Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domainWilmore’s library is a branch of Coldwater-Wilmore Regional Library, which lends less per resident than 62% of systems its size
Wilmore’s library is the Wilmore Branch Library, a branch of Coldwater-Wilmore Regional Library, which serves 1,019 people and lent 2,975 items last year.
The short version on Wilmore’s library
Open only about 10 hours a week
The Wilmore branch keeps short hours: about 10 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Nearly everyone the system serves has a card
942 cards for 1,019 people, or 92%. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
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; Wilmore’s library is a branch of Coldwater-Wilmore Regional Library, so they cover the whole system (1,019 people), not just the Wilmore branch; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Wilmore’s civic life grade
Wilmore 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Coldwater-Wilmore Regional Library serves 1,019 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, for the whole Coldwater-Wilmore Regional Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
2,975 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
37 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
43 programs a year
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
Wilmore Branch Library, 105 S. Taft, Wilmore.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Coldwater-Wilmore Regional Library branch.
New in Wilmore? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Wilmore cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $86K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $51K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $86K 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 942 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Wilmore Branch Library is one branch of Coldwater-Wilmore Regional Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 1,019 people it serves.
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 Wilmore
Does Wilmore have a public library?
Yes: Wilmore Branch Library, 105 S. Taft, is a branch of Coldwater-Wilmore Regional Library, which serves 1,019 people. The branch is open about 10 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Coldwater-Wilmore Regional 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 Wilmore’s library?
It logged 3.6 visits and lent 2.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Wilmore’s civic life grade?
Wilmore 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 Wilmore.
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.