Conway Township’s library runs 3.6 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Conway Springs City Library serves 1,117 people in and around Conway Township. Last year it lent 4,554 books, movies and e-books and logged 3,380 visits.
What Conway Township’s library is like
Open only about 13 hours a week
Conway Springs City Library keeps short hours: about 13 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Conway Springs City Library offered 4 programs last year, 3.6 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
A small-town library
Conway Springs City Library serves 1,117 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 ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 63% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 70% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
Runs on less money than most
Conway Springs City Library spends $7 per resident, less than 98% of similar-size libraries (typical: $54). 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 Conway Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Conway Township is ahead of 6% of U.S. towns. Conway Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Conway Township’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Conway Springs City Library spends $7 per resident, against a typical $54 for libraries its size.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($55K–$92K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
3 community nonprofits are registered in Conway Township
2.2 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
4.4%
4.4% of Conway Township’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 Conway Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Conway Springs City Library serves 1,117 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 7 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
4,554 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 12K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.4 time last year, on average.
122 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
4 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.
Find it
Conway Springs City Library, 210 W. Springs Ave, Conway Springs.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Conway Township? 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 $7.72 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Conway Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $8,358.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $65K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $8,358 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 920 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conway Township | Conway Springs City Library | 4.1 | 13 | D |
| Viola Township | Viola Township fine-free | 1.0 | 8 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Illinois Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Springdale Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Eden Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Conway Township
Does Conway Township have a public library?
Yes. Conway Springs City Library, 210 W. Springs Ave, serves 1,117 people in and around Conway Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 13 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Conway Springs City 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 Conway Township’s library?
It logged 3.0 visits and lent 4.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Conway Township’s civic life grade?
D Conway Township is ahead of 6% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Conway Township.
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.