Library · Billings
Billings Public Library
Billings’s library is the Billings Public Library, a branch of Billings Public Library, open about 63 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024County system. Billings’s branch belongs to Billings Public Library, which serves 157,509 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Billings Public Library
510 North Broadway, Billings 59101
63 hrsopen a week
66,000sq 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 Billings Public Library
277K
visits
1.8 per resident
697K
loans, print + digital
4.4 per resident
1,065
programs & events
24K attended
56K
library cards
36% 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
1.8 visits · typical 2.1
A little below typical (35th percentile)
Borrowing per resident
3.0 print items · typical 3.2
A little below typical (47th percentile)
Digital borrowing
1.4 e-items · typical 1.4
Higher than 52% of similar-size libraries
Kids’ borrowing
1.5 kids’ items · typical 1.6
A little below typical (46th percentile)
Program attendance
0.2 attendees · typical 0.2
A little below typical (29th percentile)
Cardholders
36% of residents
A little below typical (39th percentile)
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
697K loans last year
Books & media (adults)35%Kids’ books & media33%E-books, audio & streaming32%
Who the programs are for
1,065 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$29 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $4.6M.
Local 81%State 1%Gifts & other 17%
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.