Gilbertown’s library is a branch of Choctaw County Public Library, which lends less per resident than 98% of systems its size
Gilbertown’s library is the Choctaw County Public - Gilbertown Branch, a branch of Choctaw County Public Library, which serves 12,439 people and lent 6,681 items last year.
Gilbertown’s library, in brief
The Choctaw County Public Library system is used less than most libraries its size
The Choctaw County Public Library system records 0.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people. Borrowing is 0.4 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $7 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
The Choctaw County Public Library system offered 36 programs last year, 2.9 per 1,000 residents against a typical 24. Kids & programs ↓
Runs on less money than most
The Choctaw County Public Library system spends $7 per resident, less than 98% of similar-size libraries (typical: $43). What your card is worth ↓
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; Gilbertown’s library is a branch of Choctaw County Public Library, so they cover the whole system (12,439 people), not just the Gilbertown branch.
What’s behind Gilbertown’s civic life grade
Gilbertown 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Choctaw County Public Library serves 12,439 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Choctaw County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
6,681 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
1,675 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
36 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Find it
Choctaw County Public - Gilbertown Branch, 251 College Street, Gilbertown.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Choctaw County Public Library branch.
New in Gilbertown? The Handbook →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 $1.40 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Gilbertown cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $93K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $130K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $93K 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 3,364 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Choctaw County Public - Gilbertown Branch is one branch of Choctaw County Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 12,439 people it serves.
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 Gilbertown
Does Gilbertown have a public library?
Yes: Choctaw County Public - Gilbertown Branch, 251 College Street, is a branch of Choctaw County Public Library, which serves 12,439 people. The branch is open about 32 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Choctaw County Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Gilbertown’s library?
It logged 0.6 visits and lent 0.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Gilbertown’s civic life grade?
Gilbertown 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 Gilbertown.
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.