Lyft Economic Impact Report
55%
55% of drivers would stop driving with app-based platforms if they were required to be traditional employees rather than independent contractors.
2x
Lower-income riders are almost 2x more likely than higher-income riders to use Lyft to find transportation to work.
↓10M
Lyft riders own almost 10 million fewer cars because of rideshare.
Lyft has been publishing an Economic Impact Report since 2015 to better understand who uses the Lyft platform and what they need and want. The below report is based on surveys of thousands of drivers and riders.
Drivers are busy people. They need independence and flexible schedules to earn around their other commitments. The Lyft platform provides them with that ability.
The Lyft platform improves access to transportation for riders of all incomes and identities - especially those who have been historically underserved.
Learn more about the people who use the Lyft platform in our annual Economic Impact Report.
National, state, and local summaries
National reports
State/province reports
Local reports
- Atlanta
- Austin
- Baltimore
- Boston
- Charlotte
- Chicago
- Cleveland
- Dallas-Fort Worth
- Denver
- Detroit
- Houston
- Indianapolis
- Las Vegas
- Long Island
- Los Angeles
- Miami
- Minneapolis-St. Paul
- Nashville
- Nassau County
- New Orleans
- New York City
- New York (excluding NYC)
- Newark
- Orange County
- Orlando
- Philadelphia
- Phoenix
- Portland
- Raleigh-Durham
- Sacramento
- Salt Lake City
- San Antonio
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- Seattle
- Silicon Valley
- Southern New Jersey
- Tampa Bay
- Upstate New York
- Westchester County
- Calgary
- Edmonton
- Ottawa
- Toronto
Methodology
In order to produce this report, Lyft fields major surveys of drivers and riders on the platform and leverages internal operating data. We employ rigorous methodological standards to all aspects of the report and publish a detailed methodological supplement for interested readers.