Photo: g Todd Comer · CC BY-SA 4.0Mound City Township’s library lends 6.4 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Mound City/Linn County Dist. #4 serves 2,048 people in and around Mound City Township. Last year it lent 15K books, movies and e-books and logged 11K visits.
Mound City Township’s library, in brief
Above typical on nearly every measure
Against libraries serving under 2,500 people, Mound City/Linn County Dist. #4 is above the middle on six of the seven per-resident measures we compare, and close to it on the other, with three in the top 30%. No single number stands out, and none lags far behind. How it compares ↓
Mound City/Linn County Dist. #4 serves more than Mound City Township
The library’s service area covers 2,048 people in and around Mound City Township, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
Mound City Township invests in its library
Mound City/Linn County Dist. #4 spends $122 per resident a year, about twice the typical $54 for a library its size. Almost all of it (95%) comes from local taxes. 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 Mound City Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Mound City Township is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns. Mound City Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups ranks highest.
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 →
5 community nonprofits are registered in Mound City Township
4.1 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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 (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
17.3%
17.3% of Mound City 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 Mound City Township’s residents live; 2022.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.01 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Mound City Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $249K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $252K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $249K 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 1,147 cardholders ÷ 12.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Mound City/Linn County Dist. #4 serves 2,048 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.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
15K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 16K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.8 time last year, on average.
1,915 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
Mound City/Linn County Dist. #4, 630 Main Street, Mound City.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Mound City Township? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mound City Township | Mound City/Linn County Dist. #4 fine-free | 7.3 | 42 | A |
| Blue Mound Township | Linn County Library Dist #3 | 2.4 | 33 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Paris Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Stanton Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Centerville 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 Mound City Township
Does Mound City Township have a public library?
Yes. Mound City/Linn County Dist. #4, 630 Main Street, serves 2,048 people in and around Mound City Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 42 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Mound City/Linn County Dist. #4 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 Mound City Township’s library?
It logged 5.3 visits and lent 7.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Mound City Township’s civic life grade?
A Mound City Township is ahead of 88% 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 Mound City 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.