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Commuting in Coamo 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 Coamo Municipio: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Coamo 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 189 hours, about 7.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 3% less time on the road than the Puerto Rico average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 0.8 minutes.

Coamo Municipio holds about 1.1% of Puerto Rico's population but accounts for roughly 1.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Coamo Municipio would save about 76 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,342 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)
Coamo Municipio 22.7 min 45.3 min 189 hrs/yr $5,856 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.

Commute Time Map: Puerto Rico Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Puerto Rico
  1. Culebra Municipio (12.7 min)
  2. Jayuya Municipio (15.2 min)
  3. Vieques Municipio (16.0 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Puerto Rico
  1. Naranjito Municipio (38.3 min)
  2. Toa Alta Municipio (33.8 min)
  3. Río Grande Municipio (33.4 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Coamo Municipio
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 22.7 minutes to get to work in Coamo Municipio. That's 1% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 4.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Coamo Municipio

  • Car: 92.2%
  • Worked at Home: 4.4%
  • Walked: 3.4%
  • Other: < 0.1%
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Coamo Municipio, versus 0.0% in Puerto Rico.

Public transit is essentially absent in Coamo Municipio, versus 0.9% in Puerto Rico.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Coamo Municipio, versus 0.1% in Puerto Rico.

Biking is unusually rare in Coamo Municipio: 58670.7 times less than the Puerto Rico average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Commute Mode Trends in Coamo Municipio, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Coamo 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 Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle Other
2009 92.5% 0.8% 5.9% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2010 94.0% 0.8% 4.6% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2011 93.3% 0.7% 4.6% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9%
2012 93.3% 0.9% 4.4% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9%
2013 92.9% 0.8% 4.6% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 1.0%
2014 92.4% 1.0% 4.9% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 1.1%
2015 91.8% 1.0% 5.6% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 1.2%
2016 92.7% 1.1% 5.4% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.4%
2017 92.8% 1.0% 5.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.4%
2018 93.2% 1.7% 4.7% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
2019 93.3% 2.4% 3.8% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2020 92.5% 2.7% 4.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2021 93.1% 2.7% 4.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2022 92.6% 3.9% 3.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2023 91.6% 4.6% 3.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 92.2% 4.4% 3.4% 0.0% 0.0% 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 2010 at 94.0% and lowest in 2023 at 91.6%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 92.5% in 2009 and 92.2% in 2024. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Coamo Municipio: its share of workers rose from 0.8% in 2009 to 4.4% in 2024, up 3.6 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 5.9% to 3.4% of workers (down 2.5 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Coamo Municipio

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Coamo Municipio?

The bars show when commuters in Coamo 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
9.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
9.6%
5:30-5:59 AM
7.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
12.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
13.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
16.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
6.9%
8:30-8:59 AM
1.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
3.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
8.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
2.1%

Coamo Municipio Puerto Rico Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Coamo Municipio is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 18.0% across Puerto Rico. Early starts are more common than in Puerto Rico: 26.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Puerto Rico: 44.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.7% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.1%) 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 Coamo 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 Coamo 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 Coamo 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 Coamo Municipio Puerto Rico United States
2009 7:10 AM 7:12 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:08 AM 7:12 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:10 AM 7:13 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:09 AM 7:14 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:09 AM 7:15 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:04 AM 7:15 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:00 AM 7:16 AM 7:38 AM
2016 6:54 AM 7:16 AM 7:38 AM
2017 6:54 AM 7:17 AM 7:38 AM
2018 6:53 AM 7:15 AM 7:37 AM
2019 6:57 AM 7:15 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:02 AM 7:15 AM 7:37 AM
2021 6:57 AM 7:16 AM 7:37 AM
2022 6:54 AM 7:16 AM 7:37 AM
2023 6:56 AM 7:18 AM 7:38 AM
2024 6:56 AM 7:18 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Coamo Municipio were on the road by 6:56 AM, 14 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:10 AM). That goes against the trend across Puerto Rico, where the typical commuter now leaves 6 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Coamo Municipio now leave 42 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Coamo Municipio's commute time compare?

Metric Coamo Municipio Puerto Rico US Average
Avg. Commute Time 22.7 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 4.4% 6.1% 15.0%
Walked 3.4% 2.3% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.9% 3.2%

The average commute time in Coamo Municipio is about the same as in Puerto Rico.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Puerto Rico. 3.4% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Puerto Rico.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Coamo Municipio, PR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Coamo Municipio, PR is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 33,998 residents against a local median of 21,582. Coamo Municipio, PR's work from home, at 4.4%, runs 36% above the 3.2% typical of the counties around it.

The counties themselves spread 2.9% on work from home, so Coamo Municipio, PR sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Coamo Municipio, PR has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Coamo Municipio, PR 33,998 22.7 min #3/6 4.4% #2/6 6:56 AM #3/6
Aibonito Municipio, PR 24,635 17.3 min 4.0% 7:02 AM
Barranquitas Municipio, PR 29,054 22.7 min 3.2% 7:10 AM
Villalba Municipio, PR 21,582 25.5 min 1.7% 6:57 AM
Orocovis Municipio, PR 21,309 30.4 min 3.0% 6:28 AM
Santa Isabel Municipio, PR 19,903 22.4 min 4.6% 6:54 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Coamo Municipio, Puerto Rico.

Is living in Coamo Municipio, Puerto Rico good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 189 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,856 at a typical national wage. That's 3% less than the typical Puerto Rico commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Coamo Municipio, Puerto Rico?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Coamo 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.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Coamo 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.

Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in Puerto Rico?

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), Río Grande Municipio (33.4 min).