Commuting in Caguas 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 Caguas Municipio: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Caguas Municipio spend about 53 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 222 hours, about 9.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 13% more time on the road than the Puerto Rico average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 3.1 minutes.
Caguas Municipio holds about 3.9% of Puerto Rico's population but accounts for roughly 4.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Caguas Municipio would save about 89 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,748 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)
Caguas Municipio
26.6 min
53.2 min
222 hrs/yr
$6,869
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
26.6
minutes to get to work in
Caguas Municipio.
That's 19% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 73% of counties in Puerto Rico
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 6.8% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Caguas Municipio
Car:
88.3%
Worked at Home:
6.8%
Other:
2.6%
Walked:
1.3%
Taxi:
0.3%
Public Transportation:
0.3%
Bicycle:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Commute Mode Trends in Caguas Municipio, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Caguas 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
Other
Walked
Public Transportation
Taxi
Bicycle
Motorcycle
2009
88.1%
2.9%
2.1%
3.2%
3.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
2010
88.4%
2.5%
1.9%
3.6%
3.2%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
2011
88.8%
2.7%
1.6%
3.5%
2.9%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
2012
89.4%
2.4%
1.8%
3.3%
2.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
2013
90.7%
2.2%
1.7%
3.1%
1.9%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2014
91.2%
2.0%
1.8%
2.9%
1.6%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
2015
92.0%
1.9%
1.7%
2.8%
1.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2016
92.5%
1.7%
1.6%
2.5%
1.4%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2017
92.8%
1.7%
1.1%
2.7%
1.4%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2018
92.7%
1.8%
1.3%
2.6%
1.5%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2019
93.1%
1.6%
1.1%
2.5%
1.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
91.5%
3.2%
1.3%
2.2%
1.5%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2021
90.2%
4.8%
1.5%
2.2%
0.9%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2022
89.5%
5.6%
1.9%
1.8%
0.6%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
88.3%
6.4%
2.3%
1.8%
0.5%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
2024
88.3%
6.8%
2.6%
1.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 93.1%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 88.1% in 2009 and 88.3% in 2024.
Working from home gained the most ground in Caguas Municipio: its share of workers rose from 2.9% in 2009 to 6.8% in 2024, up 3.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 3.2% to 0.3% of workers (down 2.9 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Caguas Municipio
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Caguas Municipio?
The bars show when commuters in Caguas 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 AMCaguas Municipio6.8%Puerto Rico6.3%
6.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMCaguas Municipio4.1%Puerto Rico5.1%
4.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMCaguas Municipio6.2%Puerto Rico5.5%
6.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMCaguas Municipio11.9%Puerto Rico11.9%
11.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMCaguas Municipio11.4%Puerto Rico10.3%
11.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMCaguas Municipio18.8%Puerto Rico18.0%
18.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMCaguas Municipio10.1%Puerto Rico10.0%
10.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMCaguas Municipio9.8%Puerto Rico10.4%
9.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMCaguas Municipio3.9%Puerto Rico3.2%
3.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMCaguas Municipio5.4%Puerto Rico5.4%
5.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMCaguas Municipio1.6%Puerto Rico2.4%
1.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMCaguas Municipio1.5%Puerto Rico1.4%
1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMCaguas Municipio5.3%Puerto Rico6.0%
5.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMCaguas Municipio3.2%Puerto Rico4.0%
3.2%
Caguas MunicipioPuerto RicoSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Caguas 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: 17.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Puerto Rico's: 50.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.7% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.0%) 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 Caguas 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 Caguas 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 Caguas 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
Caguas Municipio
Puerto Rico
United States
2009
7:06 AM
7:12 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:07 AM
7:12 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:07 AM
7:13 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:08 AM
7:14 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:10 AM
7:15 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:11 AM
7:15 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:12 AM
7:16 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:12 AM
7:16 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:15 AM
7:17 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:15 AM
7:15 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:14 AM
7:15 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:15 AM
7:15 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:16 AM
7:16 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:14 AM
7:16 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:15 AM
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:15 AM
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Caguas Municipio were on the road by 7:15 AM, 10 minutes later than in 2009 (7:06 AM). The shift is sharper than across Puerto Rico, where the typical start moved 6 minutes later. Commuters in Caguas Municipio now leave 22 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).
How does Caguas Municipio's commute time compare?
Metric
Caguas Municipio
Puerto Rico
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
26.6 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
6.8%
6.1%
15.0%
Walked
1.3%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.3%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Caguas Municipio is 26.6 minutes, longer than the 23.5 minutes in Puerto Rico.
0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Puerto Rico. 1.3% commute by walking, lower than the 2.3% in Puerto Rico.
Caguas Municipio, PR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Caguas Municipio, PR is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 125,585 residents against a local median of 39,643. The measure that sets Caguas Municipio, PR apart most is work from home: 6.8%, 113% above the local median of 3.2%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 26.6 min against a local median of 31.3 min, 15% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 15% below the local median it puts Caguas Municipio, PR at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 8.3% on work from home, so Caguas Municipio, PR sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Caguas Municipio, PR has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Caguas Municipio, Puerto Rico.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Caguas Municipio, Puerto Rico?
Commuters here spend an estimated 222 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,869 at a typical national wage. That's 13% more than the typical Puerto Rico commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Caguas Municipio, Puerto Rico?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Caguas 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).