Andale’s library logs 1.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Andale District Library serves 2,002 people in and around Andale. Last year it lent 13K books, movies and e-books and logged 2,926 visits.
The short version on Andale’s library
Open only about 15 hours a week
The Andale branch keeps short hours: about 15 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
More library cards than residents
2,014 cards for 2,002 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 ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 78% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 81% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
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; Andale District Library serves 2,002 people in and around Andale, 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 Andale’s civic life grade
Andale 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 →
89 programs a year
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 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Andale District Library serves 2,002 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 17 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Andale District Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
13K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
3,498 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Andale District Library, 328 Main St., Andale.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Andale District Library branch.
New in Andale? 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 $3.87 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Andale cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $52K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $201K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $52K 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 2,014 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Andale District Library serves 2,002 people in and around Andale, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Andale.
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 Andale
Does Andale have a public library?
Yes. Andale District Library, 328 Main St., serves 2,002 people in and around Andale (the survey’s count) and is open about 15 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Andale District 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 Andale’s library?
It logged 1.5 visits and lent 6.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Andale’s civic life grade?
Andale 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 Andale.
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.