Cutler’s library logs 2.2 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Cutler Public Library serves Cutler’s 361 residents. Last year it logged 795 visits.
Cutler’s library, in brief
Few programs for a library this size
Cutler Public Library offered 0 programs last year, 0 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60.
More library cards than residents
377 cards for 361 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 ↓
Open only about 16 hours a week
Cutler Public Library keeps short hours: about 16 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
A small-town library
Cutler Public Library serves 361 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 ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
27% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 46%. What your card is worth ↓
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 Cutler’s civic life grade
Cutler 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 1 of 5 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Cutler Public Library serves 361 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Cutler Public Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Loans aren’t shown: this year’s report counted only 9 items borrowed against 795 visits, so we leave the count out.
Find it
Cutler Public Library, 409 South Main Street, Cutler.
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 Cutler cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $13K.
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 377 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Loans left out. This year’s loan count is far below the library’s visits and shelves, so we leave it out.
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 Cutler
Does Cutler have a public library?
Yes. Cutler Public Library, 409 South Main Street, serves Cutler’s 361 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 16 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Cutler Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Cutler’s library?
It logged 2.2 visits per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Cutler’s civic life grade?
Cutler 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 Cutler.
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.