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Traffic heat map of Wrangell, Alaska: 2 miles of roads shaded from blue (light) to red (heavy traffic), busiest on Zimovia Highway

Wrangell, Alaska Traffic Counts

How busy are the roads of Wrangell, Alaska? We measure 2 road miles, divided into 58 segments, with multi-sourced, cross-verified mobile and sensor data. Its drivers come from the lowest-income neighborhoods of any county in Alaska, averaging $63,694. 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 Wrangell, Alaska

Traffic

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

vehicles per day2,023
Trucks

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

8.0%
Average travel time

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

35.6 min
Congestion ratio

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

3.4%
Drivers’ average age

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

51.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income

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

$63,694

A typical monitored road in Wrangell, Alaska sees 2,023 vehicles per day, while its 2 miles of monitored roads together handle 4,777 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈1.7 million per year). Trucks are 8.0% of traffic, more than the 6.7% across Alaska.

Congestion 77% below the Alaska average

Wrangell's average daily traffic volume is 57% lower than the state average - 2,023 vehicles per day against 4,749 - suggesting less traffic load per road - very light roads: easy truck access, but little passing trade for roadside retail. Across the whole network, that travel is less than 0.1% of Alaska's statewide total. 72% of counties in Alaska see more traffic than Wrangell's 2,023 vehicles per day.

The average trip takes 35.6 minutes, on par with the state level. On travel time, Wrangell runs longer than 61% of counties in Alaska.

The congestion ratio of 3.4% is 77% 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 Wrangell, Alaska, traffic has a sharp commute peak, with the busiest hour carrying about 13% of the day's traffic.

Wrangell vs. Alaska Traffic Comparison

Of the four measures, average daily traffic per road differs most: Wrangell runs 57% below the Alaska average. Its truck share, by contrast, is 18% above.

MetricWrangellAlaska averageDifference
Traffic2,0234,749-57.4%
Truck % (Total Traffic)8.0%6.7%+18.0%
Avg. Travel Time35.6 min34.0 min+4.7%

How Wrangell compares

Wrangell moves the least traffic of its nearby boroughs and census areas

Compared with its 4 closest neighbours, Wrangell moves 7.8% of the total daily travel and is 67.2% less congested; it has the quietest roads of the five. It is the quiet one of the group - below the areas around it on volume, total travel and trip length alike.

Wrangell and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Alaska average for scale.
AreaAverage daily trafficTruck shareDaily vehicle-milesAverage travel timeCongestion ratio
Wrangell2,0238.0%4,77735.6 min3.4%
Ketchikan Gateway, Alaska6,0885.7%137,53539.4 min18.3%
Prince of Wales-Hyder, Alaska2,1778.7%38,46881.3 min5.2%
Petersburg, Alaska2,3225.3%11,17333.0 min6.6%
Sitka, Alaska4,2206.0%57,53029.3 min11.7%
Alaska average4,7496.7%N/A34.0 min14.9%

Wrangell ranked within Alaska

Wrangell sits in Alaska's top three on average driver age.

Wrangell ranked among 19 county-level areas in Alaska (1 = highest).
MeasureWrangellAlaska rank
Traffic volume (AADT)2,023#14 of 19
Average travel time35.6 min#8 of 19
Average driver income$63,694#19 of 19
Average driver age51.1 yrs#3 of 19

Wrangell ranks #3 of 19 on average driver age but #19 of 19 on average driver income - the two describe the same roads and are worth reading together rather than either on its own.

Busiest roads in Wrangell, Alaska

The busiest road in Wrangell carries 2,030 vehicles a day on its busiest stretch, about the same as the county-wide average of 2,023.

Zimovia Highway is the busiest road, at 2,030 vehicles a day, 162 of them trucks (8.0%). It tops the truck ranking too, with the most trucks.

Ranked by daily traffic (AADT)

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Zimovia HighwayTertiary road · 2,030vehicles162trucks · 8.0%
Road class
Tertiary road
Congestion ratio
3.4%
Median trip time
35.3 min
Drivers’ median age
51.1 yrs
Drivers’ average income
$63,694

Zimovia Highway is a quieter road: its busiest stretch carries about the same as the county average; trucks are 8.0% of it, in line with the county-wide 8.0%.

Ranked by trucks per day

Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Zimovia HighwayTertiary road · #1 by traffic2,030vehicles162trucks · 8.0%
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

WrangellDepartment 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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