Mound Valley’s library runs 513 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Mound Valley Library serves Mound Valley’s 347 residents. Last year it lent 1,934 books, movies and e-books and logged 5,378 visits.
What Mound Valley’s library is like
More of a place to be than a place to borrow
Visits per resident beat 96% of similar-size libraries, while borrowing beats only 20%. Program attendance beats 82% of similar libraries. A year at the library ↓
Most of Mound Valley’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 69% of loans, more per resident than at 92% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 31%. What people borrow ↓
Nine times the programs of a typical library its size
Mound Valley Library ran 178 programs last year, about 3 a week. That’s 513 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
A small-town library
Mound Valley Library serves 347 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 49 hours a week. 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 ↓
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 Valley’s civic life grade
Mound Valley 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 →
69% of borrowing is digital
1,934 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 2,927 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
1,343 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Mound Valley Library serves 347 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Mound Valley Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
About 1 kids’ program 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 Valley Library, 411 Hickory, Mound Valley.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Mound Valley? 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 $2.06 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Mound Valley cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $17K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $36K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $17K 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 254 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Visits count everyone. Mound Valley’s 5,378 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 Mound Valley
Does Mound Valley have a public library?
Yes. Mound Valley Library, 411 Hickory, serves Mound Valley’s 347 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 49 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Mound Valley 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 Mound Valley’s library?
It logged 15.5 visits and lent 5.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Mound Valley’s civic life grade?
Mound Valley 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 Valley.
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.