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Traffic heat map of Union County, Kentucky: 226 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Morgan Street and US 60

Union County, Kentucky Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of Union County, Kentucky? We measure 226 road miles, divided into 1,724 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. Its busiest road, Morgan Street, carries 8,912 vehicles a day, 5.4 times the average road. 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 Union County, Kentucky

Traffic

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

vehicles per day1,655
Trucks

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

10.8%
Average travel time

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

33.1 min
Congestion ratio

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

5.2%
Drivers’ average age

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

49.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$65,538

A typical monitored road in Union County, Kentucky sees 1,655 vehicles per day, while its 226 miles of monitored roads together handle 293,283 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈107 million per year). Trucks are 10.8% of traffic, close to the 12.1% across Kentucky.

Quieter roads than 83% of counties in Kentucky

Union's average daily traffic volume is 65% lower than the state average - 1,655 vehicles per day against 4,696 - suggesting less traffic load per road - quiet roads that suit freight movement more than drive-by retail. Across the whole network, that travel is about 0.2% of Kentucky's statewide total. Union carries less traffic than 83% of counties in Kentucky.

Journey times here (33.1 minutes on average) closely track the state level. On travel time, Union runs longer than 76% of counties in Kentucky.

Congestion runs 65% lower than the state level, at a ratio of 5.2%, which means smoother traffic flow - delays are rare enough to plan travel times almost to the minute.

Highway vs. Non-Highway Traffic Analysis

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Highway Traffic in Union County, Kentucky

Trafficvehicles per day5,251
Trucks11.2%
Average travel time31.4 min
Congestion ratio10.8%
Drivers’ average age49.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income$63,659

Highways carry about half of all travel in Union County, Kentucky, 45% of vehicle-miles. The average highway carries 5,251 vehicles per day, 438% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 976 vehicles per day.

Yet highways are only 11% of the road network, 25 miles in 274 segments, so each mile of them is 4.0 times as busy as the average road mile.

Lower highway truck share than 73% of counties in Kentucky

The concentration of trucks on highways (11.2%) is 30% lower than the state average for similar road classifications. Highways here mostly serve passenger trips, so local access matters more than long-haul routing for logistics operators.

By truck concentration, highways here trail 73% of counties in Kentucky. 73% of counties in Kentucky see more highway trucks per day than Union's roughly 585.

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Non-highway Traffic in Union County, Kentucky

Trafficvehicles per day976
Trucks10.5%
Average travel time33.5 min
Congestion ratio4.1%
Drivers’ average age50.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income$67,639

Local roads carry about half of all travel in Union County, Kentucky, 55% of vehicle-miles. On the average non-highway road, that comes to 976 vehicles per day.

Local roads make up 89% of the monitored road miles (200 miles in 1,450 segments) but carry less than their share of travel: 160,094 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈58.4 million per year). The truck share on non-highway roads is 10.5%.

Local congestion 70% below the Kentucky average

The concentration of trucks on non-highway roads is 6% lower than on highways.

At 70% lower than the state level, the non-highway congestion ratio of 4.1% signals easier movement on local roads.

Trip origins here have higher average income than 66% of counties in Kentucky. Union's median driver age is higher than 77% of counties in Kentucky.

Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns

Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns

In Union County, Kentucky, the peak hour concentrates about 7% of the day's traffic.

Union County vs. Kentucky Traffic Comparison

Union County's biggest difference from the Kentucky average is its average daily traffic per road, 65% below it. Its highway truck share is also 30% below.

MetricUnion CountyKentucky averageDifference
Traffic1,6554,696-64.8%
Truck % (Total Traffic)10.8%12.1%-10.4%
Truck % (Highway)11.2%15.9%-29.7%
Avg. Travel Time33.1 min31.7 min+4.7%

How Union County compares

Union County against nearby counties

Union County tracks the 4 areas around it closely - no measure in this table sets it far apart from the areas immediately next to it, though it has the second busiest roads of the five. Smaller and quieter on both counts: a shorter network than the areas around it, carrying lighter traffic across it.

