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Traffic heat map of Smith County, Mississippi: 194 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Front Street and MS 35

Smith County, Mississippi Traffic Counts

Traffic analytics for Smith County, Mississippi, calculated from real-world mobile and sensor networks on 1,571 road segments (194 road miles, about 652 ft each). Its busiest road, Front Street, carries 5,851 vehicles a day, 3.1 times the average road. Use the figures below to move from assumptions to certainty on retail locations, logistics and road planning.
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 Smith County, Mississippi

Traffic

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

vehicles per day1,886
Trucks

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

10.3%
Average travel time

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

33.3 min
Congestion ratio

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

5.6%
Drivers’ average age

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

48.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$61,340

A typical monitored road in Smith County, Mississippi sees 1,886 vehicles per day, while its 194 miles of monitored roads together handle 319,069 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈116 million per year). About 1 in 10 vehicles is a truck, in line with Mississippi (11.1%).

Traffic 65% below the Mississippi average

Smith's average daily traffic volume is 65% lower than the state average - 1,886 vehicles per day against 5,319 - suggesting less traffic load per road - very light roads: easy truck access, but little passing trade for roadside retail. In total volume terms, its road network carries about 0.3% of Mississippi's statewide total of vehicle-miles. Smith carries less traffic than 78% of counties in Mississippi.

At 33.3 minutes, the average travel time is 8% higher than the state level. Its average travel time of 33.3 minutes is longer than 74% of counties in Mississippi.

At 63% lower than the state level, the 5.6% congestion ratio signals smoother traffic flow - delays are rare enough to plan travel times almost to the minute.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

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

Smith County vs. Mississippi Traffic Comparison

Smith County's biggest difference from the Mississippi average is its average daily traffic per road, 65% below it.

MetricSmith CountyMississippi averageDifference
Traffic1,8865,319-64.5%
Truck % (Total Traffic)10.3%11.1%-7.2%
Avg. Travel Time33.3 min30.7 min+8.4%

How Smith County compares

Smith County moves the least traffic of its nearby counties

Compared with its 4 closest neighbours, Smith County moves 25.3% of the total daily travel and is 39.1% less congested; it has the fourth busiest roads of the five. Less traffic and more room for it - the roads here run both quieter and freer than the areas around them.

Smith County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Mississippi average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Smith County1,88610.3%319,06933.3 min5.6%
Covington County, Mississippi3,16114.5%1,056,05534.2 min9.9%
Jasper County, Mississippi1,44815.4%546,26229.7 min6.3%
Simpson County, Mississippi3,48111.1%1,018,75632.8 min9.3%
Jones County, Mississippi4,20411.4%2,415,39828.1 min11.1%
Mississippi average5,31911.1%N/A30.7 min15.2%

Smith County ranked within Mississippi

Average driver age places Smith County #13 of 82 in Mississippi - the top quarter of the state.

Smith County ranked among 82 county-level areas in Mississippi (1 = highest).
MeasureSmith CountyMississippi rank
Traffic volume (AADT)1,886#64 of 82
Average travel time33.3 min#22 of 82
Average driver income$61,340#24 of 82
Average driver age48.4 yrs#13 of 82

The two ends of this table sit far apart: #13 of 82 on average driver age, against #64 of 82 on average daily traffic volume.

Busiest roads in Smith County, Mississippi

The three busiest roads in Smith County average 5,699 vehicles a day, 3.0 times the county average of 1,886 across all its monitored roads.

Front Street is the busiest road, at 5,851 vehicles a day, 485 of them trucks (8.3%). MS 35 is practically level with it at 5,767. MS 35 carries the most trucks, 529 a day (9.2% of its traffic), although it ranks #2 for all traffic.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Front StreetPrimary road · 5,851vehicles485trucks · 8.3%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
35.6 min
Drivers’ median age
48.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$54,159

The busiest stretch of Front Street carries 3.1 times the county average; trucks are 8.3% of it, below the county-wide 10.3%.

2MS 35Primary road · 5,767vehicles529trucks · 9.2%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
12.1%
Median trip time
30.6 min
Drivers’ median age
47.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$58,607

On its busiest stretch, MS 35 carries 3.1 times the county average; trucks are 9.2% of it, below the county-wide 10.3%.

3Magnolia DrivePrimary road · 5,480vehicles523trucks · 9.6%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
12.6%
Median trip time
31.0 min
Drivers’ median age
48.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$61,053

Magnolia Drive peaks at 5,480 vehicles a day, 2.9 times the county average; trucks are 9.6% of it, below the county-wide 10.3%.

4Comfort StreetPrimary road · 5,340vehicles434trucks · 8.1%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
34.0 min
Drivers’ median age
48.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$56,430

Comfort Street carries 2.8 times the county average at its busiest, 434 of them trucks (8.1%, below the county-wide 10.3%).

5MS 28 / MS 35Primary road · 5,025vehicles501trucks · 10.0%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
30.9 min
Drivers’ median age
48.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$65,275

MS 28 / MS 35 carries 2.7 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 30.9 minutes.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1MS 35Primary road · #2 by traffic5,767vehicles529trucks · 9.2%
2Magnolia DrivePrimary road · #3 by traffic5,480vehicles523trucks · 9.6%
3MS 28 / MS 35Primary road · #5 by traffic5,025vehicles501trucks · 10.0%
4Front StreetPrimary road · #1 by traffic5,851vehicles485trucks · 8.3%
5Comfort StreetPrimary road · #4 by traffic5,340vehicles434trucks · 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

SmithDepartment 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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