Ingalls Township’s library logs 49 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Cimarron City Library serves 1,952 people in and around Ingalls Township. Last year it lent 27K books, movies and e-books and logged 95K visits.
Ingalls Township’s library, in brief
Ingalls Township uses its library more than almost any town its size
Cimarron City Library logs 49 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, and lends 11 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 88% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 62% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 93% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Open only about 21 hours a week
Cimarron City Library keeps short hours: about 21 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. Cimarron City Library in Cimarron Township, next door, is open about 58 hours a week. The building ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 3.3 e-items per resident, against a typical 1, higher than at 89% of similar-size libraries. It’s 24% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
Cimarron City Library serves more than Ingalls Township
The library’s service area covers 1,952 people in and around Ingalls Township, 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 Ingalls Township’s civic life grade
Ingalls Township 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 →
Every hour the doors are open, about 7 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Cimarron City Library serves 1,952 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
27K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 31K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.7 time last year, on average.
6,348 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
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.
Find it
Ingalls Public Library, 220 S. Main, Ingalls.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Ingalls 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 $1.54 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Ingalls Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $287K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $444K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $287K 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 858 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Ingalls Township ranks 2nd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copeland Township | Copeland Public Library fine-free | 14.0 | 22 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Ingalls Township | Ingalls Public Library fine-free | 13.8 | 21 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Cimarron Township | Cimarron City Library fine-free | 13.8 | 58 | A+ |
| Montezuma Township | Montezuma Township Library fine-free | — | 23 | B− |
| Logan Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Pierceville Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Lockport 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.
- Visits count everyone. Ingalls Township’s 95,000 visits include people from nearby towns and summer visitors; the survey has no resident share.
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 Ingalls Township
Does Ingalls Township have a public library?
Yes. Cimarron City Library, 220 S. Main, serves 1,952 people in and around Ingalls Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 21 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Cimarron City 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 Ingalls Township’s library?
It logged 48.7 visits and lent 13.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Ingalls Township’s civic life grade?
Ingalls Township 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 Ingalls 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.