Kenosha Area Transit

Bus at Kenosha Area Transit

Kenosha Area Transit carried 1,301,963 bus boardings in FY2024 at $5.74 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Kenosha, WI
FY2024 boardings
1.3M
+8% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$5.74
-2.9% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$4.44
-2.9% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
22.7%
+0.2% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
4.14M
average trip 3.18 miles
Operating cost
$7.47M
Vehicles in service
41
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
21.59
60.3K 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
Directly operated 1,301,963 4,140,242 60,313 $7,470,427 $5.74 $4.44 22.7% 41

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 Kenosha Area Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 1,301,963 4,140,242 871,458 60,313 $7,470,427 $1,693,815 $5.74 $4.44 22.7%
2023 1,205,924 3,834,838 845,651 59,771 $7,123,498 $1,612,191 $5.91 $4.57 22.6%
2022 1,167,963 3,630,584 817,940 60,947 $6,847,547 $1,541,897 $5.86 $4.54 22.5%
2021 1,080,782 3,436,886 844,411 59,963 $6,431,594 $1,448,403 $5.95 $4.61 22.5%
2020 777,818 2,473,461 854,155 58,890 $6,239,968 $1,354,298 $8.02 $6.28 21.7%
2019 1,339,237 4,258,773 1,019,378 78,902 $6,953,224 $1,637,783 $5.19 $3.97 23.6%
2018 1,338,109 4,255,186 1,036,132 79,155 $6,663,559 $1,617,558 $4.98 $3.77 24.3%
2017 1,268,399 4,033,508 1,010,441 78,080 $6,242,092 $692,799 $4.92 $4.38 11.1%
2016 1,247,739 4,242,312 818,405 63,323 $5,531,266 $632,362 $4.43 $3.93 11.4%
2015 1,247,542 4,241,643 806,596 64,101 $5,241,106 $679,172 $4.20 $3.66 13%