Rural Transit Fact Book 2025

The Rural Transit Fact Book serves as a national resource for statistics and information on rural transit in America. This publication includes rural demographic and travel behavior data as well as financial and operating statistics for agencies receiving Section 5311 funding. In addition to national-level data, statistics are presented by state, FTA region, tribe, and mode, as well as other agency characteristics. The rural transit data presented in this report were obtained from the National Transit Database (NTD). The 2011 edition of the Rural Transit Fact Book was the first published by Small Urban and Rural Transit Center/Small Urban and Rural Center on Mobility (SURTC/SURCOM) and included NTD data for 2007-2009. Since 2011, updates have been made to the book to provide updated data. The 2025 edition includes 2023 data from the NTD and additional data from the American Community Survey.

• Record URL:
  • https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=1258
• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/85214
• Corporate Authors:

  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

  Small Urban and Rural Center on Mobility
  North Dakota State University
  Fargo, ND  United States 
• Authors:
  • Mattson, Jeremy
  • Peterson, Del
• Publication Date: 2025-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 64p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demographics; Financing; Ridership; Rural transit; Statistical trends; Transit operating agencies; Travel behavior
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01962809
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DP-330
• Files: NTL, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 8 2025 8:50AM