Library · Miles
Miles City Public Library
Miles’s library is the Miles City Public Library, a branch of Miles City Public Library, open about 47 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024County system. Miles’s branch belongs to Miles City Public Library, which serves 11,867 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Miles City Public Library
One South Tenth Street, Miles City 59301
47 hrsopen a week
12,800sq 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 Miles City Public Library
26K
visits
2.2 per resident
25K
loans, print + digital
2.1 per resident
224
programs & events
5,333 attended
2,082
library cards
18% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 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
2.2 visits · typical 3.1
A little below typical (34th percentile)
Borrowing per resident
2.1 print items · typical 3.9
A little below typical (26th percentile)
Kids’ borrowing
0.7 kids’ items · typical 1.8
Lower than most similar-size libraries (23th percentile)
Program attendance
0.4 attendees · typical 0.4
Higher than 52% of similar-size libraries
Cardholders
18% of residents
Lower than most similar-size libraries (10th percentile)
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
25K loans last year
Books & media (adults)65%Kids’ books & media35%E-books, audio & streaming0%
Who the programs are for
224 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$33 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $387K.
Local 97%State 3%Gifts & other 0%
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.