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Traffic | vehicles per day2,041 |
|---|---|
Trucks | 9.3% |
Average travel time | 32.1 min |
Congestion ratio | 7.7% |
Drivers’ average age | 45.5 yrs |
Drivers’ average income | $65,972 |
A typical monitored road in Somerset County, Maryland sees 2,041 vehicles per day, while its 206 miles of monitored roads together handle 693,745 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈253 million per year). At 9.3%, the truck share runs above the 7.5% across Maryland: about 1 in 11 vehicles.
Somerset sees 73% lower average daily traffic volume than the state average (2,041 vehicles per day against 7,693), suggesting less demand on each road - quiet roads that suit freight movement more than drive-by retail. In total volume terms, its road network carries about 0.5% of Maryland's statewide total of vehicle-miles. In fact, Somerset has the lowest average traffic volume of any county in Maryland, at 2,041 vehicles per day.
The average trip takes 32.1 minutes, 6% lower than the state level. On travel time, Somerset runs shorter than 61% of counties in Maryland.
At 62% lower than the state level, the 7.7% congestion ratio signals smoother traffic flow - delays are rare enough to plan travel times almost to the minute.
| Traffic | vehicles per day10,934 |
|---|---|
| Trucks | 10.3% |
| Average travel time | 40.6 min |
| Congestion ratio | 32.4% |
| Drivers’ average age | 46.1 yrs |
| Drivers’ average income | $68,418 |
Highways carry more than half of all travel in Somerset County, Maryland (66% of vehicle-miles). The average highway carries 10,934 vehicles per day, 590% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 1,585 vehicles per day.
Yet highways are only 20% of the road network, 41 miles in 144 segments, so each mile of them is 3.3 times as busy as the average road mile.
At 10.3%, highway truck share is 5% higher than the state average. The highway traffic mix is typical for Maryland: neither freight- nor commuter-dominated.
By truck concentration, highways here outrank 52% of counties in Maryland. Somerset's highway truck count is lower than 74% of counties in Maryland, at roughly 1,123 trucks per day.
| Traffic | vehicles per day1,585 |
|---|---|
| Trucks | 7.5% |
| Average travel time | 31.6 min |
| Congestion ratio | 6.5% |
| Drivers’ average age | 43.1 yrs |
| Drivers’ average income | $62,447 |
Local roads carry a significant share of travel in Somerset County, Maryland: 34% of all vehicle-miles. The average non-highway road carries 1,585 vehicles per day.
Spread over 165 miles and 2,808 segments, 80% of the road network, local roads carry a lighter load per mile: 235,527 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈86.0 million per year). Trucks make up 7.5% of non-highway traffic, about 1 in 13 vehicles.
The concentration of trucks on non-highway roads is 27% lower than on highways.
The non-highway congestion ratio of 6.5% is 66% lower than the state level, suggesting more efficient local mobility than the state average.
96% of counties in Maryland see higher average driver income among trip origins than Somerset. 78% of counties in Maryland have an older driver population than Somerset.
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