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Yauco Municipio Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Yauco 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 Yauco Municipio: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Yauco Municipio spend about 35 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 145 hours, about 6.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 26% less time on the road than the Puerto Rico average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 6.1 minutes.

Yauco Municipio holds about 1.0% of Puerto Rico's population but accounts for roughly 0.8% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Yauco Municipio would save about 58 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,799 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)
Yauco Municipio 17.4 min 34.8 min 145 hrs/yr $4,497 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

Yauco Municipio
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 17.4 minutes to get to work in Yauco Municipio. That's 22% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 91% of 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 5.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Yauco Municipio

  • Car: 92.0%
  • Worked at Home: 5.6%
  • Walked: 1.9%
  • Other: 0.6%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Public transit is unusually rare in Yauco Municipio: 76.0 times less than the Puerto Rico average (0.0% vs 0.9%).

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Yauco Municipio, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Yauco 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 Other Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 92.2% 1.0% 4.7% 0.8% 1.2% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2010 92.1% 1.4% 4.8% 0.6% 0.9% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2011 91.8% 2.1% 4.0% 0.6% 1.3% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
2012 92.5% 2.3% 3.3% 0.7% 1.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 91.9% 2.8% 3.7% 0.6% 0.8% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 93.3% 2.6% 2.2% 0.4% 1.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 93.3% 3.1% 1.6% 0.4% 1.2% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 92.0% 3.8% 1.8% 0.4% 2.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 91.1% 5.0% 1.7% 0.1% 2.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 91.7% 4.7% 1.6% 0.3% 1.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 91.0% 4.7% 1.7% 0.4% 1.9% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 91.5% 4.2% 1.6% 0.6% 1.8% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 92.1% 5.1% 1.6% 0.5% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 92.9% 4.2% 1.7% 0.7% 0.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 93.6% 3.7% 1.6% 0.7% 0.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 92.0% 5.6% 1.9% 0.6% 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 was highest in 2023 at 93.6% and lowest in 2019 at 91.0%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 92.2% in 2009 and 92.0% in 2024. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Yauco Municipio: its share of workers rose from 1.0% in 2009 to 5.6% in 2024, up 4.6 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.7% to 1.9% of workers (down 2.8 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2014 release and has stayed ahead since.

Public transit peaked at 2.2% in 2017 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.

Commute Start Times in Yauco Municipio

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Yauco Municipio?

The bars show when commuters in Yauco 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
4.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
6.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
12.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
17.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
18.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
12.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
7.9%
8:30-8:59 AM
4.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
3.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
4.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
1.5%

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

The busiest time to head out in Yauco Municipio is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 18.0% across Puerto Rico. Early starts are about as common as in Puerto Rico: 16.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Puerto Rico: 56.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.7% there. About 1 in 9 commuters (10.8%) 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 Yauco 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 Yauco 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 Yauco 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 Yauco Municipio Puerto Rico United States
2009 7:12 AM 7:12 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:12 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 7:13 AM 7:15 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:13 AM 7:15 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:12 AM 7:16 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:12 AM 7:16 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:13 AM 7:17 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:10 AM 7:15 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:13 AM 7:15 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:14 AM 7:15 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:16 AM 7:16 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:13 AM 7:16 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:10 AM 7:18 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:06 AM 7:18 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Yauco Municipio were on the road by 7:06 AM, 5 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:12 AM). That goes against the trend across Puerto Rico, where the typical commuter now leaves 6 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Yauco Municipio now leave 31 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 Yauco Municipio has moved 6 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Yauco Municipio in the whole series.

How does Yauco Municipio's commute time compare?

Metric Yauco Municipio Puerto Rico US Average
Avg. Commute Time 17.4 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 5.6% 6.1% 15.0%
Walked 1.9% 2.3% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.9% 3.2%

The average commute time in Yauco Municipio is 17.4 minutes, shorter than the 23.5 minutes in Puerto Rico.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Puerto Rico. 1.9% commute by walking, lower than the 2.3% in Puerto Rico.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Yauco Municipio, PR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Yauco Municipio, PR is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 33,024 residents against a local median of 17,958. Where Yauco Municipio, PR breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 165% above the local median of 2.1% at 5.6%.

The counties themselves spread 3.8% on work from home, so Yauco Municipio, PR sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Yauco Municipio, PR has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Yauco Municipio, PR 33,024 17.4 min #2/6 5.6% #1/6 7:06 AM #3/6
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 22,360 20.8 min 1.9% 7:16 AM
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 17,125 18.3 min 1.6% 7:09 AM
Maricao Municipio, PR 4,988 16.7 min 2.1% 7:01 AM
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 19,856 22.3 min 2.7% 7:07 AM
Adjuntas Municipio, PR 17,958 18.6 min 5.4% 7:06 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Yauco Municipio, Puerto Rico.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Yauco Municipio, Puerto Rico?

Commuters here spend an estimated 145 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,497 at a typical national wage. That's 26% less than the typical Puerto Rico commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Yauco Municipio, Puerto Rico?

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

Do people use public transit in Yauco 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).