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Traffic heat map of Pope County, Minnesota: 329 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on MN 29 and Minnesota Avenue

Pope County, Minnesota Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of Pope County, Minnesota? We measure 329 road miles, divided into 1,974 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. Its busiest road, MN 29, carries 7,434 vehicles a day, 5.4 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 Pope County, Minnesota

Traffic

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

vehicles per day1,388
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.

35.6 min
Congestion ratio

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

7.6%
Drivers’ average age

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

52.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$73,470

A typical monitored road in Pope County, Minnesota sees 1,388 vehicles per day, while its 329 miles of monitored roads together handle 355,448 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈130 million per year). Trucks are 8.4% of traffic, close to the 8.1% across Minnesota.

Traffic 59% below the Minnesota average

Pope's average daily traffic volume is 59% lower than the state average - 1,388 vehicles per day against 3,404 - suggesting less traffic load per road - quiet roads that suit freight movement more than drive-by retail. Network-wide, Pope accounts for about 0.3% of Minnesota's statewide total of vehicle-miles. 69% of counties in Minnesota see more traffic than Pope's 1,388 vehicles per day.

Journey times run 10% higher than the state level, at 35.6 minutes on average. Its average travel time of 35.6 minutes is longer than 66% of counties in Minnesota.

Congestion runs 28% lower than the state level, at a ratio of 7.6%, which means smoother traffic flow - fewer delays make delivery windows more reliable.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

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

Pope County vs. Minnesota Traffic Comparison

Pope County's biggest difference from the Minnesota average is its average daily traffic per road, 59% below it.

MetricPope CountyMinnesota averageDifference
Traffic1,3883,404-59.2%
Truck % (Total Traffic)8.4%8.1%+3.6%
Avg. Travel Time35.6 min32.2 min+10.4%

How Pope County compares

Pope County has the lowest truck share of its nearby counties

Nothing in this table sets Pope County sharply apart from the 4 areas nearest to it, though it has the second busiest roads of the five. The same kind of road, just less of it: traffic per road matches the areas around it while the network itself is smaller.

Pope County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Minnesota average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Pope County1,3888.4%355,44835.6 min7.6%
Swift County, Minnesota1,12311.2%248,12740.0 min5.3%
Douglas County, Minnesota2,80610.7%1,554,21734.1 min9.7%
Stevens County, Minnesota1,3069.9%220,09029.9 min6.4%
Grant County, Minnesota85314.7%407,32639.4 min4.6%
Minnesota average3,4048.1%N/A32.2 min10.6%

Pope County ranked within Minnesota

Average driver age places Pope County #20 of 87 in Minnesota - the top quarter of the state.

Pope County ranked among 87 county-level areas in Minnesota (1 = highest).
MeasurePope CountyMinnesota rank
Traffic volume (AADT)1,388#60 of 87
Average travel time35.6 min#30 of 87
Average driver income$73,470#50 of 87
Average driver age52.1 yrs#20 of 87

Busiest roads in Pope County, Minnesota

On their busiest stretches, the three busiest roads in Pope County carry 6,436 vehicles a day on average, 4.6 times the typical road in the county (1,388).

MN 29 leads with 7,434 vehicles a day, 568 of them trucks (7.6%). It also carries the most trucks.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1MN 29Primary road · 7,434vehicles568trucks · 7.6%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
14.6%
Median trip time
37.1 min
Drivers’ median age
52.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$73,196

A main artery: MN 29's busiest stretch carries 5.4 times the county average; trucks are 7.6% of it, below the county-wide 8.4%.

2Minnesota AvenuePrimary road · 6,624vehicles361trucks · 5.5%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
15.8%
Median trip time
32.7 min
Drivers’ median age
52.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$65,657

Travel on Minnesota Avenue's busiest stretch runs 16% over free-flow time, against 8% across the county, so expect slower peak hours.

3Franklin StreetSecondary road · 5,251vehicles270trucks · 5.1%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
11.7%
Median trip time
32.2 min
Drivers’ median age
52.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$68,339

The busiest stretch of Franklin Street carries 3.8 times the county average; trucks are 5.1% of it, below the county-wide 8.4%.

4MN 28 / MN 29Primary road · 4,111vehicles325trucks · 7.9%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
10.1%
Median trip time
30.7 min
Drivers’ median age
52.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$66,541

On its busiest stretch, MN 28 / MN 29 carries 3.0 times the county average; trucks are 7.9% of it, below the county-wide 8.4%.

5Lakeshore DriveSecondary road · 2,828vehicles169trucks · 6.0%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
8.0%
Median trip time
30.5 min
Drivers’ median age
49.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$65,648

Lakeshore Drive peaks at 2,828 vehicles a day, 2.0 times the county average; trucks are 6.0% of it, below the county-wide 8.4%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1MN 29Primary road · #1 by traffic7,434vehicles568trucks · 7.6%
2Minnesota AvenuePrimary road · #2 by traffic6,624vehicles361trucks · 5.5%
3MN 28 / MN 29Primary road · #4 by traffic4,111vehicles325trucks · 7.9%
4Franklin StreetSecondary road · #3 by traffic5,251vehicles270trucks · 5.1%
5MN 28Primary road · 2,708vehicles264trucks · 9.8%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
7.2%
Median trip time
43.9 min
Drivers’ median age
52.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$69,021

MN 28 carries 2.0 times the county average at its busiest, 264 of them trucks (9.8%, 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

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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