TrafficZoom tracks traffic on 66 road miles in San Miguel County, Colorado, divided into 433 segments averaging 805 ft. The average road here carries 3,212 vehicles a day, 52% less than the Colorado average of 6,752. 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.
Total Traffic Volume & Performance in San Miguel County, Colorado
Traffic
The average number of vehicles that travel each day over any road in the road network.
vehicles per day3,212
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.
23.0 min
Congestion ratio
The rate at which the actual travel time exceeds free-flow travel time, averaged among all roads in the network.
9.2%
Drivers’ average age
Average age of residents in the geographic areas where the vehicle trips originated.
48.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
Average income of residents in the geographic areas where the vehicle trips originated.
$91,746
A typical monitored road in San Miguel County, Colorado sees 3,212 vehicles per day, while its 66 miles of monitored roads together handle 186,255 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈68.0 million per year). About 1 in 12 vehicles is a truck, in line with Colorado (8.4%).
Shorter trips than 97% of counties in Colorado
San Miguel sees 52% lower average daily traffic volume than the state average (3,212 vehicles per day against 6,752), suggesting less demand on each road - very light roads: easy truck access, but little passing trade for roadside retail. In total volume terms, its road network carries about 0.1% of Colorado's statewide total of vehicle-miles. 52% of counties in Colorado see less traffic than San Miguel's 3,212 vehicles per day.
The average trip takes 23.0 minutes, 31% lower than the state level. On travel time, San Miguel runs shorter than 97% of counties in Colorado.
Congestion runs 42% lower than the state level, at a ratio of 9.2%, which means smoother traffic flow - travel times are easy to plan around for scheduled deliveries.
Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns
Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns
In San Miguel County, Colorado, the peak hour concentrates about 8% of the day's traffic.
San Miguel County vs. Colorado Traffic Comparison
The average daily traffic per road sets San Miguel County apart: 52% below the Colorado average. Its average travel time is also 31% below.
Metric
San Miguel County
Colorado average
Difference
Traffic
3,212
6,752
-52.4%
Truck % (Total Traffic)
8.1%
8.4%
-4.2%
Avg. Travel Time
23.0 min
33.2 min
-30.7%
How San Miguel County compares
San Miguel County has the shortest trips among its nearby counties
Compared with its 4 closest neighbours, San Miguel County sees 40.8% shorter typical trips; it has the third busiest roads of the five.
San Miguel County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Colorado average for scale.
Average travel time places San Miguel County #62 of 64 in Colorado - the bottom quarter of the state.
San Miguel County ranked among 64 county-level areas in Colorado (1 = highest).
Measure
San Miguel County
Colorado rank
Traffic volume (AADT)
3,212
#31 of 64
Average travel time
23.0 min
#62 of 64
Average driver income
$91,746
#20 of 64
Average driver age
48.6 yrs
#23 of 64
San Miguel County ranks #20 of 64 on average driver income but #62 of 64 on average travel time - the two describe the same roads and are worth reading together rather than either on its own.
Busiest roads in San Miguel County, Colorado
The three busiest roads in San Miguel County average 5,725 vehicles a day, 78% more than the county average of 3,212 across all its monitored roads.
Highway 145 Spur is the busiest road, at 8,176 vehicles a day, 417 of them trucks (5.1%). No other road comes close: Mountain Village Boulevard, in second place, carries 5,249. It tops the truck ranking too, with the most trucks.
Trips using CO 62 are long: a median of 84.8 minutes against 23.0 county-wide, the mark of a through route.
Drivers on CO 62 come from neighborhoods with an average household income of $163,906, 79% above the county average of $91,746, while those on Grand Avenue average $67,920, 26% below it.
Trucks make up 13.7% of traffic on CO 62, against 8.1% across all roads in the county.
CO 145 is busy by local standards, at 10% more than the county average on its busiest stretch; trucks are 8.1% of it, in line with the county-wide 8.1%.
Even at its busiest, CO 62 carries 47% less than the county average; trucks are 13.7% 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).
The average monitored road in San Miguel carries 3,212 vehicles per day, 52% less than the Colorado average of 6,752.
San Miguel's average travel time of 23.0 minutes is shorter than 97% of counties in Colorado.
Drivers on San Miguel roads have a median age of 49 years, older than the Colorado average of 43, and the median household income of the neighborhoods trips originate from averages $91,746, 12% below the Colorado average.
Trucks make up about 8.1% of all traffic in San Miguel County, Colorado.
The average trip in San Miguel takes 23.0 minutes, 31% shorter than the Colorado average of 33.2 minutes, delays at signals and congestion included.
Weekday traffic has two busy windows: AM peak 11:00 AM–12:00 PM and PM peak 3:00 PM–6:00 PM - about 92% above the daily average.
Approximately 9% of measured traffic consists of vehicles whose trip originates outside San Miguel County, Colorado.
Highway 145 Spur carries the most, 8,176 vehicles per day on its busiest stretch, followed by Mountain Village Boulevard (5,249), Colorado Avenue (3,749), CO 145 (3,527), Grand Avenue (2,538). Figures are AADT, both directions combined.
Highway 145 Spur, with about 417 trucks per day on its busiest stretch, 5.1% of its 8,176 vehicles.
About 8,176 vehicles per day in both directions on its busiest stretch, including 417 trucks (5.1%). Traffic is lower on its quieter stretches; TrafficZoom shows the count for every segment.
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)
