Photo: Orange Suede Sofa · CC BY-SA 3.0Readlyn’s library logs 9.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Readlyn Community Library serves Readlyn’s 1,122 residents. Last year it lent 5,287 print books and media and logged 11K visits.
What Readlyn’s library is like
A small-town library
Readlyn Community Library serves 1,122 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 42 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 ↓
People come to Readlyn Community Library a lot
Readlyn Community Library logs 9.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, more than 88% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing is above typical too, at 4.7 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
Nearly everyone in Readlyn has a card
971 cards for 1,122 people, or 87%. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
Programs lean toward adults
52% of the 105 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 42 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
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 Readlyn’s civic life grade
Readlyn 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 →
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Readlyn Community Library serves 1,122 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
5,287 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 15K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.3 time last year, on average.
105 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 Readlyn last year.
Find it
Readlyn Community Library, 309 Main St., Readlyn.
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 $1.15 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Readlyn cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $84K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $97K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $84K 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 971 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 Readlyn
Does Readlyn have a public library?
Yes. Readlyn Community Library, 309 Main St., serves Readlyn’s 1,122 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 42 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Readlyn Community Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Readlyn’s library?
It logged 9.5 visits and lent 4.7 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Readlyn’s civic life grade?
Readlyn 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 Readlyn.
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.