Commuting in Maricao 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 Maricao Municipio: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Maricao Municipio spend about 33 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 139 hours, about 5.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 29% less time on the road than the Puerto Rico average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 6.8 minutes.
Maricao Municipio holds about 0.2% of Puerto Rico's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Maricao Municipio would save about 56 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,725 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)
Maricao Municipio
16.7 min
33.4 min
139 hrs/yr
$4,313
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
16.7
minutes to get to work in
Maricao Municipio.
That's 26% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the top 5 fastest 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 walking. About 2.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Maricao Municipio
Car:
94.7%
Walked:
3.2%
Worked at Home:
2.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Other:
< 0.1%
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Maricao Municipio, versus 0.0% in Puerto Rico.
Public transit is essentially absent in Maricao Municipio, versus 0.9% in Puerto Rico.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Maricao Municipio, versus 0.1% in Puerto Rico.
Biking is essentially absent in Maricao Municipio, versus 0.1% in Puerto Rico.
Commute Mode Trends in Maricao Municipio, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Maricao 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
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Other
2009
84.4%
13.1%
1.9%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
85.3%
12.3%
1.6%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
82.3%
14.9%
1.1%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.2%
2012
81.2%
15.1%
2.1%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.1%
2013
79.7%
15.7%
3.1%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.0%
2014
79.7%
16.9%
2.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.2%
2015
77.5%
18.6%
2.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.3%
2016
79.1%
16.9%
3.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2017
80.5%
16.9%
2.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2018
85.3%
12.9%
1.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2019
87.3%
11.9%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
89.5%
8.5%
1.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
92.0%
5.9%
2.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
94.5%
3.2%
2.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
93.8%
3.8%
2.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
94.7%
3.2%
2.1%
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 bottomed out in 2015 at 77.5%. Overall it rose from 84.4% in 2009 to 94.7% in 2024, up 10.3 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 13.1% to 3.2% of workers (down 9.9 percentage points).
Working from home peaked at 3.7% in 2016 and has since fallen back to 2.1%.
Commute Start Times in Maricao Municipio
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Maricao Municipio?
The bars show when commuters in Maricao 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.
Maricao MunicipioPuerto RicoSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Maricao Municipio is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 27.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 18.0% across Puerto Rico. Early starts are about as common as in Puerto Rico: 16.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Puerto Rico: 51.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.7% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.5%) 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 Maricao 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 Maricao 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 Maricao 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
Maricao Municipio
Puerto Rico
United States
2009
6:47 AM
7:12 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:08 AM
7:12 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:06 AM
7:13 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:02 AM
7:14 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:06 AM
7:15 AM
7:39 AM
2014
6:59 AM
7:15 AM
7:39 AM
2015
6:52 AM
7:16 AM
7:38 AM
2016
6:47 AM
7:16 AM
7:38 AM
2017
6:46 AM
7:17 AM
7:38 AM
2018
6:47 AM
7:15 AM
7:37 AM
2019
6:52 AM
7:15 AM
7:37 AM
2020
6:50 AM
7:15 AM
7:37 AM
2021
6:53 AM
7:16 AM
7:37 AM
2022
6:58 AM
7:16 AM
7:37 AM
2023
6:56 AM
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:01 AM
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Maricao Municipio were on the road by 7:01 AM, 14 minutes later than in 2009 (6:47 AM). The shift is sharper than across Puerto Rico, where the typical start moved 6 minutes later. Commuters in Maricao Municipio now leave 37 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 Maricao Municipio has moved 9 minutes later.
How does Maricao Municipio's commute time compare?
Metric
Maricao Municipio
Puerto Rico
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
16.7 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
2.1%
6.1%
15.0%
Walked
3.2%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Maricao Municipio is 16.7 minutes, shorter than the 23.5 minutes in Puerto Rico.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Puerto Rico. 3.2% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Puerto Rico.
Maricao Municipio, PR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Maricao Municipio, PR is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 4,988 residents against a local median of 27,856. Where Maricao Municipio, PR breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 25% below the local median of 22.2 min at 16.7 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 5.9 min on one-way commute, so Maricao Municipio, PR sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Maricao Municipio, PR has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Maricao Municipio, Puerto Rico.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Maricao Municipio, Puerto Rico?
Commuters here spend an estimated 139 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,313 at a typical national wage. That's 29% less than the typical Puerto Rico commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Maricao Municipio, Puerto Rico?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Maricao 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 Maricao 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.
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), RÃo Grande Municipio (33.4 min).