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Cache Valley Transit District

North Logan, UT · NTD ID 80028 · 2024 report year

Annual trips1.5 million #244 in the US
Operating expense$9.6 million 2024, as reported
Cost per rider$6.41 all modes combined
Farebox recovery— fares ÷ operating cost

Cache Valley Transit District carries 1.5 million passenger trips a year across two modes — bus and demand response — making it the 244th-busiest transit operator in the United States. It is based in North Logan, UT.

It spends $9.6 million a year running that service, or $6.41 per trip. Its bus service, the largest of its modes, costs $5.59 per rider — 60% below the $13.86 median for the 1,162 US agencies reporting bus.

Over the 10 years reported, ridership is 3% above its 2019 level, the last full year before the pandemic, and up 16% on 2023.

Service by mode, 2024

ModeAnnual tripsOperating expense Cost per ridervs national median FareboxVehicles
Bus#206 of 1,162 nationally 1,457,031 $8.1 million $5.59 -60% — 22
Demand Response#698 of 1,920 nationally 38,621 $1.4 million $37.51 -1% — 11

Ridership, 2015–2024

1.9 million 735,393 2024 2015
YearAnnual trips Operating expense (2024 $)Cost per rider (2024 $)
2024 1,495,652 $9.6 million $6.41
2023 1,285,571 $9.4 million $7.32
2022 967,171 $9.3 million $9.66
2021 735,393 $8.6 million $11.71
2020 746,336 $8.0 million $10.76
2019 1,452,867 $7.6 million $5.21
2018 1,533,185 $6.9 million $4.52
2017 1,590,126 $6.5 million $4.10
2016 1,712,623 $6.5 million $3.78
2015 1,875,884 $6.4 million $3.41

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Source & method. Figures are from the Federal Transit Administration's National Transit Database (NTD) annual reporting for 2024, the most recent published report year. Cost per rider is operating expense divided by unlinked passenger trips. Farebox recovery is fare revenue divided by operating expense. Ten-year trends are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; single-year figures are as reported. Agencies self-report to the NTD, and reporting practice varies, so figures are best read as comparable in magnitude rather than to the cent.