McCune’s library runs 115 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Mccune Osage Township Library serves 707 people in and around McCune. Last year it lent 2,065 books, movies and e-books and logged 2,880 visits.
McCune’s library, in brief
A small-town library
Mccune Osage Township Library serves 707 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 ↓
Open only about 21 hours a week
Mccune Osage Township Library keeps short hours: about 21 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Mccune Osage Township Library serves more than McCune
The library’s service area covers 707 people in and around McCune, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
42% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 42% of loans. Print still makes up 58%. 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 McCune’s civic life grade
McCune 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Mccune Osage Township Library serves 707 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
42% of borrowing is digital
2,065 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 8,330 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
870 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
81 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
Mccune Osage Township Library, 509 6th St., Mccune.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in McCune? 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 McCune cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $61K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $36K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $61K 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 370 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 McCune
Does McCune have a public library?
Yes. Mccune Osage Township Library, 509 6th St., serves 707 people in and around McCune (the survey’s count) and is open about 21 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Mccune Osage Township 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 McCune’s library?
It logged 4.1 visits and lent 2.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is McCune’s civic life grade?
McCune 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 McCune.
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.