Photo: Brandon Dilbeck · CC BY-SA 3.0Bushton’s library runs 294 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Farmer Township/Cpms Library serves 289 people in and around Bushton. Last year it lent 1,853 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,197 visits.
The short version on Bushton’s library
Open only about 11 hours a week
Farmer Township/Cpms Library keeps short hours: about 11 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Five times the programs of a typical library its size
Farmer Township/Cpms Library ran 85 programs last year, about 2 a week. That’s 294 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60. People show up: 780 attended. Kids & programs ↓
A small-town library
Farmer Township/Cpms Library serves 289 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 ↓
Farmer Township/Cpms Library serves more than Bushton
The library’s service area covers 289 people in and around Bushton, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
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 Bushton’s civic life grade
Bushton 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 →
85 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, 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 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Farmer Township/Cpms Library serves 289 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: spending. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
1,853 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 16K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
382 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Farmer Township/Cpms Library, 500 S. Main St., Bushton.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Bushton? The Handbook →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 Bushton cardholder borrows.
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 145 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Not reported for 2024: spending. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left 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 Bushton
Does Bushton have a public library?
Yes. Farmer Township/Cpms Library, 500 S. Main St., serves 289 people in and around Bushton (the survey’s count) and is open about 11 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Farmer Township/Cpms Library 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 Bushton’s library?
It logged 4.1 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 Bushton’s civic life grade?
Bushton 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 Bushton.
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.