Courtland’s library runs 498 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Courtland Community Library serves Courtland’s 291 residents. Last year it lent 1,697 books, movies and e-books and logged 2,709 visits.
The short version on Courtland’s library
Kansas pays a big share
57% of the budget comes from the state, and 42% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Eight times the programs of a typical library its size
Courtland Community Library ran 145 programs last year, about 3 a week. That’s 498 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
Open only about 10 hours a week
Courtland Community Library keeps short hours: about 10 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Programs are almost all for children
87% of the 145 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
A small-town library
Courtland Community Library serves 291 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 ↓
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 Courtland’s civic life grade
Courtland 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 2 kids’ programs a week
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.
Courtland Community Library serves 291 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.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
1,697 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 5,815 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
605 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Courtland Community Library, 403 Main St., Courtland.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Courtland? 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 $3.17 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Courtland cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $7,803.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $25K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $7,803 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 207 cardholders ÷ 12.
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 Courtland
Does Courtland have a public library?
Yes. Courtland Community Library, 403 Main St., serves Courtland’s 291 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 10 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Courtland Community 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 Courtland’s library?
It logged 9.3 visits and lent 5.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Courtland’s civic life grade?
Courtland 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 Courtland.
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.