Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Cheyenne Wells’ library logs 1.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
East Cheyenne County Library District serves 1,343 people in and around Cheyenne Wells. Last year it lent 4,488 books, movies and e-books and logged 2,127 visits.
What stands out about East Cheyenne County Library District
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Cheyenne Wells’ civic life grade
Cheyenne Wells 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
East Cheyenne County Library District serves 1,343 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole East Cheyenne County Library District system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
4,488 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
9 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program a week
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
East Cheyenne County Library District, 151 S. 1st West, Cheyenne Wells.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every East Cheyenne County Library District branch.
New in Cheyenne Wells? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Cheyenne Wells cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $93K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $89K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $93K 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 438 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. East Cheyenne County Library District serves 1,343 people in and around Cheyenne Wells, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Cheyenne Wells.
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 Cheyenne Wells
Does Cheyenne Wells have a public library?
Yes. East Cheyenne County Library District, 151 S. 1st West, serves 1,343 people in and around Cheyenne Wells (the survey’s count) and is open about 24 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is East Cheyenne County Library District fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks and research databases with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Cheyenne Wells’ library?
It logged 1.6 visits and lent 3.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Cheyenne Wells’ civic life grade?
Cheyenne Wells 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 Cheyenne Wells.
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.