Chicago, Milwaukee and Pacific Railroad-Albert City Station · Photo: TheCatalyst31 · CC0Albert City’s library logs 5.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Albert City Public Library serves Albert City’s 1,151 residents. Last year it lent 4,193 print books and media and logged 6,588 visits.
What’s behind Albert City’s civic life grade
Albert City 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 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Albert City Public Library serves 1,151 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
4,193 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 16K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.3 time last year, on average.
53 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Albert City last year.
Find it
Albert City Public Library, 215 Main St., Albert City.
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 $1.22 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Albert City cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $74K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $90K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $74K 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 491 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
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 Albert City
Does Albert City have a public library?
Yes. Albert City Public Library, 215 Main St., serves Albert City’s 1,151 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 34 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Albert City Public Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Albert City’s library?
It logged 5.7 visits and lent 3.6 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Albert City’s civic life grade?
Albert City 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 Albert City.
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.