JTRAN-City of Jackson, MS

Demand Response at JTRAN-City of Jackson, MS

JTRAN-City of Jackson, MS carried 48,216 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $86.38 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Jackson, MS
FY2025 boardings
48.2K
-9.1% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$86.38
+24.5% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$84.13
+24.5% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
2.6%
-1.8% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
326.4K
average trip 6.77 miles
Operating cost
$4.16M
Vehicles in service
16
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.08
23.1K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through August 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, 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
Purchased transportation 48,216 326,424 23,131 $4,164,695 $86.38 $84.13 2.6% 16

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
2025 48,216 326,424 307,618 23,131 $4,164,695 $108,295 $86.38 $84.13 2.6%
2024 53,038 337,864 291,224 22,290 $3,680,670 $97,506 $69.40 $67.56 2.6%
2023 59,916 408,462 328,004 24,295 $4,897,143 $30,782 $81.73 $81.22 0.6%
2022 50,219 303,104 301,408 20,574 $3,905,795 $91,787 $77.78 $75.95 2.4%
2021 45,400 335,960 357,937 25,677 $3,642,722 — $80.24 — —
2020 43,317 333,497 390,397 33,374 $3,135,252 $46,189 $72.38 $71.31 1.5%
2019 45,288 380,936 384,952 29,555 $2,416,004 $78,148 $53.35 $51.62 3.2%
2018 43,730 387,012 355,785 28,672 $1,980,630 $83,163 $45.29 $43.39 4.2%
2017 43,758 368,003 338,788 27,830 $2,938,729 $76,597 $67.16 $65.41 2.6%
2016 40,882 339,652 275,906 23,148 $2,835,795 $73,105 $69.37 $67.58 2.6%
2015 38,274 359,481 322,338 25,321 $2,785,296 $76,061 $72.77 $70.79 2.7%