Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Runnells’ library lends 6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Runnells Community Library serves 661 people in and around Runnells. Last year it lent 3,997 print books and media and logged 2,051 visits.
The short version on Runnells’s library
More library cards than residents
1,064 cards for 661 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 ↓
A small-town library
Runnells Community Library serves 661 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 ↓
Open only about 20 hours a week
Runnells Community Library keeps short hours: about 20 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Runnells Community Library serves more than Runnells
The library’s service area covers 661 people in and around Runnells, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
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 Runnells’ civic life grade
Runnells 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 →
39 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Runnells Community Library serves 661 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: spending. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
Books and media off the shelf
3,997 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 6,018 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.7 time last year, on average.
Find it
Runnells Community Library, 6575 SE 116th St., Runnells.
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 Runnells cardholder borrows.
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 1,064 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Not reported for 2024: spending. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left out.
- 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 Runnells
Does Runnells have a public library?
Yes. Runnells Community Library, 6575 SE 116th St., serves 661 people in and around Runnells (the survey’s count) and is open about 20 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Runnells Community Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Runnells’ library?
It logged 3.1 visits and lent 6.0 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Runnells’ civic life grade?
Runnells 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 Runnells.
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.