Berrien County Board of Commissioners

Demand Response at Berrien County Board of Commissioners

Berrien County Board of Commissioners carried 29,370 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $36.34 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Saint Joseph, MI
FY2025 boardings
29.4K
+8.6% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$36.34
+1.9% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$34.95
+1.7% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
3.8%
+7% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$1.07M
Vehicles in service
15
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.82
16.2K hours operated

Ridership

This service reports annually.

Monthly boardings

NTD publishes monthly figures for full reporters only, so this service has annual data alone.

Annual boardings

Ten-year series

Cost

This service against every demand response operator in the country.

Cost per ride

This agency against the national figure for the same mode

Fare recovery

Share of operating cost covered by fares

Directly operated and purchased service, FY2025

NTD reports these separately. An agency that contracts a service out reports the contract price, which bundles costs a directly operating agency reports line by line.

Service Boardings Passenger miles Revenue hours Operating cost Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery Vehicles
Purchased transportation 29,370 — 16,152 $1,067,354 $36.34 $34.95 3.8% 15

Full series

Every year Berrien County Board of Commissioners reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 29,370 — 292,087 16,152 $1,067,354 $40,928 $36.34 $34.95 3.8%
2024 27,034 — 266,369 14,253 $963,994 $34,547 $35.66 $34.38 3.6%
2023 23,002 — 233,186 11,850 $916,857 $21,883 $39.86 $38.91 2.4%
2022 17,296 — 175,039 8,834 $717,597 $20,103 $41.49 $40.33 2.8%
2021 9,436 — 218,662 10,562 $627,688 $21,425 $66.52 $64.25 3.4%
2020 18,984 — 214,183 12,059 $724,069 $174,802 $38.14 $28.93 24.1%
2019 39,681 — 309,830 14,643 $849,713 $262,726 $21.41 $14.79 30.9%
2018 40,893 — 332,782 15,663 $863,340 $281,047 $21.11 $14.24 32.6%
2017 45,713 — 328,721 15,353 $834,542 $262,201 $18.26 $12.52 31.4%
2016 50,965 — 341,712 15,405 $855,167 $286,276 $16.78 $11.16 33.5%
2015 56,782 — 379,303 17,090 $988,201 $305,617 $17.40 $12.02 30.9%