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Traffic heat map of Ramsey County, North Dakota: 252 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on College Drive and ND 20

Ramsey County, North Dakota Traffic Counts

TrafficZoom tracks traffic on 252 road miles in Ramsey County, North Dakota, divided into 1,307 segments averaging 1,019 ft. Its busiest road, College Drive, carries 8,598 vehicles a day, 4.9 times the average road. Built from cross-verified mobile and road-sensor data, these counts help you size up a retail site, plan logistics routes or assess infrastructure needs.
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 Ramsey County, North Dakota

Traffic

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

vehicles per day1,753
Trucks

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

10.3%
Average travel time

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

30.1 min
Congestion ratio

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

9.7%
Drivers’ average age

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

49.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$73,019

A typical monitored road in Ramsey County, North Dakota sees 1,753 vehicles per day, while its 252 miles of monitored roads together handle 218,501 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈79.8 million per year). Trucks are 10.3% of traffic, close to the 11.1% across North Dakota.

Shorter trips than 96% of counties in North Dakota

Ramsey sees 19% lower average daily traffic volume than the state average (1,753 vehicles per day against 2,174), suggesting less demand on each road - a factor worth weighing in site selection and logistics planning. Network-wide, Ramsey accounts for about 1.2% of North Dakota's statewide total of vehicle-miles. 77% of counties in North Dakota see less traffic than Ramsey's 1,753 vehicles per day.

The average trip takes 30.1 minutes, 19% lower than the state level. Its average travel time of 30.1 minutes is shorter than 96% of counties in North Dakota.

The congestion ratio of 9.7% runs slightly lower than the state level (8% lower).

Highway vs. Non-Highway Traffic Analysis

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Highway Traffic in Ramsey County, North Dakota

Trafficvehicles per day1,228
Trucks12.7%
Average travel time34.0 min
Congestion ratio3.8%
Drivers’ average age50.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income$69,509

Highways carry a significant share of travel in Ramsey County, North Dakota: 40% of all vehicle-miles. The average highway carries 1,228 vehicles per day, 36% less than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 1,933 vehicles per day.

Highways also make up about 34% of the monitored road miles: 85 miles in 333 segments, together carrying 88,163 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈32.2 million per year).

Fewer highway trucks than 91% of counties in North Dakota

Highway truck concentration here runs 12% lower than the state average, at 12.7%. The highway traffic mix is typical for North Dakota: neither freight- nor commuter-dominated.

By truck concentration, highways here trail 76% of counties in North Dakota. By raw truck volume, Ramsey carries fewer highway trucks than 91% of counties in North Dakota.

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Non-highway Traffic in Ramsey County, North Dakota

Trafficvehicles per day1,933
Trucks8.7%
Average travel time28.8 min
Congestion ratio11.8%
Drivers’ average age48.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income$75,546

Local roads carry more than half of all travel in Ramsey County, North Dakota (60% of vehicle-miles). On the average non-highway road, that comes to 1,933 vehicles per day.

Local roads also make up about 66% of the monitored road miles: 167 miles in 974 segments, together carrying 130,337 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈47.6 million per year). About 1 in 12 vehicles on non-highway roads is a truck (8.7%).

Drivers from lower-income areas than 67% of counties in North Dakota

Non-highway roads carry a truck concentration that's 32% lower than the highway network.

Non-highway congestion (11.8%) runs slightly higher than the state level (9% higher).

Trip origins here have lower average income than 67% of counties in North Dakota. The driver population here skews younger than 52% of counties in North Dakota.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Ramsey County, North Dakota, the peak hour concentrates about 7% of the day's traffic.

Ramsey County vs. North Dakota Traffic Comparison

Of the four measures, average daily traffic per road differs most: Ramsey County runs 19% below the North Dakota average. Its average travel time is also 19% below.

