Commuting in Aguada Municipio, Puerto Rico: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.
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Commute Time Burden in Aguada Municipio: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Aguada Municipio spend about 38 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 157 hours, about 6.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 20% less time on the road than the Puerto Rico average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 4.6 minutes.
Aguada Municipio holds about 1.2% of Puerto Rico's population but accounts for roughly 0.9% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Aguada Municipio would save about 63 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,952 at the same national wage assumption used above.
Area
One-Way Commute
Daily Round-Trip
Yearly Time Spent
Estimated Yearly Cost
Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Aguada Municipio
18.9 min
37.8 min
157 hrs/yr
$4,880
N/A
Puerto Rico
23.5 min
46.9 min
196 hrs/yr
$6,063
N/A
United States
22.4 min
44.8 min
187 hrs/yr
$5,790
1,355
The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it
as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day
on non-highway roads, come from proprietary
Ticon and
TrafficZoom data.
On average, it takes
18.9
minutes to get to work in
Aguada Municipio.
That's 16% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 83% of counties in Puerto Rico
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 10.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Aguada Municipio
Car:
87.3%
Worked at Home:
10.1%
Walked:
2.0%
Other:
0.3%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Aguada Municipio, versus 0.0% in Puerto Rico.
Public transit is essentially absent in Aguada Municipio, versus 0.9% in Puerto Rico.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Aguada Municipio, versus 0.1% in Puerto Rico.
Commute Mode Trends in Aguada Municipio, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Aguada Municipio get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.
Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show commute mode data by year
Year
Car
Worked at Home
Walked
Other
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
90.4%
2.1%
6.0%
0.6%
0.3%
0.6%
0.0%
0.1%
2010
90.8%
3.3%
4.8%
0.3%
0.2%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
2011
90.2%
3.5%
5.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.8%
0.0%
0.1%
2012
90.7%
3.2%
4.8%
0.5%
0.1%
0.4%
0.0%
0.4%
2013
90.7%
4.0%
3.9%
0.5%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.3%
2014
90.3%
4.9%
3.7%
0.3%
0.1%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
2015
90.9%
4.3%
3.6%
0.5%
0.1%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
2016
90.2%
6.0%
2.9%
0.4%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
2017
89.6%
4.9%
4.5%
0.7%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
90.5%
4.2%
3.5%
0.7%
0.8%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
89.0%
4.9%
4.1%
0.7%
0.7%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
88.5%
6.0%
3.5%
0.5%
0.8%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
88.4%
5.8%
3.3%
0.8%
0.9%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
87.3%
8.7%
1.8%
0.4%
1.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
86.2%
10.3%
2.0%
0.4%
0.2%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
87.3%
10.1%
2.0%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2015 at 90.9% and lowest in 2023 at 86.2%. Overall it fell from 90.4% in 2009 to 87.3% in 2024, down 3.1 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Aguada Municipio: its share of workers rose from 2.1% in 2009 to 10.1% in 2024, up 8.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 6.0% to 2.0% of workers (down 4.0 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2013 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Aguada Municipio
🚦Rush-Hour RegularsThe 3rd-highest share of rush-hour departures among Puerto Rico's 78 counties: 60.9% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Aguada Municipio?
The bars show when commuters in Aguada Municipio leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Puerto Rico for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMAguada Municipio5.3%Puerto Rico6.3%
5.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMAguada Municipio2.0%Puerto Rico5.1%
2.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMAguada Municipio1.3%Puerto Rico5.5%
1.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMAguada Municipio9.2%Puerto Rico11.9%
9.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMAguada Municipio12.2%Puerto Rico10.3%
12.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMAguada Municipio32.9%Puerto Rico18.0%
32.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMAguada Municipio8.6%Puerto Rico10.0%
8.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMAguada Municipio7.2%Puerto Rico10.4%
7.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMAguada Municipio2.5%Puerto Rico3.2%
2.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMAguada Municipio4.8%Puerto Rico5.4%
4.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMAguada Municipio4.7%Puerto Rico2.4%
4.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMAguada Municipio0.9%Puerto Rico1.4%
0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMAguada Municipio5.0%Puerto Rico6.0%
5.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMAguada Municipio3.6%Puerto Rico4.0%
3.6%
Aguada MunicipioPuerto RicoSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Aguada Municipio is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 32.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 18.0% across Puerto Rico. Early starts are less common than in Puerto Rico: 8.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Puerto Rico: 60.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.7% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.0%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.
When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.
See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Aguada Municipio, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.
Is Aguada Municipio Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024
Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Aguada Municipio next to Puerto Rico and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.
Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show typical departure times by year
Year
Aguada Municipio
Puerto Rico
United States
2009
7:30 AM
7:12 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:33 AM
7:12 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:27 AM
7:13 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:24 AM
7:14 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:21 AM
7:15 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:16 AM
7:15 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:13 AM
7:16 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:13 AM
7:16 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:13 AM
7:17 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:13 AM
7:15 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:14 AM
7:15 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:12 AM
7:15 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:13 AM
7:16 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:14 AM
7:16 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:17 AM
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:18 AM
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Aguada Municipio were on the road by 7:18 AM, 12 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:30 AM). That goes against the trend across Puerto Rico, where the typical commuter now leaves 6 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Aguada Municipio now leave 20 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Aguada Municipio has moved 4 minutes later.
How does Aguada Municipio's commute time compare?
Metric
Aguada Municipio
Puerto Rico
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.9 min
23.5 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
06:30 AM – 06:59 AM
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
10.1%
6.1%
15.0%
Walked
2.0%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Aguada Municipio is 18.9 minutes, shorter than the 23.5 minutes in Puerto Rico.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Puerto Rico. 2.0% commute by walking, lower than the 2.3% in Puerto Rico.
Aguada Municipio, PR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Aguada Municipio, PR is typical in size for this group, 37,758 residents against a local median of 37,423, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Aguada Municipio, PR's work from home, at 10.1%, runs 27% above the 8.0% typical of the counties around it.
The counties themselves spread 3.9% on work from home, so Aguada Municipio, PR sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Aguada Municipio, PR has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Aguada Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Is living in Aguada Municipio, Puerto Rico good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 157 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,880 at a typical national wage. That's 20% less than the typical Puerto Rico commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Aguada Municipio, Puerto Rico?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Aguada Municipio, Puerto Rico. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How common is public transit use in Aguada Municipio, Puerto Rico?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.9% in Puerto Rico, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
How much time do residents in Aguada Municipio, Puerto Rico save by working from home?
About 10.1% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Aguada Municipio would save about 63 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,952 at the same national wage assumption used above.
Which counties in Puerto Rico have the fastest and slowest commutes?
Among counties in Puerto Rico, the shortest average commutes are in Culebra Municipio (12.7 min), Jayuya Municipio (15.2 min), Vieques Municipio (16.0 min). The longest are in Naranjito Municipio (38.3 min), Toa Alta Municipio (33.8 min), RÃo Grande Municipio (33.4 min).