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Traffic heat map of Tensas Parish, Louisiana: 202 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on US 65 and Plank Road

Tensas Parish, Louisiana Traffic Counts

Our Tensas Parish, Louisiana traffic data covers 1,430 road segments over 202 road miles, with an average segment of just 744 ft. Its roads are the quietest of any county in Louisiana, at 716 vehicles a day on average. Whether you are evaluating a new retail location, planning routes or assessing infrastructure, these numbers replace guesswork.
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 Tensas Parish, Louisiana

Traffic

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

vehicles per day716
Trucks

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

10.4%
Average travel time

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

43.6 min
Congestion ratio

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

4.6%
Drivers’ average age

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

56.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$40,147

A typical monitored road in Tensas Parish, Louisiana sees 716 vehicles per day, while its 202 miles of monitored roads together handle 152,478 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈55.7 million per year). Trucks are 10.4% of traffic, close to the 11.2% across Louisiana.

The quietest roads of any county in Louisiana

At 716 vehicles per day, the average monitored road in Tensas carries 88% less traffic than the state average of 6,061, suggesting less demand on each road - very light roads: easy truck access, but little passing trade for roadside retail. Network-wide, Tensas accounts for about 0.1% of Louisiana's statewide total of vehicle-miles. At 716 vehicles per day, Tensas posts the lowest average traffic volume in Louisiana.

At 43.6 minutes, the average travel time is 37% higher than the state level. It also posts the highest average travel time in Louisiana, at 43.6 minutes.

The congestion ratio of 4.6% is 73% lower, pointing to smoother traffic flow than the state level - delays are rare enough to plan travel times almost to the minute.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Tensas Parish, Louisiana, the peak hour concentrates about 7% of the day's traffic.

Tensas Parish vs. Louisiana Traffic Comparison

The average daily traffic per road sets Tensas Parish apart: 88% below the Louisiana average. Its average travel time, by contrast, is 37% above.

MetricTensas ParishLouisiana averageDifference
Traffic7166,061-88.2%
Truck % (Total Traffic)10.4%11.2%-6.7%
Avg. Travel Time43.6 min31.8 min+37.0%

How Tensas Parish compares

Tensas Parish has the quietest roads among its nearby parishes

Against the 4 nearest areas, Tensas Parish carries 58.6% less traffic on a typical road and moves 33.5% of the total daily travel; it has the quietest roads of the five. Quieter and more local than the areas around it on both counts: less traffic, and less of what there is arriving by truck.

Tensas Parish and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Louisiana average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Tensas Parish71610.4%152,47843.6 min4.6%
Claiborne County, Mississippi1,77711.7%188,14132.5 min5.8%
Franklin Parish, Louisiana1,8469.1%442,30528.5 min5.6%
Jefferson County, Mississippi1,22013.1%170,27036.6 min4.2%
Madison Parish, Louisiana2,08224.9%1,020,89935.7 min7.1%
Louisiana average6,06111.2%N/A31.8 min17.3%

Tensas Parish ranked within Louisiana

Tensas Parish records the state's highest average travel time and average driver age - 2 first places in one county.

Tensas Parish ranked among 64 county-level areas in Louisiana (1 = highest).
MeasureTensas ParishLouisiana rank
Traffic volume (AADT)716#64 of 64
Average travel time43.6 min#1 of 64
Average driver income$40,147#64 of 64
Average driver age56.4 yrs#1 of 64

Tensas Parish ranks #1 of 64 on average travel time but #64 of 64 on average daily traffic volume. Some of the longest trips in Louisiana on some of its emptiest roads - distance, not congestion, is what sets travel time here.

Busiest roads in Tensas Parish, Louisiana

Traffic concentrates on a few corridors: the three busiest roads average 2,180 vehicles a day, against 716 on the average road in Tensas Parish.

US 65 leads with 2,549 vehicles a day, 273 of them trucks (10.7%). It tops the truck ranking too, with the most trucks.

Trips on Plank Road are short, a median of 25.6 minutes against 43.6 county-wide, so it serves mostly local traffic.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1US 65Primary road · 2,549vehicles273trucks · 10.7%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
6.1%
Median trip time
43.8 min
Drivers’ median age
54.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$40,752

US 65 carries 3.6 times the county average on its busiest stretch, where the median trip lasts 43.8 minutes.

2Plank RoadSecondary road · 2,287vehicles204trucks · 8.9%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
25.6 min
Drivers’ median age
56.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$36,820

At 3.2 times the county average, Plank Road draws drivers from neighborhoods averaging $36,820 in household income.

3State Route 128Secondary road · 1,706vehicles150trucks · 8.8%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
4.0%
Median trip time
29.6 min
Drivers’ median age
56.7 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$38,973

Trips on State Route 128 are short, a median 29.6 minutes against 43.6 county-wide, so it mostly serves local errands and commutes.

4Verona StreetSecondary road · 1,703vehicles154trucks · 9.0%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
3.4%
Median trip time
40.8 min
Drivers’ median age
60.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$37,548

The busiest stretch of Verona Street carries 2.4 times the county average; trucks are 9.0% of it, below the county-wide 10.4%.

5Newton RoadSecondary road · 1,608vehicles109trucks · 6.8%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
25.8 min
Drivers’ median age
56.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$36,893

Newton Road is a local road at heart: the median trip using it lasts 25.8 minutes, against 43.6 for the county.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1US 65Primary road · #1 by traffic2,549vehicles273trucks · 10.7%
2Plank RoadSecondary road · #2 by traffic2,287vehicles204trucks · 8.9%
3Verona StreetSecondary road · #4 by traffic1,703vehicles154trucks · 9.0%
4State Route 128Secondary road · #3 by traffic1,706vehicles150trucks · 8.8%
5Newton RoadSecondary road · #5 by traffic1,608vehicles109trucks · 6.8%
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

TensasDepartment 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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