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Traffic | vehicles per day6,656 |
|---|---|
Trucks | 8.3% |
Average travel time | 30.9 min |
Congestion ratio | 19.1% |
Drivers’ average age | 45.8 yrs |
Drivers’ average income | $95,601 |
A typical monitored road in Shelby County, Alabama sees 6,656 vehicles per day, while its 672 miles of monitored roads together handle 5,643,427 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈2.1 billion per year). Trucks are a smaller part of the mix than across Alabama: 8.3% against 10.6%.
Shelby's average daily traffic volume is 12% higher than the state average - 6,656 vehicles per day against 5,932 - a critical factor for logistics and site planning. In total volume terms, its road network carries about 4.0% of Alabama's statewide total of vehicle-miles. Shelby carries more traffic than 88% of counties in Alabama.
The average trip takes 30.9 minutes, on par with the state level. Its average travel time of 30.9 minutes is shorter than 77% of counties in Alabama.
The congestion ratio of 19.1% is 23% higher, pointing to more pronounced congestion than the state level - relevant for traffic control and delivery planning.
| Traffic | vehicles per day24,962 |
|---|---|
| Trucks | 11.7% |
| Average travel time | 34.4 min |
| Congestion ratio | 48.8% |
| Drivers’ average age | 46.0 yrs |
| Drivers’ average income | $92,150 |
Travel in Shelby County, Alabama splits roughly evenly, with about half of it (49% of vehicle-miles) on highways. The average highway carries 24,962 vehicles per day, 327% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 5,850 vehicles per day.
Yet highways are only 16% of the road network, 108 miles in 598 segments, so each mile of them is 3.1 times as busy as the average road mile.
That is more highway travel volume than 92% of counties in Alabama.
Highway truck concentration here runs 21% lower than the state average, at 11.7%. Trucks are a small share of a very large highway flow, so Shelby still moves heavy freight volumes alongside its passenger traffic.
By truck concentration, highways here trail 77% of counties in Alabama. By raw truck volume, Shelby carries more highway trucks than 93% of counties in Alabama.
| Traffic | vehicles per day5,850 |
|---|---|
| Trucks | 4.9% |
| Average travel time | 30.7 min |
| Congestion ratio | 17.8% |
| Drivers’ average age | 45.6 yrs |
| Drivers’ average income | $97,954 |
Travel in Shelby County, Alabama splits roughly evenly, with about half of it (51% of vehicle-miles) on local roads. The average non-highway road carries 5,850 vehicles per day.
Local roads make up 84% of the monitored road miles (565 miles in 13,581 segments) but carry less than their share of travel: 2,856,728 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈1.0 billion per year). Trucks make up 4.9% of non-highway traffic, about 1 in 20 vehicles.
Non-highway roads carry a truck concentration that's 58% lower than the highway network.
Non-highway congestion (17.8%) runs 21% higher than the state average, pointing to slower local traffic flow.
Trip origins here have higher average income than 98% of counties in Alabama. 77% of counties in Alabama have an older driver population than Shelby.
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