Commuting in Mayagüez 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 Mayagüez Municipio: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Mayagüez 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 156 hours, about 6.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 20% less time on the road than the Puerto Rico average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 4.8 minutes.
Mayagüez Municipio holds about 2.2% 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 Mayagüez Municipio would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,929 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)
Mayagüez Municipio
18.7 min
37.3 min
156 hrs/yr
$4,822
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
18.7
minutes to get to work in
Mayagüez Municipio.
That's 17% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 84% of counties in Puerto Rico
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 4.5% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Mayagüez Municipio
Car:
90.4%
Worked at Home:
4.5%
Walked:
3.7%
Public Transportation:
1.0%
Other:
0.2%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Mayagüez Municipio, versus 0.0% in Puerto Rico.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Mayagüez Municipio, versus 0.1% in Puerto Rico.
Commute Mode Trends in Mayagüez Municipio, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Mayagüez 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
Walked
Public Transportation
Bicycle
Other
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
86.2%
1.9%
6.0%
3.2%
0.6%
1.7%
0.1%
0.3%
2010
86.9%
1.9%
6.1%
2.5%
0.5%
1.7%
0.0%
0.3%
2011
87.4%
2.6%
5.2%
2.4%
0.5%
1.5%
0.1%
0.4%
2012
89.1%
2.6%
4.7%
2.0%
0.5%
0.8%
0.1%
0.2%
2013
89.7%
2.8%
4.7%
1.5%
0.3%
0.7%
0.1%
0.2%
2014
90.1%
2.8%
4.5%
1.6%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2015
91.1%
2.2%
4.1%
1.3%
0.5%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
2016
92.5%
1.6%
3.7%
1.3%
0.4%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
2017
92.2%
1.4%
4.0%
1.3%
0.4%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
2018
93.2%
1.3%
2.9%
1.3%
0.6%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
93.5%
1.5%
3.0%
1.1%
0.4%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
92.5%
2.2%
3.3%
1.3%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
91.4%
3.3%
3.4%
1.1%
0.4%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
91.7%
3.6%
3.1%
0.8%
0.4%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
90.8%
4.0%
3.8%
1.0%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
90.4%
4.5%
3.7%
1.0%
0.2%
0.2%
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 2019 at 93.5%. Overall it rose from 86.2% in 2009 to 90.4% in 2024, up 4.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Mayagüez Municipio: its share of workers rose from 1.9% in 2009 to 4.5% in 2024, up 2.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 6.0% to 3.7% of workers (down 2.3 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Mayagüez Municipio
😴Sleeping InThe 2nd-highest share of 9 AM-or-later starts among Puerto Rico's 78 counties: 27.2% of commuters leave at 9 AM or later.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Mayagüez Municipio?
The bars show when commuters in Mayagüez 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.
Mayagüez MunicipioPuerto RicoSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Mayagüez Municipio is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 18.0% across Puerto Rico. Early starts are more common than in Puerto Rico: 17.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Puerto Rico: 40.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.2%) 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 Mayagüez 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 Mayagüez 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 Mayagüez 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
Mayagüez Municipio
Puerto Rico
United States
2009
7:24 AM
7:12 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:26 AM
7:12 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:25 AM
7:13 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:25 AM
7:14 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:26 AM
7:15 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:26 AM
7:15 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:26 AM
7:16 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:29 AM
7:16 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:36 AM
7:17 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:37 AM
7:15 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:37 AM
7:15 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:37 AM
7:15 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:33 AM
7:16 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:28 AM
7:16 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:26 AM
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:26 AM
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Mayagüez Municipio were on the road by 7:26 AM, 2 minutes later than in 2009 (7:24 AM). Across Puerto Rico the shift was bigger still, with the typical start moving 6 minutes later. Commuters in Mayagüez Municipio now leave 12 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 Mayagüez Municipio has moved 11 minutes earlier.
How does Mayagüez Municipio's commute time compare?
Metric
Mayagüez Municipio
Puerto Rico
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.7 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
12:00 PM – 03:59 PM
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
4.5%
6.1%
15.0%
Walked
3.7%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.0%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Mayagüez Municipio is 18.7 minutes, shorter than the 23.5 minutes in Puerto Rico.
1.0% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.9% in Puerto Rico. 3.7% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Puerto Rico.
Mayagüez Municipio, PR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Mayagüez Municipio, PR is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 70,828 residents against a local median of 25,094. Mayagüez Municipio, PR's work from home, at 4.5%, runs 34% below the 6.7% typical of the counties around it.
The counties themselves spread 7.4% on work from home, so Mayagüez Municipio, PR sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Mayagüez Municipio, PR has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Mayagüez Municipio, Puerto Rico.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Mayagüez Municipio, Puerto Rico?
Commuters here spend an estimated 156 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,822 at a typical national wage. That's 20% less than the typical Puerto Rico commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Mayagüez Municipio, Puerto Rico?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Mayagüez Municipio, Puerto Rico. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM also sees a secondary bump.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among 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).