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Traffic heat map of Pope County, Illinois: 78 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Adams Street and Main Street

Pope County, Illinois Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of Pope County, Illinois? We measure 78 road miles, divided into 584 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. Trips here are among the 5 longest of any county in Illinois. 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 Pope County, Illinois

Traffic

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

vehicles per day1,088
Trucks

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

8.2%
Average travel time

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

39.4 min
Congestion ratio

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

3.5%
Drivers’ average age

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

54.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$61,824

Our data shows 1,088 vehicles per day on the average road in Pope County, Illinois, and 75,284 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈27.5 million per year) across its 78 miles of monitored roads. Trucks are a smaller part of the mix than across Illinois: 8.2% against 10.2%.

Quieter roads than 98% of counties in Illinois

Pope's average daily traffic volume is 87% lower than the state average - 1,088 vehicles per day against 8,480 - 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 less than 0.1% of Illinois's statewide total of vehicle-miles. By volume, Pope's 1,088 vehicles per day trails 98% of counties in Illinois.

The average trip takes 39.4 minutes, 16% higher than the state level. On travel time, Pope runs longer than 97% of counties in Illinois.

Congestion runs 83% lower than the state level, at a ratio of 3.5%, which means smoother traffic flow - free-flowing roads make scheduled deliveries highly predictable.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

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

Pope County vs. Illinois Traffic Comparison

Pope County's biggest difference from the Illinois average is its average daily traffic per road, 87% below it. Its truck share is also 19% below.

MetricPope CountyIllinois averageDifference
Traffic1,0888,480-87.2%
Truck % (Total Traffic)8.2%10.2%-19.1%
Avg. Travel Time39.4 min34.1 min+15.6%

How Pope County compares

Pope County moves the least traffic of its nearby counties

Set against the average of the 4 areas nearest to it, Pope County moves 8.9% of the total daily travel and is 63.3% less congested; it has the quietest 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.

Pope County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Illinois average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Pope County1,0888.2%75,28439.4 min3.5%
Massac County, Illinois3,44719.7%542,84531.6 min9.8%
McCracken County, Kentucky5,7269.5%1,855,58531.6 min14.4%
Livingston County, Kentucky1,96616.0%340,79736.1 min6.1%
Johnson County, Illinois2,07422.1%633,70433.6 min7.6%
Illinois average8,48010.2%N/A34.1 min20.6%

Pope County ranked within Illinois

Pope County sits in Illinois's top three on average driver age.

Pope County ranked among 102 county-level areas in Illinois (1 = highest).
MeasurePope CountyIllinois rank
Traffic volume (AADT)1,088#100 of 102
Average travel time39.4 min#4 of 102
Average driver income$61,824#88 of 102
Average driver age54.7 yrs#2 of 102

Pope County ranks #4 of 102 on average travel time but #100 of 102 on average daily traffic volume. Some of the longest trips in Illinois on some of its emptiest roads - distance, not congestion, is what sets travel time here.

Busiest roads in Pope County, Illinois

On their busiest stretches, the three busiest roads in Pope County carry 2,144 vehicles a day on average, 2.0 times the typical road in the county (1,088).

Adams Street leads with 2,408 vehicles a day, 169 of them trucks (7.0%). It also carries the most trucks.

Trips using Adams Street are long: a median of 52.5 minutes against 39.4 county-wide, the mark of a through route.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Adams StreetPrimary road · 2,408vehicles169trucks · 7.0%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
52.5 min
Drivers’ median age
56.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$61,590

On its busiest stretch, Adams Street carries 2.2 times the county average; trucks are 7.0% of it, below the county-wide 8.2%.

2Main StreetPrimary road · 2,175vehicles140trucks · 6.4%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
33.1 min
Drivers’ median age
55.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$59,958

Main Street peaks at 2,175 vehicles a day, 2.0 times the county average; trucks are 6.4% of it, below the county-wide 8.2%.

3Illinois Route 145Secondary road · 1,849vehicles135trucks · 7.3%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
42.4 min
Drivers’ median age
52.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$65,015

Illinois Route 145 is busy by local standards, at 70% more than the county average on its busiest stretch; trucks are 7.3% of it, below the county-wide 8.2%.

4IL 34Secondary road · 1,775vehicles126trucks · 7.1%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
3.5%
Median trip time
33.1 min
Drivers’ median age
56.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$59,257

IL 34 peaks at 1,775 vehicles a day, 63% more than the county average; trucks are 7.1% of it, below the county-wide 8.2%.

5IL 146Primary road · 1,422vehicles141trucks · 9.9%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
3.3%
Median trip time
35.0 min
Drivers’ median age
53.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$61,196

IL 146 carries 31% more than the county average at its busiest, 141 of them trucks (9.9%, above the county-wide 8.2%).

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Adams StreetPrimary road · #1 by traffic2,408vehicles169trucks · 7.0%
2IL 146Primary road · #5 by traffic1,422vehicles141trucks · 9.9%
3Main StreetPrimary road · #2 by traffic2,175vehicles140trucks · 6.4%
4Illinois Route 145Secondary road · #3 by traffic1,849vehicles135trucks · 7.3%
5IL 34Secondary road · #4 by traffic1,775vehicles126trucks · 7.1%
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

PopeDepartment 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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