Johnson County SEATS

Demand Response at Johnson County SEATS

Johnson County SEATS carried 109,610 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $36.69 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Iowa City, IA
FY2024 boardings
109.6K
+17% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$36.69
-2.1% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$35.73
+0.6% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
2.6%
-50.3% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
537.8K
average trip 4.91 miles
Operating cost
$4.02M
Vehicles in service
22
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.34
46.8K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through July 2026.

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 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, FY2024

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 109,610 537,792 46,849 $4,021,884 $36.69 $35.73 2.6% 22

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 Johnson County SEATS reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 109,610 537,792 532,333 46,849 $4,021,884 $105,828 $36.69 $35.73 2.6%
2023 93,697 457,362 461,570 40,496 $3,512,952 $185,910 $37.49 $35.51 5.3%
2022 71,317 322,985 370,743 32,841 $2,812,241 $136,801 $39.43 $37.51 4.9%
2021 34,358 146,644 213,481 18,651 $2,105,885 $37,338 $61.29 $60.21 1.8%
2018 127,461 556,565 498,806 47,777 $3,002,317 $215,379 $23.55 $21.87 7.2%
2017 125,624 599,402 506,716 47,913 $2,703,983 $213,733 $21.52 $19.82 7.9%
2016 128,064 578,849 483,305 46,716 $2,524,692 $215,223 $19.71 $18.03 8.5%
2015 132,409 600,886 460,057 43,377 $2,498,994 $207,473 $18.87 $17.31 8.3%