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Traffic heat map of Scott County, Tennessee: 68 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Alberta Avenue and Depot Street

Scott County, Tennessee Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of Scott County, Tennessee? We measure 68 road miles, divided into 823 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. Its busiest road, Alberta Avenue, carries 16,070 vehicles a day, 2.3 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 Scott County, Tennessee

Traffic

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

vehicles per day6,896
Trucks

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

10.5%
Average travel time

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

32.4 min
Congestion ratio

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

13.7%
Drivers’ average age

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

48.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$43,230

The average monitored road in Scott County, Tennessee carries 6,896 vehicles per day. Across its 68 miles of monitored roads, that adds up to 392,597 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈143 million per year). Trucks are 10.5% of traffic, close to the 11.3% across Tennessee.

Busier roads than 84% of counties in Tennessee

The average road in Scott carries 6,896 vehicles per day, essentially matching the state average of 7,251. In total volume terms, its road network carries about 0.2% of Tennessee's statewide total of vehicle-miles. Scott carries more traffic than 84% of counties in Tennessee.

The average trip takes 32.4 minutes, on par with the state level. Its average travel time of 32.4 minutes is shorter than 54% of counties in Tennessee.

The congestion ratio of 13.7% runs slightly lower than the state level (15% lower) - relevant for traffic control and delivery planning.

Highway vs. Non-Highway Traffic Analysis

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Highway Traffic in Scott County, Tennessee

Trafficvehicles per day8,854
Trucks11.5%
Average travel time31.6 min
Congestion ratio17.1%
Drivers’ average age48.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income$42,888

Travel in Scott County, Tennessee splits roughly evenly, with about half of it (52% of vehicle-miles) on highways. The average highway carries 8,854 vehicles per day, 62% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 5,454 vehicles per day.

Highways make up 40% of the monitored road miles (27 miles, 349 segments), so they carry more than their share: 204,456 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈74.6 million per year).

Lower highway truck share than 66% of counties in Tennessee

The concentration of trucks on highways (11.5%) is 27% lower than the state average for similar road classifications. Highways here mostly serve passenger trips, so local access matters more than long-haul routing for logistics operators.

Scott's highway truck share (11.5%) is lower than 66% of counties in Tennessee. 56% of counties in Tennessee see more highway trucks per day than Scott's roughly 1,015.

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Non-highway Traffic in Scott County, Tennessee

Trafficvehicles per day5,454
Trucks9.4%
Average travel time33.1 min
Congestion ratio11.2%
Drivers’ average age47.9 yrs
Drivers’ average income$43,729

Travel in Scott County, Tennessee splits roughly evenly, with about half of it (48% of vehicle-miles) on local roads. On the average non-highway road, that comes to 5,454 vehicles per day.

Local roads make up 60% of the monitored road miles (41 miles in 474 segments) but carry less than their share of travel: 188,141 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈68.7 million per year). About 1 in 11 vehicles on non-highway roads is a truck (9.4%).

Drivers from lower-income areas than 99% of counties in Tennessee

Non-highway roads carry a truck concentration that's 18% lower than the highway network.

The non-highway congestion ratio of 11.2% is 27% lower than the state level, suggesting more efficient local mobility than the state average.

Trip origins here have lower average income than 99% of counties in Tennessee. The driver population here skews younger than 56% of counties in Tennessee.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

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

Scott County vs. Tennessee Traffic Comparison

Scott County's biggest difference from the Tennessee average is its highway truck share, 27% below it.

MetricScott CountyTennessee averageDifference
Traffic6,8967,251-4.9%
Truck % (Total Traffic)10.5%11.3%-7.7%
Truck % (Highway)11.5%15.6%-26.6%
Avg. Travel Time32.4 min32.1 min+1.1%

How Scott County compares

Scott County has the busiest roads among its nearby counties

Compared with its 4 closest neighbours, Scott County carries 82.4% more traffic on a typical road and is 40.0% more congested; 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.

Scott County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Tennessee average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Scott County6,89610.5%392,59732.4 min13.7%
Morgan County, Tennessee3,2189.1%348,90533.1 min9.8%
Campbell County, Tennessee6,22218.5%1,428,06037.7 min13.7%
Fentress County, Tennessee2,9609.0%362,86832.9 min8.1%
McCreary County, Kentucky2,7239.5%266,70931.1 min7.5%
Tennessee average7,25111.3%N/A32.1 min16.1%

Scott County ranked within Tennessee

Average driver income places Scott County #94 of 95 in Tennessee - the bottom quarter of the state.

Scott County ranked among 95 county-level areas in Tennessee (1 = highest); measures without data in every county rank a smaller field, down to 86.
MeasureScott CountyTennessee rank
Traffic volume (AADT)6,896#16 of 95
Highway vehicle-miles per day204,456#70 of 86
Truck share on highways11.5%#57 of 86
Highway trucks per day1,015#49 of 86
Average travel time32.4 min#51 of 95
Average driver income$43,230#94 of 95
Average driver age48.0 yrs#54 of 95

Scott County ranks #16 of 95 on average daily traffic volume but #94 of 95 on average driver income - the two describe the same roads and are worth reading together rather than either on its own.

Busiest roads in Scott County, Tennessee

The three busiest roads in Scott County average 14,285 vehicles a day, 2.1 times the county average of 6,896 across all its monitored roads.

Alberta Avenue is the busiest road, at 16,070 vehicles a day, 1,746 of them trucks (10.9%). It also carries the most trucks.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Alberta AvenueTrunk road · 16,070vehicles1,746trucks · 10.9%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
37.1%
Median trip time
30.0 min
Drivers’ median age
47.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$43,557

Delays build on Alberta Avenue: its congestion ratio of 37% over free-flow time is well above the county's 14%.

2Depot StreetTrunk road · 13,772vehicles1,613trucks · 11.7%
Road class
Trunk road
Median trip time
29.8 min
Drivers’ median age
47.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$43,395

On its busiest stretch, Depot Street carries 2.0 times the county average; trucks are 11.7% of it, above the county-wide 10.5%.

3Alberta StreetTrunk road · 13,012vehicles1,518trucks · 11.7%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
30.1%
Median trip time
30.2 min
Drivers’ median age
47.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$43,255

Travel on Alberta Street's busiest stretch runs 30% over free-flow time, against 14% across the county, so expect slower peak hours.

4Scott HighwayTrunk road · 8,822vehicles980trucks · 11.1%
Road class
Trunk road
Congestion ratio
13.8%
Median trip time
33.3 min
Drivers’ median age
48.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$42,309

Scott Highway carries 28% more than the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 33.3 minutes.

5Howard H Baker HighwayPrimary road · 8,512vehicles860trucks · 10.1%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
12.9%
Median trip time
34.5 min
Drivers’ median age
48.3 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$42,625

At 23% more than the county average, Howard H Baker Highway draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $42,625 in household income.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Alberta AvenueTrunk road · #1 by traffic16,070vehicles1,746trucks · 10.9%
2Depot StreetTrunk road · #2 by traffic13,772vehicles1,613trucks · 11.7%
3Alberta StreetTrunk road · #3 by traffic13,012vehicles1,518trucks · 11.7%
4Scott HighwayTrunk road · #4 by traffic8,822vehicles980trucks · 11.1%
5Howard H Baker HighwayPrimary road · #5 by traffic8,512vehicles860trucks · 10.1%
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

ScottDepartment 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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