CATS Demographics

The breakdown of CATS riders is interesting.

The average age is 38 years old with 83% full time employed. The average income of the local routes is around $21,000. The average income of the Express Routes is around $55,000.

74% of all CATS riders live close enough to walk.

98% of customers say that CATS is valuable or extremely valuable to the region

96% say that CATS is valueable to extremely valuable to them personally (that's a lot of people)

74% of riders say that CATS saves them money


The Central Avenue Route has the most riders at 1.5 million...think of all those cars on the road.

The Monroe Road Route, one of the major Uptown routes from South Mecklenburg, has just over 700,000 riders.




Think of these numbers...now think of all those extra cars on the road. The City could not keep up with road construction fast enough to provide for all those cars. Plus, the loss of the Express Routes would force more people from outside Mecklenburg County onto unfamiliar roads and interstates.