Esri Traffic Counts data tracks peak and low traffic volume by the number of vehicles that cross a certain point of a street location. Updated quarterly, the Traffic Counts database contains more than 1 million points across the United States.
Traffic Counts data includes average daily traffic volume, current and previous count type, and cross street direction and distance.
The data is available in ArcGIS Business Analyst and ArcGIS Community Analyst products as well as ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World maps and layers.
Traffic Counts data
You can use Traffic Counts data to do the following:
- Identify the best location for your business based on traffic patterns.
- Analyze how traffic may impact store construction.
- Schedule staff hours according to peak periods of traffic.
- Identify how traffic growth and decline may impact a potential site.
Vintage
Q3 2024.
With the Q4 2020 release, traffic counts dated before the year 2000 were removed from the database and are no longer visible in maps and analysis.
Available geographies
Traffic Counts is a point-level dataset.
Update frequency
Traffic Counts data is updated quarterly.
Methodology
See the following methodology for Traffic Counts data from Kalibrate: Traffic methodology (PDF).
Sample reports
The following sample Traffic Count map reports are available:
For more information about reports and the products that contain them, visit Esri Reports.
For information about the number of credits needed to run reports, see Credits by capability.
Variable list
See the Esri Traffic Count Data Variable List (PDF).
Data availability
Traffic Counts data is available in various products including the following:
- ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App—View a sample infographic.
- ArcGIS Community Analyst
- ArcGIS Online—Browse maps, apps, and layers, and use the Enrich Layer tool.
Note:
This data requires additional licensing for ArcGIS Business Analyst Enterprise. Contact your account manager for additional information.
For information about purchasing Esri Demographics data as stand-alone datasets, contact datasales@esri.com.
Tutorial
For more information on Traffic Counts data, visit Get started with U.S. Updated Demographics—Part 2: Explore lifestyle, behavioral, business, and census data.