Satanta’s library logs 8.8 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Dudley Township Library serves 1,362 people in and around Satanta. Last year it lent 13K books, movies and e-books and logged 12K visits.
The short version on Satanta’s library
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 61% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 85% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Most programs are for young children
69% of the 108 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 33 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
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; Dudley Township Library serves 1,362 people in and around Satanta, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Satanta’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Satanta is ahead of 48% of U.S. towns. Satanta is graded on two of the three inputs. Satanta’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
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 →
6 community nonprofits are registered in Satanta
7.2 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.
4.7%
4.7% of Satanta’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 Satanta’s residents live; 2022.
Every hour the doors are open, about 7 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Dudley Township Library system. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Dudley Township Library serves 1,362 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
13K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
2,602 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, 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
Dudley Township Library, 105 Sequoyah Street, Satanta.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Dudley Township Library branch.
New in Satanta? 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 $1.76 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Satanta cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $127K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $223K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $127K 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 605 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Dudley Township Library serves 1,362 people in and around Satanta, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Satanta.
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 Satanta
Does Satanta have a public library?
Yes. Dudley Township Library, 105 Sequoyah Street, serves 1,362 people in and around Satanta (the survey’s count) and is open about 36 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Dudley 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 Satanta’s library?
It logged 8.8 visits and lent 9.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Satanta’s civic life grade?
B− Satanta is ahead of 48% 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 Satanta.
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.