Marble Rock’s library runs 161 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Marble Rock Public Library serves Marble Rock’s 465 residents. Last year it lent 526 print books and media and logged 852 visits.
The short version on Marble Rock’s library
More library cards than residents
692 cards for 465 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
Programs are almost all for children
100% of the 75 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 0 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Open only about 12 hours a week
Marble Rock Public Library keeps short hours: about 12 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
A small-town library
Marble Rock Public Library serves 465 residents with about one full-time staff. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Marble Rock’s civic life grade
Marble Rock 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.
Marble Rock Public Library serves 465 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Marble Rock Public Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
526 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 6,640 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
About 1 kids’ program a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Marble Rock Public Library, 122 S Main St., Marble Rock.
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 Marble Rock cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $14K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $12K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $14K 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 692 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 Marble Rock
Does Marble Rock have a public library?
Yes. Marble Rock Public Library, 122 S Main St., serves Marble Rock’s 465 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 12 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Marble Rock Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Marble Rock’s library?
It logged 1.8 visits and lent 1.1 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Marble Rock’s civic life grade?
Marble Rock 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 Marble Rock.
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.