Photo: Billwhittaker · CC BY-SA 3.0Stacyville’s library lends 9.7 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Stacyville Public Library serves Stacyville’s 2,193 residents. Last year it lent 21K print books and media and logged 9,519 visits.
Stacyville’s library, in brief
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 90% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 96% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 165 items per child in Stacyville last year. Kids & programs ↓
A small-town library
Stacyville Public Library serves 2,193 residents with about 2 full-time staff, open about 34 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 ↓
Most programs are for young children
67% of the 137 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1.1 a week for ages 0–5. 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 Stacyville’s civic life grade
Stacyville 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 2 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 Stacyville last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Stacyville Public Library serves 2,193 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 12 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
21K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 17K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.3 time last year, on average.
Find it
Stacyville Public Library, 106 N Broad St., Stacyville.
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 $2.93 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Stacyville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $100K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $293K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $100K 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 489 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 Stacyville
Does Stacyville have a public library?
Yes. Stacyville Public Library, 106 N Broad St., serves Stacyville’s 2,193 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 34 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Stacyville Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Stacyville’s library?
It logged 4.3 visits and lent 9.7 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Stacyville’s civic life grade?
Stacyville 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 Stacyville.
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.