Kenny Lake’s library logs 14 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Kenny Lake Public Library serves Kenny Lake’s 299 residents. Last year it lent 2,959 books, movies and e-books and logged 4,260 visits.
The short version on Kenny Lake’s library
More library cards than residents
442 cards for 299 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
54% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 0%. What your card is worth ↓
Open only about 15 hours a week
Kenny Lake Public Library keeps short hours: about 15 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
People come to Kenny Lake Public Library a lot
Kenny Lake Public Library logs 14 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, more than 95% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing is above typical too, at 6.6 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
A small-town library
Kenny Lake Public Library serves 299 residents with about one full-time staff. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Kenny Lake’s civic life grade
Kenny Lake isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
Civic life counts registered nonprofits, library visits and online volunteering groups, so it can miss civic life that runs through congregations, mutual aid or neighbors looking out for each other.
Library visits: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024. Nonprofits: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, October 2026. Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. How TownRatings grades civic life →
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Kenny Lake Public Library serves 299 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
2,959 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 12K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
983 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card.
6 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Kenny Lake last year.
Find it
Frances Kibble Kenny Lake Public Library, Mile 5 Edgerton Highway, Kenny Lake.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $3.76 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Kenny Lake cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $15K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $56K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $15K budget.
Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.
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 442 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Lake | Frances Kibble Kenny Lake Public Library fine-free | 9.9 | 15 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Tonsina | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Willow Creek | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- 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.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average; libraries are compared with others serving about as many people. How TownRatings uses library figures →
Questions about the library and civic life in Kenny Lake
Does Kenny Lake have a public library?
Yes. Kenny Lake Public Library, Mile 5 Edgerton Highway, serves Kenny Lake’s 299 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 15 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Kenny Lake Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Kenny Lake’s library?
It logged 14.2 visits and lent 9.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Kenny Lake’s civic life grade?
Kenny Lake isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Kenny Lake.
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.