Paullina’s library runs 347 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Paullina Public Library serves Paullina’s 1,437 residents. Last year it lent 8,463 print books and media and logged 7,712 visits.
Paullina’s library, in brief
Six times the programs of a typical library its size
Paullina Public Library ran 499 programs last year, about 10 a week. That’s 347 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60. People show up: 5,662 attended. Kids & programs ↓
A small-town library
Paullina Public Library serves 1,437 residents with about 2 full-time staff, open about 32 hours a week. 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 ↓
A big collection for the borrowing it gets
Paullina Public Library holds 46,000 books and other items, but the average item went out less than once last year. 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Paullina’s civic life grade
Paullina 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 6 kids’ programs a week
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 Paullina last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Paullina Public Library serves 1,437 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
8,463 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 46K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
Find it
Paullina Public Library, 113 S Mickley St., Paullina.
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 $2.18 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Paullina cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $85K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $185K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $85K 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 1,128 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 Paullina
Does Paullina have a public library?
Yes. Paullina Public Library, 113 S Mickley St., serves Paullina’s 1,437 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 32 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Paullina Public Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Paullina’s library?
It logged 5.4 visits and lent 5.9 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Paullina’s civic life grade?
Paullina 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 Paullina.
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.