To look into the durability of your rug, you need to know its construction and not so much on the fibers used. Heavy foot traffic will require a rug made of sturdy fabrics. You’d want a dense carpet where you won’t be able to feel the backing or see through the fibers. In heavily visited areas, you may want rugs with smaller pile heights of about half an inch. These tend to perform better than higher piles. For cut piles, you may want to look into textures with tighter twists. For Berber types, you want tighter loops than larger ones.