Midland Terminal Railroad Depot · Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0Victor’s library is a branch of Southern Teller County School/Public Lib Dist, which lends more per resident than 78% of systems its size
Victor’s library is the Victor Public Library, a branch of Southern Teller County School/Public Lib Dist, which serves 4,802 people and lent 32K items last year.
Victor’s library, in brief
Few programs for a library this size
The Southern Teller County School/Public Lib Dist system offered 27 programs last year, 5.6 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 1% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 89% 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; Victor’s library is a branch of Southern Teller County School/Public Lib Dist, so they cover the whole system (4,802 people), not just the Victor branch.
What’s behind Victor’s civic life grade
Victor 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 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Southern Teller County School/Public Lib Dist serves 4,802 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 10 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Southern Teller County School/Public Lib Dist system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
32K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
458 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
27 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Victor Public Library, 124 South 3rd St., Victor.
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 Southern Teller County School/Public Lib Dist branch.
New in Victor? 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 $2.16 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Victor cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $239K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $516K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $239K 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 2,379 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Victor Public Library is one branch of Southern Teller County School/Public Lib Dist, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 4,802 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 Victor
Does Victor have a public library?
Yes: Victor Public Library, 124 South 3rd St., is a branch of Southern Teller County School/Public Lib Dist, which serves 4,802 people. The branch is open about 25 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Southern Teller County School/Public Lib Dist 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 Victor’s library?
It logged 5.3 visits and lent 6.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Victor’s civic life grade?
Victor 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 Victor.
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.