East Tennessee Human Resource Agency, Inc.

Demand Response at East Tennessee Human Resource Agency, Inc.

East Tennessee Human Resource Agency, Inc. carried 226,611 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $53.77 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Knoxville, TN
FY2025 boardings
226.6K
+6.5% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$53.77
+1% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$43.73
+2.5% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
18.7%
-6.2% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$12.2M
Vehicles in service
77
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.6
141.4K 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 226,611 — 141,374 $12,185,855 $53.77 $43.73 18.7% 77

Full series

Every year East Tennessee Human Resource Agency, Inc. reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 226,611 — 3,269,606 141,374 $12,185,855 $2,276,241 $53.77 $43.73 18.7%
2024 212,854 — 3,139,572 143,701 $11,333,453 $2,256,638 $53.25 $42.64 19.9%
2023 221,434 — 3,184,570 165,918 $10,714,695 $1,959,223 $48.39 $39.54 18.3%
2022 207,621 — 3,058,193 156,223 $9,886,792 $1,502,547 $47.62 $40.38 15.2%
2021 196,822 — 3,153,963 161,024 $9,031,198 $321,641 $45.89 $44.25 3.6%
2020 247,644 — 4,051,673 197,815 $9,832,783 $434,221 $39.71 $37.95 4.4%
2019 285,197 — 4,710,774 225,155 $10,503,720 $505,111 $36.83 $35.06 4.8%
2018 268,722 — 4,334,528 211,856 $9,982,621 $546,854 $37.15 $35.11 5.5%
2017 269,540 — 4,475,998 212,856 $9,296,649 $788,551 $34.49 $31.57 8.5%
2016 282,121 — 4,572,714 219,341 $8,575,592 $612,096 $30.40 $28.23 7.1%
2015 299,460 — 4,920,506 222,351 $8,352,220 $404,337 $27.89 $26.54 4.8%