Union County and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Kentucky average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Union County1,65510.8%293,28333.1 min5.2%
Gallatin County, Illinois1,58911.4%151,65839.1 min5.1%
Webster County, Kentucky1,38413.6%347,58432.7 min4.6%
Hardin County, Illinois9039.8%37,84832.9 minN/A
Henderson County, Kentucky5,29610.5%1,188,77330.8 min14.0%
Kentucky average4,69612.1%N/A31.7 min14.7%

Union County ranked within Kentucky

Average daily traffic volume places Union County #100 of 120 in Kentucky - the bottom quarter of the state.

Union County ranked among 120 county-level areas in Kentucky (1 = highest); measures without data in every county rank a smaller field, down to 115.
MeasureUnion CountyKentucky rank
Traffic volume (AADT)1,655#100 of 120
Highway vehicle-miles per day133,189#91 of 115
Truck share on highways11.2%#84 of 115
Highway trucks per day585#84 of 115
Average travel time33.1 min#30 of 120
Average driver income$65,538#42 of 120
Average driver age49.6 yrs#28 of 120

The two ends of this table sit far apart: #28 of 120 on average driver age, against #100 of 120 on average daily traffic volume.

Busiest roads in Union County, Kentucky

On their busiest stretches, the three busiest roads in Union County carry 7,126 vehicles a day on average, 4.3 times the typical road in the county (1,655).

Morgan Street is the busiest road, at 8,912 vehicles a day, 770 of them trucks (8.6%). US 60 carries the most trucks, 812 a day (10.9% of its traffic), although it ranks #2 for all traffic.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Morgan StreetTrunk road · 8,912vehicles770trucks · 8.6%
Road class
Trunk road
Median trip time
28.4 min
Drivers’ median age
48.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$64,011

Morgan Street is a trunk route for the county, carrying 5.4 times the county average on its busiest stretch; trucks are 8.6% of it, below the county-wide 10.8%.

2US 60Trunk road · 7,430vehicles812trucks · 10.9%
Road class
Trunk road
Median trip time
32.7 min
Drivers’ median age
49.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$62,489

On its busiest stretch, US 60 carries 4.5 times the county average; trucks are 10.9% of it, in line with the county-wide 10.8%.

3Main StreetTrunk road · 5,037vehicles492trucks · 9.8%
Road class
Trunk road
Median trip time
28.9 min
Drivers’ median age
50.2 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$60,005

Main Street peaks at 5,037 vehicles a day, 3.0 times the county average; trucks are 9.8% of it, below the county-wide 10.8%.

45th StreetTrunk road · 2,950vehicles366trucks · 12.4%
Road class
Trunk road
Median trip time
35.8 min
Drivers’ median age
50.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$59,230

5th Street is busy by local standards, at 78% more than the county average on its busiest stretch; trucks are 12.4% of it, above the county-wide 10.8%.

5Airline RoadSecondary road · 2,776vehicles211trucks · 7.6%
Road class
Secondary road
Congestion ratio
5.3%
Median trip time
27.4 min
Drivers’ median age
51.4 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$64,310

Airline Road peaks at 2,776 vehicles a day, 68% more than the county average; trucks are 7.6% of it, below the county-wide 10.8%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1US 60Trunk road · #2 by traffic7,430vehicles812trucks · 10.9%
2Morgan StreetTrunk road · #1 by traffic8,912vehicles770trucks · 8.6%
3Main StreetTrunk road · #3 by traffic5,037vehicles492trucks · 9.8%
45th StreetTrunk road · #4 by traffic2,950vehicles366trucks · 12.4%
5Midway DrivePrimary road · 2,298vehicles283trucks · 12.3%
Road class
Primary road
Congestion ratio
5.0%
Median trip time
37.7 min
Drivers’ median age
50.5 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$56,100

Midway Drive carries 39% more than the county average at its busiest, 283 of them trucks (12.3%, above the county-wide 10.8%).

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

UnionDepartment 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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Q3 2026

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