Kirklin Public Library · Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 3.0Kirklin’s library lends 7.9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Kirklin Public Library serves 1,219 people in and around Kirklin. Last year it lent 9,615 print books and media and logged 4,784 visits.
Kirklin’s library, in brief
Programs are almost all for children
86% of the 72 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 20 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 60% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 87% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
The branch is a National Register landmark
Kirklin Public Library has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1995. Today’s library there has 7,234 square feet. The building ↓
A well-funded system
Kirklin Public Library spends $134 per resident a year, about twice the typical $54 for a library its size. 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; Kirklin Public Library serves 1,219 people in and around Kirklin, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Kirklin’s civic life grade
Kirklin 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 1 kids’ program 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Kirklin Public Library serves 1,219 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Kirklin Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
9,615 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
A National Register landmark since 1995
Kirklin Public Library, 115 North Main Street, Kirklin.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Kirklin Public Library branch.
New in Kirklin? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Kirklin Public Library
Kirklin Public Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Mar 3, 1995. It is significant for its education, social history and architecture at the local level. Its architecture is described as Classical Revival.
Kirklin Public Library is a historic Carnegie library located at Kirklin, Indiana. It was built in 1915, and is a one-story, Classical Revival style brick building on a raised basement. It features a low-pitched hipped tile roof. It was built in part with $7,500 provided by the Carnegie Foundation. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
More about the building →What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Kirklin cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $164K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $157K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $164K 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 371 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.
- System-wide. Kirklin Public Library serves 1,219 people in and around Kirklin, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Kirklin.
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 Kirklin
Does Kirklin have a public library?
Yes. Kirklin Public Library, 115 North Main Street, serves 1,219 people in and around Kirklin (the survey’s count) and is open about 35 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Kirklin Public Library 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 Kirklin’s library?
It logged 3.9 visits and lent 7.9 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Kirklin’s civic life grade?
Kirklin 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 Kirklin.
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. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places; photo via Wikimedia Commons. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.