Ozark Township’s library lends 0.4 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Colony City Library serves 377 people in and around Ozark Township. Last year it lent 696 books, movies and e-books and drew 42 people to its programs.
Ozark Township’s library, in brief
Most of Ozark Township’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 77% of loans, more per resident than at 61% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 23%. What people borrow ↓
Open only about 12 hours a week
Colony City Library keeps short hours: about 12 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
A small-town library
Colony City Library serves 377 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 ↓
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 Ozark Township’s civic life grade
Ozark Township 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 →
77% of borrowing is digital
696 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 6,003 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0 time last year, on average.
536 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 2 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Colony City Library serves 377 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.
Visits aren’t shown: this year’s report counted only 10 visits against 696 loans, so we leave the count out.
9 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
Colony City Library, 339 Cherry Street, Colony.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Ozark Township? 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 $1.25 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Ozark Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $8,693.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $11K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $8,693 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 206 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ozark Township | Colony City Library fine-free | 1.8 | 12 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Lone Elm Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Indian Creek Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Welda 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.
- Visits left out. This year’s visit count is far below what the library lends, so we leave it out.
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 Ozark Township
Does Ozark Township have a public library?
Yes. Colony City Library, 339 Cherry Street, serves 377 people in and around Ozark Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 12 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Colony City 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 Ozark Township’s library?
It lent 1.8 items per resident in 2024 (print and digital) and ran 9 programs that drew 42 people. Visits weren’t reported for 2024.
What is Ozark Township’s civic life grade?
Ozark Township 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 Ozark 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.