Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0Fleming’s library logs 21 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Fleming Community Library (School/Public) serves 1,234 people in and around Fleming. Last year it lent 25K books, movies and e-books and logged 26K visits.
Fleming’s library, in brief
Colorado pays a big share
77% of the budget comes from the state, and 23% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
One of the busiest library systems its size
Fleming Community Library (School/Public) logs 21 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, and lends 20 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 97% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 65% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 98% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Ten times the programs of a typical library its size
Fleming Community Library (School/Public) ran 705 programs last year, about 14 a week. That’s 571 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60. People show up: 18,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 2% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 71% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
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; Fleming Community Library (School/Public) serves 1,234 people in and around Fleming, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Fleming’s civic life grade
Fleming 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 →
About 8 kids’ programs 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Fleming Community Library (School/Public) serves 1,234 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 19 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Fleming Community Library (School/Public) system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
25K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
397 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card.
Find it
Fleming Community Library, 506 N Fremont Ave, Fleming.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Good at every Fleming Community Library (School/Public) branch.
New in Fleming? 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 $9.84 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Fleming cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $56K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $555K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $56K 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 618 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Visits count everyone. Fleming’s 25,700 visits include people from nearby towns and summer visitors; the survey has no resident share.
- System-wide. Fleming Community Library (School/Public) serves 1,234 people in and around Fleming, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Fleming.
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 Fleming
Does Fleming have a public library?
Yes. Fleming Community Library (School/Public), 506 N Fremont Ave, serves 1,234 people in and around Fleming (the survey’s count) and is open about 42 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Fleming Community Library (School/Public) 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 Fleming’s library?
It logged 20.8 visits and lent 20.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Fleming’s civic life grade?
Fleming 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 Fleming.
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.