Library · Mineral Wells
Boyce Ditto Public Library
Mineral Wells’s library is the Boyce Ditto Public Library, a branch of Boyce Ditto Public Library, open about 43 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024County system. Mineral Wells’s branch belongs to Boyce Ditto Public Library, which serves 29,923 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Boyce Ditto Public Library
2300 SE Martin Luther King Jr St., Mineral Wells 76067
43 hrsopen a week
10,600sq 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 Boyce Ditto Public Library
85K
visits
2.8 per resident
46K
loans, print + digital
1.5 per resident
399
programs & events
3,629 attended
18K
library cards
60% 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
2.8 visits · typical 2.6
Higher than 55% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
1.1 print items · typical 3.7
Lower than most similar-size libraries (12th percentile)
Digital borrowing
0.4 e-items · typical 1.2
Lower than most similar-size libraries (21th percentile)
Kids’ borrowing
0.5 kids’ items · typical 1.7
Lower than most similar-size libraries (15th percentile)
Program attendance
0.1 attendees · typical 0.3
Lower than most similar-size libraries (13th percentile)
Cardholders
60% of residents
Higher than 79% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
46K loans last year
Books & media (adults)39%Kids’ books & media31%E-books, audio & streaming30%
Who the programs are for
399 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$15 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $462K.
Local 91%Gifts & other 9%
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.