Commuting in Cabo Rojo 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 Cabo Rojo Municipio: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Cabo Rojo Municipio spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 186 hours, about 7.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 5% less time on the road than the Puerto Rico average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 1.1 minutes.
Cabo Rojo Municipio holds about 1.5% of Puerto Rico's population but accounts for roughly 1.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Cabo Rojo Municipio would save about 75 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,310 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)
Cabo Rojo Municipio
22.4 min
44.7 min
186 hrs/yr
$5,775
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
22.4
minutes to get to work in
Cabo Rojo Municipio.
That's about the same as the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.5% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Cabo Rojo Municipio
Car:
91.7%
Worked at Home:
5.5%
Walked:
2.0%
Public Transportation:
0.7%
Other:
0.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Cabo Rojo Municipio, versus 0.0% in Puerto Rico.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Cabo Rojo Municipio, versus 0.1% in Puerto Rico.
Biking is essentially absent in Cabo Rojo Municipio, versus 0.1% in Puerto Rico.
Commute Mode Trends in Cabo Rojo Municipio, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Cabo Rojo 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
Public Transportation
Other
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
88.4%
3.2%
3.9%
2.2%
1.8%
0.0%
0.3%
0.3%
2010
88.7%
4.3%
2.9%
1.9%
1.6%
0.0%
0.3%
0.3%
2011
89.6%
4.8%
2.1%
1.6%
1.5%
0.0%
0.3%
0.2%
2012
90.6%
5.3%
1.5%
1.5%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2013
92.6%
5.1%
1.3%
0.9%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
93.5%
4.5%
1.0%
0.7%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2015
92.7%
5.2%
1.5%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2016
92.5%
5.9%
1.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2017
92.8%
5.9%
1.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2018
91.7%
6.7%
1.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2019
90.6%
6.8%
2.1%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
90.6%
6.8%
1.9%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
90.6%
5.8%
2.8%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
90.5%
6.2%
2.4%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
90.9%
5.9%
2.3%
0.7%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
91.7%
5.5%
2.0%
0.7%
0.1%
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 peaked in 2014 at 93.5%. Overall it rose from 88.4% in 2009 to 91.7% in 2024, up 3.3 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 2 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Cabo Rojo Municipio: its share of workers rose from 3.2% in 2009 to 5.5% in 2024, up 2.3 percentage points.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.9% to 2.0% of workers (down 1.9 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2010 release and has stayed ahead since.
Working from home peaked at 6.8% in 2019 and has since fallen back to 5.5%.
Commute Start Times in Cabo Rojo Municipio
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Cabo Rojo Municipio?
The bars show when commuters in Cabo Rojo 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.
Cabo Rojo MunicipioPuerto RicoSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Cabo Rojo Municipio is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 18.0% across Puerto Rico. Early starts are about as common as in Puerto Rico: 17.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Puerto Rico: 46.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.7% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.7%) 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 Cabo Rojo 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 Cabo Rojo 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 Cabo Rojo 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
Cabo Rojo Municipio
Puerto Rico
United States
2009
7:09 AM
7:12 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:10 AM
7:12 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:10 AM
7:13 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:12 AM
7:14 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:15 AM
7:15 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:16 AM
7:15 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:14 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
7:17 AM
7:15 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:19 AM
7:15 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:21 AM
7:15 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:17 AM
7:16 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:19 AM
7:16 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:14 AM
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:13 AM
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Cabo Rojo Municipio were on the road by 7:13 AM, 4 minutes later than in 2009 (7:09 AM). Puerto Rico followed the same path, with the typical start moving 6 minutes later. Commuters in Cabo Rojo Municipio now leave 25 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 Cabo Rojo Municipio has moved 6 minutes earlier.
How does Cabo Rojo Municipio's commute time compare?
Metric
Cabo Rojo Municipio
Puerto Rico
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
22.4 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
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
5.5%
6.1%
15.0%
Walked
2.0%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.7%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Cabo Rojo Municipio is 22.4 minutes, shorter than the 23.5 minutes in Puerto Rico.
0.7% 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.
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 46,876 residents against a local median of 23,035. Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR's work from home, at 5.5%, runs 87% above the 2.9% typical of the counties around it.
The counties themselves spread 4.8% on work from home, so Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Cabo Rojo Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Is living in Cabo Rojo Municipio, Puerto Rico good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 186 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,775 at a typical national wage. That's 5% less than the typical Puerto Rico commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Cabo Rojo Municipio, Puerto Rico?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Cabo Rojo Municipio, Puerto Rico. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
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).