Commuting in Guayanilla 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 Guayanilla Municipio: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Guayanilla Municipio spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 153 hours, about 6.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 22% less time on the road than the Puerto Rico average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 5.1 minutes.
Guayanilla Municipio holds about 0.5% of Puerto Rico's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Guayanilla Municipio would save about 61 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,894 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)
Guayanilla Municipio
18.3 min
36.7 min
153 hrs/yr
$4,735
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
18.3
minutes to get to work in
Guayanilla Municipio.
That's 18% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 87% of counties in Puerto Rico
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by other means. About 1.6% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Guayanilla Municipio
Car:
93.2%
Other:
4.4%
Worked at Home:
1.6%unusually low
Walked:
0.8%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Guayanilla Municipio, versus 0.0% in Puerto Rico.
Walking is unusually rare in Guayanilla Municipio: 3.1 times less than the Puerto Rico average (0.8% vs 2.3%).
Public transit is essentially absent in Guayanilla Municipio, versus 0.9% in Puerto Rico.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Guayanilla Municipio, versus 0.1% in Puerto Rico.
Working from home is unusually rare in Guayanilla Municipio: 3.9 times less than the Puerto Rico average (1.6% vs 6.1%).
Biking is essentially absent in Guayanilla Municipio, versus 0.1% in Puerto Rico.
Few people walk or bike to work in Guayanilla Municipio: just 0.8%, 3.3 times below the Puerto Rico average of 2.5%.
Commute Mode Trends in Guayanilla Municipio, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Guayanilla 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
Other
Worked at Home
Walked
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
84.7%
4.4%
2.8%
6.0%
1.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
2010
87.3%
2.2%
2.7%
6.4%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.7%
2011
87.9%
1.7%
2.2%
7.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.7%
2012
89.5%
1.3%
2.4%
5.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.0%
2013
91.7%
0.2%
2.0%
5.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
2014
92.2%
1.0%
1.4%
4.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
2015
90.9%
1.0%
1.3%
6.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2016
93.7%
1.0%
1.2%
3.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2017
94.6%
1.0%
1.2%
2.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2018
94.5%
1.5%
0.8%
2.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2019
95.3%
1.4%
0.2%
2.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2020
96.6%
1.9%
0.0%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2021
95.8%
2.3%
0.6%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2022
94.9%
3.1%
0.6%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2023
93.2%
3.9%
1.4%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
93.2%
4.4%
1.6%
0.8%
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 peaked in 2020 at 96.6%. Overall it rose from 84.7% in 2009 to 93.2% in 2024, up 8.5 percentage points.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 6.0% to 0.8% of workers (down 5.2 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Guayanilla Municipio
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Guayanilla Municipio?
The bars show when commuters in Guayanilla 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.
Guayanilla MunicipioPuerto RicoSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Guayanilla Municipio is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 22.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.0% across Puerto Rico. Early starts are about as common as in Puerto Rico: 17.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Puerto Rico: 57.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.7% there. About 1 in 11 commuters (9.2%) 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 Guayanilla 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 Guayanilla 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 Guayanilla 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
Guayanilla Municipio
Puerto Rico
United States
2009
7:02 AM
7:12 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:04 AM
7:12 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:08 AM
7:13 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:10 AM
7:14 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:10 AM
7:15 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:09 AM
7:15 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:10 AM
7:16 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:14 AM
7:16 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:17 AM
7:17 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:16 AM
7:15 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:17 AM
7:15 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:16 AM
7:15 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:21 AM
7:16 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:18 AM
7:16 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:17 AM
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:09 AM
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Guayanilla Municipio were on the road by 7:09 AM, 7 minutes later than in 2009 (7:02 AM). Puerto Rico followed the same path, with the typical start moving 6 minutes later. Commuters in Guayanilla Municipio now leave 29 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 Guayanilla Municipio has moved 7 minutes earlier.
How does Guayanilla Municipio's commute time compare?
Metric
Guayanilla Municipio
Puerto Rico
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.3 min
23.5 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
1.6%
6.1%
15.0%
Walked
0.8%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Guayanilla Municipio is 18.3 minutes, shorter than the 23.5 minutes in Puerto Rico.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Puerto Rico. 0.8% commute by walking, lower than the 2.3% in Puerto Rico.
Guayanilla Municipio, PR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Guayanilla Municipio, PR is typical in size for this group, 17,125 residents against a local median of 19,856, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Where Guayanilla Municipio, PR breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 47% below the local median of 3.0% at 1.6%.
The counties themselves spread 3.6% on work from home, so Guayanilla Municipio, PR sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Guayanilla Municipio, PR has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Guayanilla Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Is living in Guayanilla Municipio, Puerto Rico good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 153 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,735 at a typical national wage. That's 22% less than the typical Puerto Rico commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Guayanilla Municipio, Puerto Rico?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Guayanilla Municipio, Puerto Rico. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How common is public transit use in Guayanilla 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.
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).