JTRAN-City of Jackson, MS

Bus at JTRAN-City of Jackson, MS

JTRAN-City of Jackson, MS carried 352,523 bus boardings in FY2024 at $16.93 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Jackson, MS
FY2024 boardings
352.5K
-9.4% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$16.93
+15.8% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$16.13
+16% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
4.7%
-3.1% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
605.9K
average trip 1.72 miles
Operating cost
$5.97M
Vehicles in service
14
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
8.33
42.3K 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 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, 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
Purchased transportation 352,523 605,908 42,322 $5,966,509 $16.93 $16.13 4.7% 14

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 JTRAN-City of Jackson, MS reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 352,523 605,908 610,051 42,322 $5,966,509 $280,510 $16.93 $16.13 4.7%
2023 389,213 670,916 675,196 42,940 $5,690,018 $275,947 $14.62 $13.91 4.8%
2022 364,210 659,285 614,360 40,321 $4,558,897 $301,421 $12.52 $11.69 6.6%
2021 453,964 853,452 723,160 47,819 $4,953,538 $10.91
2020 457,188 861,323 746,706 48,773 $5,279,327 $182,307 $11.55 $11.15 3.5%
2019 515,344 916,196 742,612 48,097 $4,560,715 $364,977 $8.85 $8.14 8%
2018 518,302 919,660 782,107 48,959 $3,861,861 $363,471 $7.45 $6.75 9.4%
2017 453,770 796,046 659,871 43,272 $4,303,983 $348,943 $9.48 $8.72 8.1%
2016 448,513 770,516 746,497 48,398 $4,343,985 $333,090 $9.69 $8.94 7.7%
2015 608,303 767,262 744,158 48,949 $4,440,134 $507,355 $7.30 $6.47 11.4%