Jackson County Mass Transit District

Bus at Jackson County Mass Transit District

Jackson County Mass Transit District carried 207,912 bus boardings in FY2025 at $17.68 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Carbondale, IL
FY2025 boardings
207.9K
+86.7% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$17.68
-15.6% nationwide $8.57
Subsidy per ride
$12.50
-24.8% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
29.3%
+41.5% nationwide 10.4%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$3.68M
Vehicles in service
21
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
4.32
48.1K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through September 2022.

This year against the last five

Same months on one axis, so seasonality does not read as a trend

Annual boardings

Ten-year series

Cost

This service against every bus 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 207,912 — 48,109 $3,675,635 $17.68 $12.50 29.3% 21

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Miles between failures

Revenue miles divided by mechanical failures. Higher is better.

Full series

Every year Jackson County Mass Transit District reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 207,912 — 657,884 48,109 $3,675,635 $1,076,640 $17.68 $12.50 29.3%
2024 111,362 — 336,090 21,534 $2,333,583 $483,163 $20.95 $16.62 20.7%
2023 110,175 — 372,975 23,615 $2,546,061 $393,330 $23.11 $19.54 15.4%
2022 83,348 684,252 349,297 21,886 $1,846,466 $79,003 $22.15 $21.21 4.3%
2021 53,305 363,612 284,417 19,877 $1,394,032 $41,759 $26.15 $25.37 3%
2020 80,438 596,977 350,167 24,451 $1,347,520 $41,246 $16.75 $16.24 3.1%
2019 93,691 731,337 430,187 28,778 $1,374,554 $58,051 $14.67 $14.05 4.2%
2018 92,506 702,902 431,896 30,120 $1,292,127 $49,903 $13.97 $13.43 3.9%
2017 75,852 582,661 435,142 31,803 $1,206,648 $40,936 $15.91 $15.37 3.4%
2016 15,331 — 93,014 6,584 $310,284 $9,129 $20.24 $19.64 2.9%
2015 812 — 10,658 868 $31,811 $681 $39.18 $38.34 2.1%