Mississippi Valley State University

Demand Response at Mississippi Valley State University

Mississippi Valley State University carried 19,599 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $38.89 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Itta Bena, MS
FY2025 boardings
19.6K
-33.2% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$38.89
+62.5% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$38.54
+61.5% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
0.9%
+220% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$762.3K
Vehicles in service
16
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.62
7.5K hours operated

Ridership

This service reports annually.

Monthly boardings

NTD publishes monthly figures for full reporters only, so this service has annual data alone.

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
Directly operated 19,599 — 7,490 $762,250 $38.89 $38.54 0.9% 16

Full series

Every year Mississippi Valley State University reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 19,599 — 177,692 7,490 $762,250 $6,972 $38.89 $38.54 0.9%
2024 29,323 — 178,753 7,682 $701,843 $2,006 $23.93 $23.87 0.3%
2023 34,480 — 157,789 7,023 $616,938 $2,069 $17.89 $17.83 0.3%
2022 15,281 — 129,701 5,335 $541,372 $2,279 $35.43 $35.28 0.4%
2021 7,237 — 134,011 5,747 $591,768 $2,554 $81.77 $81.42 0.4%
2020 23,800 — 136,597 5,939 $686,771 $5,500 $28.86 $28.62 0.8%
2019 41,777 — 255,578 7,284 $741,486 $2,300 $17.75 $17.69 0.3%
2018 40,126 — 260,601 8,399 $738,682 $1,939 $18.41 $18.36 0.3%
2017 35,697 — 249,837 6,597 $674,724 $2,043 $18.90 $18.84 0.3%
2016 37,086 — 266,583 8,453 $767,275 $4,300 $20.69 $20.57 0.6%
2015 34,304 — 233,646 7,782 $726,203 $5,693 $21.17 $21.00 0.8%