Commuting in Guánica 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 Guánica Municipio: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Guánica Municipio spend about 32 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 134 hours, about 5.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 31% less time on the road than the Puerto Rico average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 7.4 minutes.
Guánica Municipio holds about 0.4% of Puerto Rico's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Guánica Municipio would save about 54 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,664 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)
Guánica Municipio
16.1 min
32.2 min
134 hrs/yr
$4,160
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
16.1
minutes to get to work in
Guánica Municipio.
That's 28% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the top 5 fastest counties in Puerto Rico
The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by walking. About 3.0% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Guánica Municipio
Car:
90.5%
Walked:
4.4%
Worked at Home:
3.0%
Other:
1.8%
Public Transportation:
0.4%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Guánica Municipio, versus 0.0% in Puerto Rico.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Guánica Municipio, versus 0.1% in Puerto Rico.
Biking is essentially absent in Guánica Municipio, versus 0.1% in Puerto Rico.
Commute Mode Trends in Guánica Municipio, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Guánica 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
Walked
Worked at Home
Other
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
89.4%
6.3%
1.1%
2.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
2010
89.3%
6.1%
1.7%
1.7%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
2011
89.1%
6.4%
1.5%
1.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.1%
2012
89.5%
6.9%
1.4%
1.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
2013
91.0%
6.3%
1.8%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.7%
2014
91.3%
5.6%
1.9%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
1.0%
2015
91.9%
3.8%
3.1%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
2016
93.3%
2.2%
3.7%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2017
94.4%
2.0%
3.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2018
94.9%
2.8%
1.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2019
95.5%
2.2%
2.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
94.3%
3.9%
1.6%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
93.6%
4.5%
1.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
93.9%
3.5%
2.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
92.6%
2.7%
4.4%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
90.5%
4.4%
3.0%
1.8%
0.4%
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 2019 at 95.5% and lowest in 2011 at 89.1%. Overall it rose from 89.4% in 2009 to 90.5% in 2024, up 1.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Guánica Municipio: its share of workers rose from 1.1% in 2009 to 3.0% in 2024, up 1.9 percentage points.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 6.3% to 4.4% of workers (down 1.9 percentage points).
Working from home peaked at 4.4% in 2023 and has since fallen back to 3.0%.
Commute Start Times in Guánica Municipio
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Guánica Municipio?
The bars show when commuters in Guánica 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.
Guánica MunicipioPuerto RicoSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Guánica Municipio is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 15.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.9% across Puerto Rico. Early starts are about as common as in Puerto Rico: 16.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Puerto Rico's: 49.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.7% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.8%) 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 Guánica 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 Guánica 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 Guánica 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
Guánica Municipio
Puerto Rico
United States
2009
7:12 AM
7:12 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:12 AM
7:12 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:16 AM
7:13 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:21 AM
7:14 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:17 AM
7:15 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:16 AM
7:15 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:18 AM
7:16 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:21 AM
7:16 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:21 AM
7:17 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:18 AM
7:15 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:23 AM
7:15 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:19 AM
7:15 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:13 AM
7:16 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:09 AM
7:16 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:12 AM
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:10 AM
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Guánica Municipio were on the road by 7:10 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:12 AM). That goes against the trend across Puerto Rico, where the typical commuter now leaves 6 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Guánica Municipio now leave 27 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 Guánica Municipio has moved 12 minutes earlier.
How does Guánica Municipio's commute time compare?
Metric
Guánica Municipio
Puerto Rico
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
16.1 min
23.5 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
3.0%
6.1%
15.0%
Walked
4.4%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.4%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Guánica Municipio is 16.1 minutes, shorter than the 23.5 minutes in Puerto Rico.
0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Puerto Rico. 4.4% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Puerto Rico.
Guánica Municipio, PR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Guánica Municipio, PR is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 12,849 residents against a local median of 23,035. Guánica Municipio, PR sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these counties turns on things this data does not capture.
The largest of those small differences is one-way commute, 12% below the local median at 16.1 min against 18.3 min. Guánica Municipio, PR has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Guánica Municipio, Puerto Rico.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Guánica Municipio, Puerto Rico?
Commuters here spend an estimated 134 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,160 at a typical national wage. That's 31% less than the typical Puerto Rico commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Guánica Municipio, Puerto Rico?
Traffic peaks between 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM in Guánica Municipio, Puerto Rico. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 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).