Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall · Photo: Ntsimp · CC0Ashton’s library is a branch of Fremont County District, which lends less per resident than 59% of systems its size
Ashton’s library is the Fremont District - Ashton, a branch of Fremont County District, which serves 12,647 people and lent 54K items last year.
What stands out about Fremont District - Ashton
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Ashton’s civic life grade
Ashton 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 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Fremont County District serves 12,647 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 9 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Fremont County District system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
54K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
12,947 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card.
About 4 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Find it
Fremont District - Ashton, 925 Main, Ashton.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Good at every Fremont County District branch.
New in Ashton? The Handbook →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 $1.38 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Ashton cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $619K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $857K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $619K 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 5,958 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Fremont District - Ashton is one branch of Fremont County District, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 12,647 people it serves.
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 Ashton
Does Ashton have a public library?
Yes: Fremont District - Ashton, 925 Main, is a branch of Fremont County District, which serves 12,647 people. The branch is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Fremont County District fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Ashton’s library?
It logged 2.1 visits and lent 4.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Ashton’s civic life grade?
Ashton 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 Ashton.
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.