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Gurabo Municipio Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Gurabo Municipio: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Gurabo Municipio spend about 65 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 269 hours, about 11.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 38% more time on the road than the Puerto Rico average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 8.8 minutes.

Gurabo Municipio holds about 1.2% of Puerto Rico's population but accounts for roughly 1.7% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Gurabo Municipio would save about 108 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,335 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)
Gurabo Municipio 32.3 min 64.5 min 269 hrs/yr $8,338 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

Gurabo Municipio
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 32.3 minutes to get to work in Gurabo Municipio. That's 44% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the 5 slowest counties in Puerto Rico

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 8.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Gurabo Municipio

  • Car: 87.5%
  • Worked at Home: 8.3%
  • Other: 2.3%
  • Walked: 1.8%
  • Taxi: 0.1%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

Biking is essentially absent in Gurabo Municipio, versus 0.1% in Puerto Rico.

Commute Mode Trends in Gurabo Municipio, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Gurabo 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 Taxi Public Transportation Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 93.4% 0.5% 1.4% 2.9% 0.0% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 93.9% 0.6% 0.9% 2.6% 0.0% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 94.8% 1.1% 0.1% 2.7% 0.1% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 94.4% 1.2% 0.1% 2.6% 0.1% 1.5% 0.1% 0.0%
2013 94.0% 1.2% 0.3% 2.2% 0.1% 2.1% 0.1% 0.0%
2014 94.0% 1.6% 0.8% 1.7% 0.1% 1.7% 0.1% 0.0%
2015 93.9% 2.0% 0.9% 1.5% 0.1% 1.5% 0.1% 0.0%
2016 94.4% 1.5% 1.3% 1.4% 0.0% 1.4% 0.1% 0.0%
2017 94.2% 1.8% 1.9% 1.3% 0.0% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 93.4% 2.4% 1.9% 1.6% 0.0% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 93.9% 1.8% 1.6% 2.2% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 91.2% 3.1% 2.7% 2.7% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 88.7% 5.7% 2.4% 2.8% 0.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 87.8% 6.7% 2.1% 2.8% 0.1% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 88.3% 7.1% 2.0% 2.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 87.5% 8.3% 2.3% 1.8% 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 2011 at 94.8%. Overall it fell from 93.4% in 2009 to 87.5% in 2024, down 5.9 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Gurabo Municipio: its share of workers rose from 0.5% in 2009 to 8.3% in 2024, up 7.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.8% to 0.0% of workers (down 1.8 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 Gurabo Municipio

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Gurabo Municipio?

The bars show when commuters in Gurabo 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
7.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
4.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
6.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
13.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
15.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
16.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
10.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
7.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
1.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
3.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
5.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4.2%

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

The busiest time to head out in Gurabo Municipio is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 18.0% across Puerto Rico. Early starts are more common than in Puerto Rico: 18.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Puerto Rico's: 50.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.7% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.4%) 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 Gurabo 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 Gurabo 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 Gurabo 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 Gurabo Municipio Puerto Rico United States
2009 7:07 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 7:08 AM 7:14 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:07 AM 7:15 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:05 AM 7:15 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:03 AM 7:16 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:02 AM 7:16 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:01 AM 7:17 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:00 AM 7:15 AM 7:37 AM
2019 6:54 AM 7:15 AM 7:37 AM
2020 6:49 AM 7:15 AM 7:37 AM
2021 6:52 AM 7:16 AM 7:37 AM
2022 6:53 AM 7:16 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:01 AM 7:18 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:05 AM 7:18 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Gurabo Municipio were on the road by 7:05 AM, 1 minute earlier than in 2009 (7:07 AM). That goes against the trend across Puerto Rico, where the typical commuter now leaves 6 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Gurabo Municipio now leave 33 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 Gurabo Municipio has moved 11 minutes later.

How does Gurabo Municipio's commute time compare?

Metric Gurabo Municipio Puerto Rico US Average
Avg. Commute Time 32.3 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 8.3% 6.1% 15.0%
Walked 1.8% 2.3% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.9% 3.2%

The average commute time in Gurabo Municipio is 32.3 minutes, longer than the 23.5 minutes in Puerto Rico.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Puerto Rico. 1.8% commute by walking, lower than the 2.3% in Puerto Rico.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Gurabo Municipio, PR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Gurabo Municipio, PR is typical in size for this group, 40,228 residents against a local median of 41,816, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. The measure that sets Gurabo Municipio, PR apart most is work from home: 8.3%, 22% above the local median of 6.8%.

The counties themselves spread 8.3% on work from home, so Gurabo Municipio, PR sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Gurabo 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
Gurabo Municipio, PR 40,228 32.3 min #5/6 8.3% #2/6 7:05 AM #4/6
Trujillo Alto Municipio, PR 67,088 31.3 min 8.4% 7:18 AM
Juncos Municipio, PR 36,814 23.2 min 1.3% 6:48 AM
Caguas Municipio, PR 125,585 26.6 min 6.8% 7:15 AM
Canóvanas Municipio, PR 41,816 32.6 min 6.9% 7:00 AM
San Lorenzo Municipio, PR 37,431 30.3 min 0.1% 6:58 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Gurabo Municipio, Puerto Rico.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Gurabo Municipio, Puerto Rico?

Commuters here spend an estimated 269 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,338 at a typical national wage. That's 38% more than the typical Puerto Rico commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Gurabo Municipio, Puerto Rico?

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

How common is public transit use in Gurabo 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), Río Grande Municipio (33.4 min).