Photo: g Todd Comer · CC BY-SA 4.0Mound City’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 Mound City’s 2,048 residents. Last year it lent 15K books, movies and e-books and logged 11K visits.
The short version on Mound City’s library
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 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’s civic life grade
Mound City 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 →
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 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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Mound City last year.
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? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
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
Does Mound City have a public library?
Yes. Mound City/Linn County Dist. #4, 630 Main Street, serves Mound City’s 2,048 residents (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’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’s civic life grade?
Mound City 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 Mound City.
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.