Library · Oakes
Oakes School & Public Library
Oakes’s library is the Oakes School & Public Library, a branch of Oakes School & Public Library, open about 20 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024School-district system. Oakes’s branch belongs to Oakes School & Public Library, which serves 1,798 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Oakes School & Public Library
804 Main Avenue, Oakes 58474
20 hrsopen a week
4,392sq 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 Oakes School & Public Library
2,457
visits
1.4 per resident
41K
loans, print + digital
22.8 per resident
26
programs & events
520 attended
1,192
library cards
66% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving under 2,500 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
1.4 visits · typical 3.5
Lower than most similar-size libraries (14th percentile)
Borrowing per resident
19.7 print items · typical 3.9
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Digital borrowing
3.2 e-items · typical 1.0
Higher than 88% of similar-size libraries
Kids’ borrowing
13.2 kids’ items · typical 1.4
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Program attendance
0.3 attendees · typical 0.7
A little below typical (27th percentile)
Cardholders
66% of residents
Higher than 60% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
41K loans last year
Books & media (adults)28%Kids’ books & media58%E-books, audio & streaming14%
Who the programs are for
26 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$13 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $23K.
Local 59%State 3%Gifts & other 38%
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.