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Manatí Municipio Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Manatí 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 Manatí Municipio: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Manatí Municipio spend about 46 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 192 hours, about 8.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 2% less time on the road than the Puerto Rico average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 0.5 minutes.

Manatí Municipio holds about 1.2% of Puerto Rico's population and accounts for roughly 1.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Manatí Municipio would save about 77 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,377 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)
Manatí Municipio 23.0 min 46.0 min 192 hrs/yr $5,943 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

Manatí Municipio
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 23.0 minutes to get to work in Manatí Municipio. That's 3% 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 walking. About 2.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Manatí Municipio

  • Car: 92.2%
  • Walked: 4.0%
  • Worked at Home: 2.4%
  • Other: 1.2%
  • Public Transportation: 0.2% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Public transit is unusually rare in Manatí Municipio: 3.8 times less than the Puerto Rico average (0.2% vs 0.9%).

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Manatí Municipio, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Manatí 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 90.2% 5.3% 0.9% 1.0% 2.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.4%
2010 89.3% 6.2% 1.1% 1.1% 1.8% 0.0% 0.1% 0.5%
2011 90.0% 6.2% 0.8% 0.9% 1.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5%
2012 91.9% 5.9% 0.4% 0.6% 1.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.2%
2013 93.4% 5.0% 0.2% 0.4% 0.7% 0.0% 0.1% 0.2%
2014 93.6% 5.4% 0.1% 0.3% 0.5% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2015 93.9% 5.3% 0.1% 0.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2016 94.5% 4.8% 0.0% 0.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2017 94.3% 4.5% 0.0% 0.8% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 94.0% 4.3% 0.0% 1.0% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2019 94.3% 3.6% 0.3% 1.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5%
2020 94.5% 3.7% 0.3% 0.8% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5%
2021 94.2% 3.8% 0.2% 1.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5%
2022 93.4% 4.5% 0.8% 0.6% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5%
2023 93.8% 4.5% 0.9% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2024 92.2% 4.0% 2.4% 1.2% 0.2% 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 2016 at 94.5% and lowest in 2010 at 89.3%. Overall it rose from 90.2% in 2009 to 92.2% in 2024, up 2.0 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Manatí Municipio: its share of workers rose from 0.9% in 2009 to 2.4% in 2024, up 1.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 2.1% to 0.2% of workers (down 1.9 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Manatí Municipio

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Manatí Municipio?

The bars show when commuters in Manatí 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
7.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
7.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
4.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
11.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
12.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
13.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
9.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
9.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
3.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
3.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
3.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
6.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
5.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in Manatí Municipio is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 18.0% across Puerto Rico. Early starts are more common than in Puerto Rico: 20.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Puerto Rico: 45.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.7% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.9%) 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 Manatí 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 Manatí 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 Manatí 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 Manatí Municipio Puerto Rico United States
2009 7:13 AM 7:12 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:13 AM 7:12 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:12 AM 7:13 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:11 AM 7:14 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:12 AM 7:15 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:15 AM 7:15 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:18 AM 7:16 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:18 AM 7:16 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:18 AM 7:17 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:16 AM 7:15 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:15 AM 7:15 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:13 AM 7:15 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:10 AM 7:16 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:11 AM 7:16 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:13 AM 7:18 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:13 AM 7:18 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Manatí Municipio were on the road by 7:13 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Puerto Rico, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 6 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Manatí Municipio now leave 25 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 Manatí Municipio has moved 2 minutes earlier.

How does Manatí Municipio's commute time compare?

Metric Manatí Municipio Puerto Rico US Average
Avg. Commute Time 23.0 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 2.4% 6.1% 15.0%
Walked 4.0% 2.3% 2.4%
Public Transit 0.2% 0.9% 3.2%

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

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Puerto Rico. 4.0% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Puerto Rico.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Manatí Municipio, PR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Manatí Municipio, PR is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 38,943 residents against a local median of 28,397. The measure that sets Manatí Municipio, PR apart most is work from home: 2.4%, 19% below the local median of 3.0%.

The counties themselves spread 5.0% on work from home, so Manatí Municipio, PR sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Manatí Municipio, PR has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Manatí Municipio, PR 38,943 23.0 min #3/6 2.4% #6/6 7:13 AM #5/6
Barceloneta Municipio, PR 22,487 20.8 min 4.1% 7:05 AM
Vega Baja Municipio, PR 53,890 27.0 min 3.0% 7:00 AM
Florida Municipio, PR 11,533 22.5 min 2.9% 7:07 AM
Morovis Municipio, PR 28,397 30.7 min 3.0% 7:04 AM
Vega Alta Municipio, PR 34,921 31.3 min 7.9% 7:26 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Manatí Municipio, Puerto Rico.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 192 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,943 at a typical national wage. That's 2% less than the typical Puerto Rico commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Manatí 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 Manatí Municipio, Puerto Rico?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% of commuters use it versus 0.9% in Puerto Rico, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

How do commute times compare across 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).