Photo: W.marsh · CC BY-SA 3.0Campton’s library runs 43 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Wolfe County Public Library serves 6,282 people in and around Campton. Last year it lent 51K books, movies and e-books and logged 15K visits.
The short version on Campton’s library
Most of the library’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 78% of loans, more per resident than at 98% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 22%. What people borrow ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
27% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 72%. 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; Wolfe County Public Library serves 6,282 people in and around Campton, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Campton’s civic life grade
Campton 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 →
78% of borrowing is digital
51K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
40,131 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 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Wolfe County Public Library serves 6,282 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 22 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Wolfe County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
About 3 kids’ programs 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
Wolfe County Public Library, 164 Ky 15 North, Campton.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Wolfe County Public Library branch.
New in Campton? 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 $2.25 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Campton cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $360K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $809K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $360K 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 1,852 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Wolfe County Public Library serves 6,282 people in and around Campton, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Campton.
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 Campton
Does Campton have a public library?
Yes. Wolfe County Public Library, 164 Ky 15 North, serves 6,282 people in and around Campton (the survey’s count) and is open about 45 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Wolfe County Public 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 Campton’s library?
It logged 2.3 visits and lent 8.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Campton’s civic life grade?
Campton 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 Campton.
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.