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Traffic heat map of Roseau County, Minnesota: 324 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on State Avenue and 280th Avenue

Roseau County, Minnesota Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of Roseau County, Minnesota? We measure 324 road miles, divided into 1,826 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. Its busiest road, State Avenue, carries 5,978 vehicles a day, 3.9 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 Roseau County, Minnesota

Traffic

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

vehicles per day1,520
Trucks

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

9.8%
Average travel time

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

32.2 min
Congestion ratio

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

6.5%
Drivers’ average age

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

51.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$71,073

The average monitored road in Roseau County, Minnesota carries 1,520 vehicles per day. Across its 324 miles of monitored roads, that adds up to 346,043 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈126 million per year). At 9.8%, the truck share runs above the 8.1% across Minnesota: about 1 in 10 vehicles.

Traffic 55% below the Minnesota average

Roseau's average daily traffic volume is 55% lower than the state average - 1,520 vehicles per day against 3,404 - 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 about 0.2% of Minnesota's statewide total of vehicle-miles. By volume, Roseau's 1,520 vehicles per day trails 59% of counties in Minnesota.

At 32.2 minutes, the average travel time matches the state level closely. 64% of counties in Minnesota have a longer average travel time than Roseau's 32.2 minutes.

The congestion ratio of 6.5% is 38% lower, pointing to smoother traffic flow than the state level - fewer delays make delivery windows more reliable.

Highway vs. Non-Highway Traffic Analysis

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Highway Traffic in Roseau County, Minnesota

Trafficvehicles per day3,560
Trucks10.9%
Average travel time33.6 min
Congestion ratio8.6%
Drivers’ average age51.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income$70,357

A little more than half of the driving in Roseau County, Minnesota happens on highways: 65% of all vehicle-miles. The average highway carries 3,560 vehicles per day, 464% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 632 vehicles per day.

That comes from just 22% of the monitored road miles: 70 miles in 554 segments, carrying 225,811 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈82.4 million per year).

Fewer highway trucks than 80% of counties in Minnesota

The concentration of trucks on highways (10.9%) is 7% higher than the state average for similar road classifications. The highway traffic mix is typical for Minnesota: neither freight- nor commuter-dominated.

By truck concentration, highways here trail 51% of counties in Minnesota. Roseau's highway truck count is lower than 80% of counties in Minnesota, at roughly 390 trucks per day.

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Non-highway Traffic in Roseau County, Minnesota

Trafficvehicles per day632
Trucks7.7%
Average travel time31.6 min
Congestion ratio5.6%
Drivers’ average age50.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income$72,837

Local roads carry a significant share of travel in Roseau County, Minnesota: 35% of all vehicle-miles. The average non-highway road carries 632 vehicles per day.

Spread over 254 miles and 1,272 segments, 78% of the road network, local roads carry a lighter load per mile: 120,232 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈43.9 million per year). Trucks make up 7.7% of non-highway traffic, about 1 in 13 vehicles.

Drivers from lower-income areas than 76% of counties in Minnesota

The concentration of trucks on non-highway roads is 29% lower than on highways.

At 42% lower than the state level, the non-highway congestion ratio of 5.6% signals easier movement on local roads.

76% of counties in Minnesota see higher average driver income among trip origins than Roseau. The driver population here skews older than 72% of counties in Minnesota.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

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

Roseau County vs. Minnesota Traffic Comparison

The average daily traffic per road sets Roseau County apart: 55% below the Minnesota average. Its truck share, by contrast, is 22% above.

MetricRoseau CountyMinnesota averageDifference
Traffic1,5203,404-55.3%
Truck % (Total Traffic)9.8%8.1%+21.7%
Truck % (Highway)10.9%10.3%+6.7%
Avg. Travel Time32.2 min32.2 min-0.0%

How Roseau County compares

Roseau County moves more traffic than any nearby county

Against the 4 nearest areas, Roseau County sees 19.1% shorter typical trips; it has the second busiest roads of the five. Bigger and busier at once: more road than the areas around it and heavier traffic on it, which makes it the centre of gravity for travel in this part of the map.

Roseau 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
Roseau County1,5209.8%346,04332.2 min6.5%
Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota1,1699.4%136,91137.7 min5.9%
Marshall County, Minnesota8239.1%303,41940.4 min3.7%
Kittson County, Minnesota66110.5%144,32846.7 min3.2%
Pennington County, Minnesota2,1167.1%289,60134.6 min8.8%
Minnesota average3,4048.1%N/A32.2 min10.6%

Roseau County ranked within Minnesota

Roseau County sits in the bottom quarter of the Minnesota field on highway truck volume, at #65 of 81.

Roseau County ranked among 87 county-level areas in Minnesota (1 = highest); measures without data in every county rank a smaller field, down to 81.
MeasureRoseau CountyMinnesota rank
Traffic volume (AADT)1,520#52 of 87
Highway vehicle-miles per day225,811#54 of 81
Truck share on highways10.9%#42 of 81
Highway trucks per day390#65 of 81
Average travel time32.2 min#56 of 87
Average driver income$71,073#66 of 87
Average driver age51.3 yrs#25 of 87

Busiest roads in Roseau County, Minnesota

Traffic concentrates on a few corridors: the three busiest roads average 5,308 vehicles a day, against 1,520 on the average road in Roseau County.

State Avenue is the busiest road, at 5,978 vehicles a day, 524 of them trucks (8.8%). 280th Avenue carries the most trucks, 554 a day (10.6% of its traffic), although it ranks #2 for all traffic.

Trips using MN 11 are long: a median of 45.0 minutes against 32.2 county-wide, the mark of a through route.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1State AvenueTrunk road · 5,978vehicles524trucks · 8.8%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
15.3%
Median trip time
27.5 min
Drivers’ median age
52.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$68,807

Travel on State Avenue's busiest stretch runs 15% over free-flow time, against 7% across the county, so expect slower peak hours.

2280th AvenueTrunk road · 5,217vehicles554trucks · 10.6%
Road class
Trunk road
Median trip time
38.5 min
Drivers’ median age
52.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$67,761

280th Avenue carries 3.4 times the county average at its busiest, 554 of them trucks (10.6%, above the county-wide 9.8%).

33rd Street NorthwestTrunk road · 4,730vehicles391trucks · 8.3%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
12.9%
Median trip time
27.6 min
Drivers’ median age
50.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$69,358

3rd Street Northwest carries 3.1 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 27.6 minutes.

43rd Street NortheastTrunk road · 4,557vehicles382trucks · 8.4%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
13.1%
Median trip time
33.2 min
Drivers’ median age
50.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$72,314

At 3.0 times the county average, 3rd Street Northeast draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $72,314 in household income.

5MN 11Trunk road · 4,029vehicles422trucks · 10.5%
Road class
Trunk road
Median trip time
45.0 min
Drivers’ median age
51.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$69,086

The busiest stretch of MN 11 carries 2.7 times the county average; trucks are 10.5% of it, above the county-wide 9.8%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1280th AvenueTrunk road · #2 by traffic5,217vehicles554trucks · 10.6%
2State AvenueTrunk road · #1 by traffic5,978vehicles524trucks · 8.8%
3MN 11Trunk road · #5 by traffic4,029vehicles422trucks · 10.5%
43rd Street NorthwestTrunk road · #3 by traffic4,730vehicles391trucks · 8.3%
53rd Street NortheastTrunk road · #4 by traffic4,557vehicles382trucks · 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

RoseauDepartment 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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