Charlevoix County Board of Commissioners

Demand Response at Charlevoix County Board of Commissioners

Charlevoix County Board of Commissioners carried 65,811 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $32.70 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Charlevoix, MI
FY2025 boardings
65.8K
+33.5% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$32.70
-19.3% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$31.64
-19.3% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
3.3%
+0.2% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$2.15M
Vehicles in service
19
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.63
25K 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
Directly operated 65,811 — 24,976 $2,152,029 $32.70 $31.64 3.3% 19

Full series

Every year Charlevoix 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 65,811 — 371,666 24,976 $2,152,029 $70,072 $32.70 $31.64 3.3%
2024 49,314 — 355,849 22,854 $1,998,480 $64,946 $40.53 $39.21 3.2%
2023 45,908 — 324,799 21,760 $1,838,299 $55,241 $40.04 $38.84 3%
2022 44,850 — 312,507 21,017 $1,551,418 $49,251 $34.59 $33.49 3.2%
2021 31,588 — 297,167 17,887 $1,346,872 $36,929 $42.64 $41.47 2.7%
2020 52,761 — 347,480 19,638 $1,603,030 $49,586 $30.38 $29.44 3.1%
2019 81,253 — 588,021 28,483 $1,949,775 $80,908 $24.00 $23.00 4.1%
2018 89,490 — 517,855 29,806 $1,872,260 $82,515 $20.92 $20.00 4.4%
2017 93,836 — 575,448 30,860 $1,734,350 $97,425 $18.48 $17.44 5.6%
2016 101,880 — 507,218 29,905 $1,562,600 $106,721 $15.34 $14.29 6.8%
2015 113,058 — 504,410 30,801 $1,570,360 $154,517 $13.89 $12.52 9.8%