Mitchell County Transportation Authority

Demand Response at Mitchell County Transportation Authority

Mitchell County Transportation Authority carried 22,513 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $31.78 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Bakersville, NC
FY2025 boardings
22.5K
-23.8% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$31.78
+6.5% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$30.22
+6.4% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
4.9%
+1.4% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$715.4K
Vehicles in service
12
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.42
15.9K 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 22,513 — 15,880 $715,369 $31.78 $30.22 4.9% 12

Full series

Every year Mitchell County Transportation Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 22,513 — 297,527 15,880 $715,369 $35,046 $31.78 $30.22 4.9%
2024 29,526 — 351,038 19,171 $880,997 $42,549 $29.84 $28.40 4.8%
2023 26,271 — 279,987 15,053 $732,124 $35,278 $27.87 $26.53 4.8%
2022 25,916 — 279,850 14,985 $717,396 $26,780 $27.68 $26.65 3.7%
2021 16,295 — 229,554 12,054 $565,541 $22,068 $34.71 $33.35 3.9%
2020 38,764 — 278,402 14,242 $578,278 $33,610 $14.92 $14.05 5.8%
2019 53,196 — 372,121 18,575 $618,467 $48,731 $11.63 $10.71 7.9%
2018 51,347 — 359,404 17,954 $598,197 $40,703 $11.65 $10.86 6.8%
2017 54,691 — 354,004 18,331 $615,275 $25,138 $11.25 $10.79 4.1%
2016 61,370 — 322,333 16,331 $652,520 $25,362 $10.63 $10.22 3.9%
2015 42,928 — 336,877 14,415 $595,939 $15,919 $13.88 $13.51 2.7%