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Traffic heat map of Putnam County, Missouri: 120 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Main Street and 22nd Street

Putnam County, Missouri Traffic Counts

Our Putnam County, Missouri traffic data covers 892 road segments over 120 road miles, with an average segment of just 709 ft. Its busiest road, Main Street, carries 4,911 vehicles a day, 4.0 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 Putnam County, Missouri

Traffic

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

vehicles per day1,220
Trucks

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

11.8%
Average travel time

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

34.5 min
Drivers’ average age

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

52.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$60,110

Our data shows 1,220 vehicles per day on the average road in Putnam County, Missouri, and 95,458 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈34.8 million per year) across its 120 miles of monitored roads. At 11.8%, the truck share runs above the 9.8% across Missouri: about 1 in 9 vehicles.

Traffic 78% below the Missouri average

Putnam's average daily traffic volume is 78% lower than the state average - 1,220 vehicles per day against 5,631 - 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 Missouri's statewide total of vehicle-miles. By volume, Putnam's 1,220 vehicles per day trails 89% of counties in Missouri.

Journey times run 10% higher than the state level, at 34.5 minutes on average. 77% of counties in Missouri have a shorter average travel time than Putnam's 34.5 minutes.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Putnam County, Missouri, the peak hour concentrates about 7% of the day's traffic.

Putnam County vs. Missouri Traffic Comparison

Putnam County's biggest difference from the Missouri average is its average daily traffic per road, 78% below it. Its truck share, by contrast, is 20% above.

MetricPutnam CountyMissouri averageDifference
Traffic1,2205,631-78.3%
Truck % (Total Traffic)11.8%9.8%+19.7%
Avg. Travel Time34.5 min31.3 min+10.3%

How Putnam County compares

Putnam County moves the least traffic of its nearby counties

Putnam County tracks the 4 areas around it closely - no measure in this table sets it far apart from the areas immediately next to it, though it has the third 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.

Putnam County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Missouri average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Putnam County1,22011.8%95,45834.5 minN/A
Sullivan County, Missouri92511.1%119,68732.7 minN/A
Appanoose County, Iowa1,6869.1%205,57528.3 min8.3%
Wayne County, Iowa1,05311.0%160,12239.2 min6.1%
Schuyler County, Missouri1,39911.5%133,33146.5 minN/A
Missouri average5,6319.8%N/A31.3 min19.4%

Putnam County ranked within Missouri

Average driver age places Putnam County #12 of 115 in Missouri - the top quarter of the state.

Putnam County ranked among 115 county-level areas in Missouri (1 = highest).
MeasurePutnam CountyMissouri rank
Traffic volume (AADT)1,220#103 of 115
Average travel time34.5 min#27 of 115
Average driver income$60,110#63 of 115
Average driver age52.7 yrs#12 of 115

Putnam County ranks #12 of 115 on average driver age but #103 of 115 on average daily traffic volume - the two describe the same roads and are worth reading together rather than either on its own.

Busiest roads in Putnam County, Missouri

Traffic concentrates on a few corridors: the three busiest roads average 4,184 vehicles a day, against 1,220 on the average road in Putnam County.

Main Street leads with 4,911 vehicles a day, 684 of them trucks (13.9%). It tops the truck ranking too, with the most trucks.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Main StreetPrimary road · 4,911vehicles684trucks · 13.9%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
33.3 min
Drivers’ median age
53.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$53,701

Main Street peaks at 4,911 vehicles a day, 4.0 times the county average; trucks are 13.9% of it, above the county-wide 11.8%.

222nd StreetPrimary road · 3,893vehicles529trucks · 13.6%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
30.7 min
Drivers’ median age
52.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$65,214

22nd Street carries 3.2 times the county average at its busiest, 529 of them trucks (13.6%, above the county-wide 11.8%).

329th StreetPrimary road · 3,747vehicles626trucks · 16.7%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
33.3 min
Drivers’ median age
52.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$54,887

29th Street carries 3.1 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 33.3 minutes.

4US 136Primary road · 3,286vehicles362trucks · 11.0%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
41.4 min
Drivers’ median age
53.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$56,807

At 2.7 times the county average, US 136 draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $56,807 in household income.

5MO 5Primary road · 1,503vehicles148trucks · 9.9%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
27.8 min
Drivers’ median age
51.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$74,016

MO 5 carries 23% more than the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 27.8 minutes.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Main StreetPrimary road · #1 by traffic4,911vehicles684trucks · 13.9%
229th StreetPrimary road · #3 by traffic3,747vehicles626trucks · 16.7%
322nd StreetPrimary road · #2 by traffic3,893vehicles529trucks · 13.6%
4US 136Primary road · #4 by traffic3,286vehicles362trucks · 11.0%
5MO 5Primary road · #5 by traffic1,503vehicles148trucks · 9.9%
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

PutnamDepartment 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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