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Traffic heat map of Rolette County, North Dakota: 233 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Main Avenue and Main Street

Rolette County, North Dakota Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of Rolette County, North Dakota? We measure 233 road miles, divided into 2,651 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. Its busiest road, Main Avenue, carries 3,531 vehicles a day, 3.3 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 Rolette County, North Dakota

Traffic

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

vehicles per day1,081
Trucks

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

8.1%
Average travel time

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

30.3 min
Congestion ratio

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

5.1%
Drivers’ average age

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

43.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$63,326

The average monitored road in Rolette County, North Dakota carries 1,081 vehicles per day. Across its 233 miles of monitored roads, that adds up to 206,298 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈75.3 million per year). About 1 in 12 vehicles is a truck, fewer than the 1 in 9 across North Dakota.

Shorter trips than 94% of counties in North Dakota

At 1,081 vehicles per day, the average monitored road in Rolette carries 50% less traffic than the state average of 2,174, suggesting less demand on each road - quiet roads that suit freight movement more than drive-by retail. Network-wide, Rolette accounts for about 1.2% of North Dakota's statewide total of vehicle-miles. 63% of counties in North Dakota see less traffic than Rolette's 1,081 vehicles per day.

At 30.3 minutes, the average travel time is 18% lower than the state level. 94% of counties in North Dakota have a longer average travel time than Rolette's 30.3 minutes.

At 52% lower than the state level, the 5.1% congestion ratio signals smoother traffic flow - free-flowing roads make scheduled deliveries highly predictable.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

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

Rolette County vs. North Dakota Traffic Comparison

Rolette County's biggest difference from the North Dakota average is its average daily traffic per road, 50% below it. Its truck share is also 27% below.

MetricRolette CountyNorth Dakota averageDifference
Traffic1,0812,174-50.3%
Truck % (Total Traffic)8.1%11.1%-26.8%
Avg. Travel Time30.3 min37.0 min-18.3%

How Rolette County compares

Rolette County has the busiest roads among its nearby counties

Compared with its 4 closest neighbours, Rolette County sees 26.9% shorter typical trips and carries 54.1% more traffic on a typical road; it has the busiest roads of the five. Busier roads and shorter trips together - destinations here sit closer to one another than in the areas around it.

Rolette 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
Rolette County1,0818.1%206,29830.3 min5.1%
Towner County, North Dakota66910.7%50,51450.9 min2.7%
Bottineau County, North Dakota7328.9%197,35837.2 min3.5%
Pierce County, North Dakota76210.7%88,81442.1 min4.6%
Benson County, North Dakota64410.8%151,57535.4 min5.8%
North Dakota average2,17411.1%N/A37.0 min10.6%

Rolette County ranked within North Dakota

Rolette County sits in the bottom quarter of the North Dakota field on average travel time, at #50 of 53.

Rolette County ranked among 53 county-level areas in North Dakota (1 = highest).
MeasureRolette CountyNorth Dakota rank
Traffic volume (AADT)1,081#20 of 53
Average travel time30.3 min#50 of 53
Average driver income$63,326#46 of 53
Average driver age43.1 yrs#44 of 53

Busiest roads in Rolette County, North Dakota

On their busiest stretches, the three busiest roads in Rolette County carry 3,465 vehicles a day on average, 3.2 times the typical road in the county (1,081).

Main Avenue leads with 3,531 vehicles a day, 315 of them trucks (8.9%). Main Street is practically level with it at 3,446. Main Street carries the most trucks, 457 a day (13.3% of its traffic), although it ranks #2 for all traffic.

Trips using ND 3 are long: a median of 43.5 minutes against 30.3 county-wide, the mark of a through route.

Trucks make up 13.3% of traffic on Main Street, against 8.1% across all roads in the county.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Main AvenuePrimary road · 3,531vehicles315trucks · 8.9%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
30.2 min
Drivers’ median age
42.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$59,027

Main Avenue carries 3.3 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 30.2 minutes.

2Main StreetPrimary road · 3,446vehicles457trucks · 13.3%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
10.2%
Median trip time
31.0 min
Drivers’ median age
43.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$53,075

At 3.2 times the county average, Main Street draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $53,075 in household income.

3US 281Primary road · 3,417vehicles281trucks · 8.2%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
6.7%
Median trip time
30.2 min
Drivers’ median age
43.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$63,169

The busiest stretch of US 281 carries 3.2 times the county average; trucks are 8.2% of it, in line with the county-wide 8.1%.

4Bureau of Indian Affairs Road 7Tertiary road · 1,822vehicles87trucks · 4.8%
Road class
Tertiary road
Congestion ratio
4.4%
Median trip time
24.9 min
Drivers’ median age
42.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$66,268

Bureau of Indian Affairs Road 7 carries 69% more than the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 24.9 minutes.

5ND 5Primary road · 1,555vehicles124trucks · 8.0%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
3.6%
Median trip time
35.9 min
Drivers’ median age
44.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$62,236

At 44% more than the county average, ND 5 draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $62,236 in household income.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Main StreetPrimary road · #2 by traffic3,446vehicles457trucks · 13.3%
2Main AvenuePrimary road · #1 by traffic3,531vehicles315trucks · 8.9%
3US 281Primary road · #3 by traffic3,417vehicles281trucks · 8.2%
4ND 5Primary road · #5 by traffic1,555vehicles124trucks · 8.0%
5ND 3Primary road · 1,026vehicles117trucks · 11.4%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
2.5%
Median trip time
43.5 min
Drivers’ median age
43.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$60,895

ND 3 is a quieter road: its busiest stretch carries 5% less than the county average; trucks are 11.4% of it, above the county-wide 8.1%.

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

RoletteDepartment 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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