MetricRamsey CountyNorth Dakota averageDifference
Traffic1,7532,174-19.4%
Truck % (Total Traffic)10.3%11.1%-7.2%
Truck % (Highway)12.7%14.5%-12.4%
Avg. Travel Time30.1 min37.0 min-18.6%

How Ramsey County compares

Ramsey County has the busiest roads among its nearby counties

Compared with its 4 closest neighbours, Ramsey County is 168.0% more congested and carries 180.6% 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.

Ramsey County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the North Dakota average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Ramsey County1,75310.3%218,50130.1 min9.7%
Towner County, North Dakota66910.7%50,51450.9 min2.7%
Nelson County, North Dakota52311.1%112,94242.2 min2.5%
Benson County, North Dakota64410.8%151,57535.4 min5.8%
Eddy County, North Dakota66411.4%42,82248.7 min3.6%
North Dakota average2,17411.1%N/A37.0 min10.6%

Ramsey County ranked within North Dakota

Ramsey County sits in the bottom quarter of the North Dakota field on average travel time, at #51 of 53.

Ramsey County ranked among 53 county-level areas in North Dakota (1 = highest); measures without data in every county rank a smaller field, down to 35.
MeasureRamsey CountyNorth Dakota rank
Traffic volume (AADT)1,753#13 of 53
Highway vehicle-miles per day88,163#19 of 35
Truck share on highways12.7%#27 of 35
Highway trucks per day156#32 of 35
Average travel time30.1 min#51 of 53
Average driver income$73,019#36 of 53
Average driver age49.2 yrs#28 of 53

Ramsey County ranks #13 of 53 on average daily traffic volume but #51 of 53 on average travel time - the two describe the same roads and are worth reading together rather than either on its own.

Busiest roads in Ramsey County, North Dakota

Traffic concentrates on a few corridors: the three busiest roads average 5,821 vehicles a day, against 1,753 on the average road in Ramsey County.

College Drive is the busiest road, at 8,598 vehicles a day, 725 of them trucks (8.4%). No other road comes close: ND 20, in second place, carries 5,117. It tops the truck ranking too, with the most trucks.

Drivers on College Drive come from neighborhoods with an average household income of $53,230, 27% below the county average of $73,019.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1College DrivePrimary road · 8,598vehicles725trucks · 8.4%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
13.6%
Median trip time
30.9 min
Drivers’ median age
48.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$53,230

On its busiest stretch, College Drive carries 4.9 times the county average; trucks are 8.4% of it, below the county-wide 10.3%.

2ND 20Primary road · 5,117vehicles387trucks · 7.6%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
16.8%
Median trip time
27.3 min
Drivers’ median age
47.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$75,127

ND 20 is one of the more congested roads here: trips take 17% longer than at free-flow speed, against 10% county-wide.

3ND 57Primary road · 3,749vehicles318trucks · 8.5%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
8.2%
Median trip time
29.5 min
Drivers’ median age
45.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$65,750

ND 57 peaks at 3,749 vehicles a day, 2.1 times the county average; trucks are 8.5% of it, below the county-wide 10.3%.

44th Street NorthwestPrimary road · 3,580vehicles316trucks · 8.8%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
29.8 min
Drivers’ median age
49.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$69,979

4th Street Northwest carries 2.0 times the county average at its busiest, 316 of them trucks (8.8%, below the county-wide 10.3%).

5ND 2Trunk road · 2,400vehicles302trucks · 12.6%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
4.5%
Median trip time
31.6 min
Drivers’ median age
50.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$69,308

At 37% more than the county average, ND 2 draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $69,308 in household income.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1College DrivePrimary road · #1 by traffic8,598vehicles725trucks · 8.4%
2ND 20Primary road · #2 by traffic5,117vehicles387trucks · 7.6%
3ND 57Primary road · #3 by traffic3,749vehicles318trucks · 8.5%
44th Street NorthwestPrimary road · #4 by traffic3,580vehicles316trucks · 8.8%
5ND 2Trunk road · #5 by traffic2,400vehicles302trucks · 12.6%
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

RamseyDepartment 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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