Library · Sugar Creek
Sugar Creek Branch
Sugar Creek’s library is the Sugar Creek Branch, a branch of Kansas City Public Library, open about 36 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024Regional system. Sugar Creek’s branch belongs to Kansas City Public Library, which serves 232,498 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Sugar Creek Branch
102 S Sterling Ave, Sugar Creek 64054
36 hrsopen a week
2,100sq ft
Fine-freeNo late fees on books returned late
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Kansas City Public Library
1.3M
visits
5.7 per resident
2.4M
loans, print + digital
10.4 per resident
3,875
programs & events
89K attended
264K
library cards
100% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 100,000+ people
Per-resident numbers, compared only with libraries of a similar size across the country, because a tiny town’s library always looks busier per person.
Visits per resident
5.7 visits · typical 2.1
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
3.9 print items · typical 3.2
Higher than 61% of similar-size libraries
Digital borrowing
6.5 e-items · typical 1.4
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Kids’ borrowing
1.7 kids’ items · typical 1.6
Higher than 52% of similar-size libraries
Program attendance
0.4 attendees · typical 0.2
Higher than 81% of similar-size libraries
Cardholders
100% of residents
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
2.4M loans last year
Books & media (adults)21%Kids’ books & media16%E-books, audio & streaming62%
Who the programs are for
3,875 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$131 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $3M.
Local 82%State 1%Federal 1%Gifts & other 16%
About these numbers
How to read this page
Hours are an averageThe 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.
One year, the library’s own countLibraries report their own visits, loans and programs for fiscal year 2024. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Distances are straight-line from the town center.