Inter-County Public Transportation Authority

Demand Response at Inter-County Public Transportation Authority

Inter-County Public Transportation Authority carried 77,487 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $31.86 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Elizabeth City, NC
FY2025 boardings
77.5K
-5% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$31.86
+11% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
—
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
—
nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$2.47M
Vehicles in service
17
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.01
38.6K 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 77,487 — 38,624 $2,468,833 $31.86 — — 17

Full series

Every year Inter-County Public Transportation Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 77,487 — 678,498 38,624 $2,468,833 — $31.86 — —
2024 81,580 — 695,502 37,474 $2,340,813 — $28.69 — —
2023 71,679 — 645,381 31,715 $1,992,992 — $27.80 — —
2022 58,156 — 589,298 32,402 $2,029,324 — $34.89 — —
2021 46,780 — 521,996 29,764 $1,792,847 — $38.33 — —
2020 75,891 — 694,585 39,359 $1,823,618 $26,475 $24.03 $23.68 1.5%
2019 104,087 — 893,683 49,205 $1,949,158 $23,110 $18.73 $18.50 1.2%
2018 97,866 — 833,330 47,452 $1,851,095 $36,152 $18.91 $18.55 2%
2017 97,499 — 854,551 46,638 $1,756,469 $49,443 $18.02 $17.51 2.8%
2016 94,606 — 854,184 46,656 $1,756,235 $41,972 $18.56 $18.12 2.4%
2015 96,626 — 869,313 46,833 $1,743,957 $42,282 $18.05 $17.61 2.4%