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Traffic heat map of Prince of Wales-Hyder, Alaska: 31 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Craig-Klawock Highway

Prince of Wales-Hyder, Alaska Traffic Counts

Traffic analytics for Prince of Wales-Hyder, Alaska, calculated from real-world mobile and sensor networks on 123 road segments (31 road miles, about 1,345 ft each). Trips here are among the 3 longest of any county in Alaska. Use the figures below to move from assumptions to certainty on retail locations, logistics and road planning.
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 Prince of Wales-Hyder, Alaska

Traffic

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

vehicles per day2,177
Trucks

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

8.7%
Average travel time

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

81.3 min
Congestion ratio

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

5.2%
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.

$64,799

A typical monitored road in Prince of Wales-Hyder, Alaska sees 2,177 vehicles per day, while its 31 miles of monitored roads together handle 38,468 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈14.0 million per year). At 8.7%, the truck share runs above the 6.7% across Alaska: about 1 in 11 vehicles.

Trips 139% longer than the Alaska average

At 2,177 vehicles per day, the average monitored road in Prince of Wales-Hyder carries 54% less traffic than the state average of 4,749, suggesting less demand on each road - very light roads: easy truck access, but little passing trade for roadside retail. Network-wide, Prince of Wales-Hyder accounts for about 0.4% of Alaska's statewide total of vehicle-miles. Prince of Wales-Hyder carries less traffic than 56% of counties in Alaska.

The average trip takes 81.3 minutes, 139% higher than the state level. 94% of counties in Alaska have a shorter average travel time than Prince of Wales-Hyder's 81.3 minutes.

The congestion ratio of 5.2% is 65% lower, pointing to smoother traffic flow than the state level - delays are rare enough to plan travel times almost to the minute.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Prince of Wales-Hyder, Alaska, the peak hour concentrates about 8% of the day's traffic.

Prince of Wales-Hyder vs. Alaska Traffic Comparison

Prince of Wales-Hyder's biggest difference from the Alaska average is its average travel time, 139% above it. Its average daily traffic per road, by contrast, is 54% below.

MetricPrince of Wales-HyderAlaska averageDifference
Traffic2,1774,749-54.2%
Truck % (Total Traffic)8.7%6.7%+29.5%
Avg. Travel Time81.3 min34.0 min+139.3%

How Prince of Wales-Hyder compares

Trips in Prince of Wales-Hyder run longer than in any nearby borough or census area

Compared with its 4 closest neighbours, Prince of Wales-Hyder sees 137.1% longer typical trips and is 48.1% less congested; it has the fourth busiest roads of the five. Trips here run longer without running slower: distance, not congestion, is what drivers spend their time on.

Prince of Wales-Hyder and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Alaska average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Prince of Wales-Hyder2,1778.7%38,46881.3 min5.2%
Wrangell, Alaska2,0238.0%4,77735.6 min3.4%
Ketchikan Gateway, Alaska6,0885.7%137,53539.4 min18.3%
Petersburg, Alaska2,3225.3%11,17333.0 min6.6%
Sitka, Alaska4,2206.0%57,53029.3 min11.7%
Alaska average4,7496.7%N/A34.0 min14.9%

Prince of Wales-Hyder ranked within Alaska

Prince of Wales-Hyder sits in Alaska's top three on average travel time.

Prince of Wales-Hyder ranked among 19 county-level areas in Alaska (1 = highest).
MeasurePrince of Wales-HyderAlaska rank
Traffic volume (AADT)2,177#11 of 19
Average travel time81.3 min#2 of 19
Average driver income$64,799#18 of 19
Average driver age51.0 yrs#4 of 19

Prince of Wales-Hyder ranks #2 of 19 on average travel time but #18 of 19 on average driver income - the two describe the same roads and are worth reading together rather than either on its own.

Busiest roads in Prince of Wales-Hyder, Alaska

On their busiest stretches, the three busiest roads in Prince of Wales-Hyder carry 1,368 vehicles a day on average, 37% less than the typical road in the county (2,177).

Craig-Klawock Highway leads with 2,238 vehicles a day, 187 of them trucks (8.3%). That is 2.3 times the next road, Big Salt Road (987). It tops the truck ranking too, with the most trucks.

Trips on Big Salt Road are short, a median of 7.5 minutes against 81.3 county-wide, so it serves mostly local traffic.

Drivers on Keku Road come from neighborhoods with an average household income of $41,844, 35% below the county average of $64,799.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Craig-Klawock HighwaySecondary road · 2,238vehicles187trucks · 8.3%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
4.9%
Median trip time
124.0 min
Drivers’ median age
50.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$66,681

Craig-Klawock Highway is a quieter road: its busiest stretch carries about the same as the county average; trucks are 8.3% of it, in line with the county-wide 8.7%.

2Big Salt RoadSecondary road · 987vehicles129trucks · 13.0%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
2.4%
Median trip time
7.5 min
Drivers’ median age
51.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$60,000

Even at its busiest, Big Salt Road carries 55% less than the county average; trucks are 13.0% of it, above the county-wide 8.7%.

3Klawock Hollis HighwaySecondary road · 877vehicles74trucks · 8.5%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
5.3%
Median trip time
21.3 min
Drivers’ median age
51.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$61,181

Klawock Hollis Highway is a quieter road: its busiest stretch carries 60% less than the county average; trucks are 8.5% of it, in line with the county-wide 8.7%.

4Keku RoadTertiary road · 830vehicles47trucks · 5.6%
Road class
Tertiary road
Median trip time
19.1 min
Drivers’ median age
56.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$41,844

Even at its busiest, Keku Road carries 62% less than the county average; trucks are 5.6% of it, below the county-wide 8.7%.

5AK 929Secondary road · 704vehicles63trucks · 8.9%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
8.1 min
Drivers’ median age
51.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$60,000

AK 929 is a local road at heart: the median trip using it lasts 8.1 minutes, against 81.3 for the county.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Craig-Klawock HighwaySecondary road · #1 by traffic2,238vehicles187trucks · 8.3%
2Big Salt RoadSecondary road · #2 by traffic987vehicles129trucks · 13.0%
3Klawock Hollis HighwaySecondary road · #3 by traffic877vehicles74trucks · 8.5%
4Boundary RoadSecondary road · 699vehicles67trucks · 9.5%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
14.6 min
Drivers’ median age
51.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$60,000

Trips on Boundary Road are short, a median 14.6 minutes against 81.3 county-wide, so it mostly serves local errands and commutes.

5AK 929Secondary road · #5 by traffic704vehicles63trucks · 8.9%
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

Prince of Wales-HyderDepartment 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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