Fort Harker Guardhouse · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Kanopolis’ library lends 0.8 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Kanopolis Public Library serves Kanopolis’s 431 residents. Last year it lent 689 books, movies and e-books and logged 869 visits.
The short version on Kanopolis’s library
Open only about 13 hours a week
Kanopolis Public Library keeps short hours: about 13 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving under 2,500 people, Kanopolis Public Library sits below the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on five. How it compares ↓
A small-town library
Kanopolis Public Library serves 431 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 ↓
Kansas pays a big share
37% of the budget comes from the state, and 63% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
49% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 49% of loans. That’s partly because print borrowing is low: digital loans per resident are below typical too. What people borrow ↓
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 Kanopolis’ civic life grade
Kanopolis 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 →
49% of borrowing is digital
689 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 4,284 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
336 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Kanopolis Public Library serves 431 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 1 item goes out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
16 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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Kanopolis last year.
Find it
Kanopolis Public Library, 221 N. Kansas, Kanopolis.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Kanopolis? 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 $1.33 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Kanopolis cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $8,652.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $12K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $8,652 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 118 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanopolis | Kanopolis Public Library fine-free | 1.6 | 13 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Ellsworth Township | Kanopolis Public Library fine-free | 1.6 | 13 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Clear Creek 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 Kanopolis
Does Kanopolis have a public library?
Yes. Kanopolis Public Library, 221 N. Kansas, serves Kanopolis’ 431 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 13 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Kanopolis Public 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 Kanopolis’ library?
It logged 2.0 visits and lent 1.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Kanopolis’ civic life grade?
Kanopolis 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 Kanopolis.
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.