Davidson County Transportation

Demand Response at Davidson County Transportation

Davidson County Transportation carried 46,514 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $26.56 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Lexington, NC
FY2025 boardings
46.5K
+4.2% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$26.56
+3.8% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
—
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
—
nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$1.24M
Vehicles in service
12
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
4.36
10.7K 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 — — — — — — — —
Purchased transportation 46,514 — 10,665 $1,235,310 $26.56 — — 12

Full series

Every year Davidson County Transportation reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 46,514 — 309,394 10,665 $1,235,310 — $26.56 — —
2024 44,649 — 328,584 11,449 $1,142,206 — $25.58 — —
2023 43,764 — 337,927 11,217 $989,577 — $22.61 — —
2022 42,032 — 319,736 10,515 $991,718 — $23.59 — —
2021 30,233 — 249,188 8,226 $691,160 — $22.86 — —
2020 29,213 — 219,226 7,822 $703,419 — $24.08 — —
2019 34,490 — 269,096 9,924 $726,611 — $21.07 — —
2018 44,987 — 642,515 23,825 $750,463 — $16.68 — —
2017 101,974 — 733,938 28,574 $522,951 — $5.13 — —
2016 82,553 — 712,959 24,918 $445,147 — $5.39 — —
2015 84,066 — 395,024 23,246 $396,065 — $4.71 — —