers’ median age
43.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$71,453

At 2.5 times the county average, Martin Luther King Junior Highway draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $71,453 in household income.

5I 587Motorway · 8,559vehicles1,996trucks · 23.3%
Road class
Motorway
Median trip time
58.5 min
Drivers’ median age
47.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$56,393

Even at its busiest, I 587 carries about the same as the county average; trucks are 23.3% of it, above the county-wide 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

PittDepartment 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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