Elmwood Public Library
Elmwood Public Library serves Elmwood’s 685 residents. Last year it lent 5,042 books, movies and e-books and logged 2,993 visits.
What stands out about Elmwood Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
55% of borrowing is digital
5,042 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 14K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
2,750 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Strongest at digital borrowing
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.
Elmwood Public Library serves 685 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
8 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Elmwood last year.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.13 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Elmwood cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $35K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $75K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $35K 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 158 cardholders ÷ 12.
Find it
Elmwood Public Library, 124 West D Street, Elmwood.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Elmwood? The Handbook →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 Elmwood.
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.