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Lynnville Public Library

Lynnville Public Library serves Lynnville’s 961 residents. Last year it lent 5,704 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,500 visits.

404 East St., Lynnville 50153 · about 20 hours a week
Photo: PopePompus
Borrowed a year
5,704
5.9 per resident
Visits a year
1,500
1.6 per resident · Below typical (3.5)
Programs & events
35
about 1 a week · 595 attended
Cardholders
88%
849 cards
Open
20 hrs
a week

What stands out about Lynnville Public Library

Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · What your card is worth

For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.19 worth

Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Lynnville cardholder borrows.

In a month I’d use…
Books$17 each
1
Kids’ books$12 each
0
E-books & audio$15 each
0
Movies & music$4 each
0
Programs & classes$10 a program
0
Computer & Wi-Fi$3 a session
0
Your card saves you about
$0
a year at retail prices · $0 a month

Who pays for it
$42 per resident a year

Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $41K.

Local taxes 73%State 7%Gifts & other 20%

Last year the library lent and hosted about $89K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $41K budget.

Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.

Retail prices are typical, rounded down: a new book $17, a kids’ book $12, an e-book or e-audiobook $15, a movie rental $4, a class or program $10, a computer or Wi-Fi session $3. The average cardholder’s month = the library’s yearly loans, attendance and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ its 849 cardholders ÷ 12.

A year at the library

Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out

Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.

1,500
visits
1.6 per resident
5,704
loans, print + digital
5.9 per resident
35
programs & events
595 attended
849
library cards
88% of people served
Every open hour5items borrowed
Every week11people at a program
Every day2Wi-Fi sessions
1 staff (full-time equivalent)3 public computers18K books & media on the shelves
How it compares

Strongest at kids’ borrowing

Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S. A tiny town’s library always looks busier per person, so it’s only compared with its own size.

Visits per resident 1.6 visits · typical 3.5Lower than 83%
Borrowing per resident 5.9 print items · typical 3.9Higher than 69%
Kids’ borrowing 3.3 kids’ items · typical 1.4Higher than 79%
Program attendance 0.6 attendees · typical 0.7Lower than 53%
Programs offered 36.4 per 1,000 residents · typical 60Lower than 65%
Cardholders 88% of residents · typical 54%Higher than 74%
Spending $42 per resident · typical $54Lower than 65%
Fewer per residentMore per resident
In Iowa
#472 of 515

library systems for visits per resident.

Size group

Lynnville Public Library serves 961 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.

What people borrow

Almost half the print loans are kids’ books

5,704 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.

5,704loans
Books & media (adults) 44%Kids’ books & media 56%E-books, audio & streaming 0%
How hard the shelves work
0.3×

Each of the 18K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.3 time last year, on average.

Kids & programs

35 programs a year

Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.

Schools in Lynnville →

Programs last year by age group

Ages 0–531
Ages 6–114
Teens0
Adults0
All ages0
Little ones
0.6

story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.

3,209
kids’ books & media borrowed
595
people at programs
35
programs
The building

Find it

Lynnville Public Library, 404 East St., Lynnville.

20
hours open a week
2,400
square feet
18K
books & media
With a card

No late fees.

New in Lynnville? The Handbook →

Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.

About these numbers

From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.

  • Hours are an average. The survey reports a building’s public hours for the whole year. We divide by the weeks it was open, so check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
  • Compared by size. “Similar-size” means libraries serving about as many people, nationwide. Per-resident numbers always flatter the smallest towns, so they’re never compared with big cities.
  • The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.

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Reading, story times and the library in Lynnville.

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Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Each library reports its own numbers. Distances are straight-line from the town center. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.

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