Dry Point Township Library
Dry Point Township Library serves 951 people in and around Cowden. Last year it lent 1,138 books, movies and e-books and logged 2,200 visits.
Every hour the doors are open, about 1 item goes out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Close to typical for its size
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.
library systems for visits per resident.
Dry Point Township Library serves 951 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
1,138 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 16K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Cowden cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $26K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $19K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $26K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 377 cardholders ÷ 12.
Find it
Dry Point Township Library, County Highway 651, Cowden.
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.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Cowden.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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.