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Traffic heat map of Towner County, North Dakota: 99 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on 9th Street and 1st Avenue

Towner County, North Dakota Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of Towner County, North Dakota? We measure 99 road miles, divided into 508 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. Trips here are among the 5 longest of any county in North Dakota. 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 Towner County, North Dakota

Traffic

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

vehicles per day669
Trucks

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

10.7%
Average travel time

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

50.9 min
Congestion ratio

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

2.7%
Drivers’ average age

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

56.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$59,249

A typical monitored road in Towner County, North Dakota sees 669 vehicles per day, while its 99 miles of monitored roads together handle 50,514 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈18.4 million per year). About 1 in 9 vehicles is a truck, in line with North Dakota (11.1%).

Longer trips than 92% of counties in North Dakota

At 669 vehicles per day, the average monitored road in Towner carries 69% less traffic than the state average of 2,174, suggesting less demand on each road - quiet roads that suit freight movement more than drive-by retail. Across the whole network, that travel is about 0.3% of North Dakota's statewide total. By volume, Towner's 669 vehicles per day trails 75% of counties in North Dakota.

At 50.9 minutes, the average travel time is 37% higher than the state level. Its average travel time of 50.9 minutes is longer than 92% of counties in North Dakota.

At 75% lower than the state level, the 2.7% congestion ratio signals smoother traffic flow - free-flowing roads make scheduled deliveries highly predictable.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Towner County, North Dakota, the peak hour concentrates about 8% of the day's traffic.

Towner County vs. North Dakota Traffic Comparison

Of the four measures, average daily traffic per road differs most: Towner County runs 69% below the North Dakota average. Its average travel time, by contrast, is 37% above.

MetricTowner CountyNorth Dakota averageDifference
Traffic6692,174-69.2%
Truck % (Total Traffic)10.7%11.1%-3.3%
Avg. Travel Time50.9 min37.0 min+37.2%

How Towner County compares

Towner County moves the least traffic of its nearby counties

Compared with its 4 closest neighbours, Towner County is 56.8% less congested and moves 30.6% of the total daily travel; 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.

Towner County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the North Dakota average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Towner County66910.7%50,51450.9 min2.7%
Rolette County, North Dakota1,0818.1%206,29830.3 min5.1%
Ramsey County, North Dakota1,75310.3%218,50130.1 min9.7%
Benson County, North Dakota64410.8%151,57535.4 min5.8%
Cavalier County, North Dakota1,11610.6%83,371154.0 min4.1%
North Dakota average2,17411.1%N/A37.0 min10.6%

Towner County ranked within North Dakota

Towner County sits in the bottom quarter of the North Dakota field on average driver income, at #50 of 53.

Towner County ranked among 53 county-level areas in North Dakota (1 = highest).
MeasureTowner CountyNorth Dakota rank
Traffic volume (AADT)669#40 of 53
Average travel time50.9 min#5 of 53
Average driver income$59,249#50 of 53
Average driver age56.8 yrs#5 of 53

Towner County ranks #5 of 53 on average driver age but #50 of 53 on average driver income. The driver population here skews older and lower-income than most of North Dakota.

Busiest roads in Towner County, North Dakota

Traffic concentrates on a few corridors: the three busiest roads average 1,372 vehicles a day, against 669 on the average road in Towner County.

9th Street is the busiest road, at 1,494 vehicles a day, 157 of them trucks (10.5%). 1st Avenue is practically level with it at 1,477. 1st Avenue carries the most trucks, 168 a day (11.3% of its traffic), although it ranks #2 for all traffic.

Trips using ND 66 are long: a median of 84.8 minutes against 50.9 county-wide, the mark of a through route.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
19th StreetSecondary road · 1,494vehicles157trucks · 10.5%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
48.8 min
Drivers’ median age
57.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$55,879

On its busiest stretch, 9th Street carries 2.2 times the county average; trucks are 10.5% of it, in line with the county-wide 10.7%.

21st AvenuePrimary road · 1,477vehicles168trucks · 11.3%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
2.8%
Median trip time
48.3 min
Drivers’ median age
57.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$52,864

1st Avenue peaks at 1,477 vehicles a day, 2.2 times the county average; trucks are 11.3% of it, above the county-wide 10.7%.

3US 281Primary road · 1,146vehicles127trucks · 11.1%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
2.6%
Median trip time
53.7 min
Drivers’ median age
56.8 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$59,113

US 281 is busy by local standards, at 71% more than the county average on its busiest stretch; trucks are 11.1% of it, in line with the county-wide 10.7%.

4Main StreetTertiary road · 534vehicles33trucks · 6.1%
Road class
Tertiary road
Median trip time
61.0 min
Drivers’ median age
57.0 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$57,788

Main Street is a quieter road: its busiest stretch carries 20% less than the county average; trucks are 6.1% of it, below the county-wide 10.7%.

5ND 66Secondary road · 394vehicles31trucks · 7.8%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
84.8 min
Drivers’ median age
58.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$50,840

Even at its busiest, ND 66 carries 41% less than the county average; trucks are 7.8% of it, below the county-wide 10.7%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
11st AvenuePrimary road · #2 by traffic1,477vehicles168trucks · 11.3%
29th StreetSecondary road · #1 by traffic1,494vehicles157trucks · 10.5%
3US 281Primary road · #3 by traffic1,146vehicles127trucks · 11.1%
4ND 17Secondary road · 293vehicles41trucks · 14.1%
Road class
Secondary road
Median trip time
28.0 min
Drivers’ median age
56.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$65,295

ND 17 is a local road at heart: the median trip using it lasts 28.0 minutes, against 50.9 for the county.

5ND 5Primary road · 295vehicles34trucks · 11.6%
Road class
Primary road
Median trip time
61.2 min

ND 5 is a quieter road: its busiest stretch carries 56% less than the county average; trucks are 11.6% of it, above the county-wide 10.7%.

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

TownerDepartment 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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