Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Eads’ library is a branch of Kiowa County Public Library District, which lends more per resident than 55% of systems its size
Eads’s library is the Kiowa Co Public Library District, a branch of Kiowa County Public Library District, which serves 1,376 people and lent 7,001 items last year.
What stands out about Kiowa Co Public Library District
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Eads’ civic life grade
Eads 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 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Kiowa County Public Library District serves 1,376 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 Kiowa County Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
7,001 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
991 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
15 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
Kiowa Co Public Library District, 1305 Goff Street, Eads.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Kiowa County Public Library District branch.
New in Eads? 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 $1.20 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Eads cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $87K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $104K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $87K 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 569 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Kiowa Co Public Library District is one branch of Kiowa County Public Library District, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 1,376 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 Eads
Does Eads have a public library?
Yes: Kiowa Co Public Library District, 1305 Goff Street, is a branch of Kiowa County Public Library District, which serves 1,376 people. The branch is open about 35 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Kiowa County Public 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 Eads’ library?
It logged 2.7 visits and lent 5.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Eads’ civic life grade?
Eads 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 Eads.
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.