Library · Dripping Springs
Dripping Springs Community Library
Dripping Springs’s library is the Dripping Springs Community Library, a branch of Dripping Springs Community Library, open about 54 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024School-district system. Dripping Springs’s branch belongs to Dripping Springs Community Library, which serves 57,046 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Dripping Springs Community Library
501 Sportsplex Dr, Dripping Springs 78620
54 hrsopen a week
9,220sq 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 Dripping Springs Community Library
91K
visits
1.6 per resident
197K
loans, print + digital
3.4 per resident
1,029
programs & events
18K attended
13K
library cards
23% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 25,000 to 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
1.6 visits · typical 2.6
A little below typical (25th percentile)
Borrowing per resident
2.7 print items · typical 3.7
A little below typical (37th percentile)
Digital borrowing
0.8 e-items · typical 1.2
A little below typical (34th percentile)
Kids’ borrowing
1.9 kids’ items · typical 1.7
Higher than 54% of similar-size libraries
Program attendance
0.3 attendees · typical 0.3
A little below typical (48th percentile)
Cardholders
23% of residents
Lower than most similar-size libraries (18th percentile)
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
197K loans last year
Books & media (adults)24%Kids’ books & media54%E-books, audio & streaming22%
Who the programs are for
1,029 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$24 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.4M.
Local 99%Federal 0%Gifts & other 1%
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.