Library · Chartiers
Chartiers-Houston Community Library
Chartiers’s library is the Chartiers-Houston Community Library, a branch of Chartiers-Houston Community Library, open about 35 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024School-district system. Chartiers’s branch belongs to Chartiers-Houston Community Library, which serves 9,804 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Chartiers-Houston Community Library
730 West Grant St., Houston 15342
35 hrsopen a week
5,568sq ft
Fine-freeNo late fees on books returned late
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Auto-renews loansBooks renew on their own if no one’s waiting
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Chartiers-Houston Community Library
12K
visits
1.2 per resident
23K
loans, print + digital
2.4 per resident
259
programs & events
5,132 attended
1,161
library cards
12% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 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
1.2 visits · typical 3.0
Lower than most similar-size libraries (16th percentile)
Borrowing per resident
2.2 print items · typical 3.8
A little below typical (27th percentile)
Digital borrowing
0.2 e-items · typical 1.0
Lower than most similar-size libraries (13th percentile)
Kids’ borrowing
1.0 kids’ items · typical 1.6
A little below typical (33th percentile)
Program attendance
0.5 attendees · typical 0.5
Higher than 52% of similar-size libraries
Cardholders
12% of residents
Lower than most similar-size libraries (5th percentile)
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
23K loans last year
Books & media (adults)51%Kids’ books & media43%E-books, audio & streaming6%
Who the programs are for
259 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$12 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $117K.
Local 40%State 43%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.