Photo: Jackson 913 · CC BY-SA 4.0Basehor’s library runs 141 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24 for libraries its size
Basehor Community Library, Dist #2, Lv. Co. serves 12,859 people in and around Basehor. Last year it lent 142K books, movies and e-books and logged 58K visits.
The short version on Basehor’s library
Six times the programs of a typical library its size
Basehor Community Library, Dist #2, Lv. Co. ran 1,809 programs last year, about 35 a week. That’s 141 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24. People show up: 35,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 63% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 91% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
A well-funded system
Basehor Community Library, Dist #2, Lv. Co. spends $107 per resident a year, about twice the typical $43 for a library its size. Almost all of it (92%) comes from local taxes. 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; Basehor Community Library, Dist #2, Lv. Co. serves 12,859 people in and around Basehor, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Basehor’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Basehor is ahead of 63% of U.S. towns, #68 of 149 in Kansas. Basehor is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Basehor’s count of community nonprofits ranks highest.
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 →
32 community nonprofits are registered in Basehor
4.3 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: education.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (5 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
8.1%
8.1% of Basehor’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 8.7% in the typical Kansas town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Basehor’s residents live; 2022.
About 16 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Basehor Community Library, Dist #2, Lv. Co. serves 12,859 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 44 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Basehor Community Library, Dist #2, Lv. Co. system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
142K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
31,098 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Basehor Community Library, Dist #2, Lv. Co., 1400 158th Street, Basehor.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Basehor Community Library, Dist #2, Lv. Co. branch.
New in Basehor? 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 $1.70 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Basehor cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1.4M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.4M 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 7,164 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City | Kansas City, Kansas Public Library fine-free | 4.4 | 66 | D |
| Basehor | Basehor Community Library, Dist #2, Lv. Co. fine-free | — | 62 | B |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Basehor Community Library, Dist #2, Lv. Co. serves 12,859 people in and around Basehor, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Basehor.
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 Basehor
Does Basehor have a public library?
Yes. Basehor Community Library, Dist #2, Lv. Co., 1400 158th Street, serves 12,859 people in and around Basehor (the survey’s count) and is open about 62 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Basehor Community Library, Dist #2, Lv. Co. fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks and research databases with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Basehor’s library?
It logged 4.5 visits and lent 11.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Basehor’s civic life grade?
B Basehor is ahead of 63% of U.S. towns on civic life, #68 of 149 in Kansas. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Basehor.
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.