Photo: W.marsh · CC BY-SA 3.0McKee’s library lends 0.7 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Jackson County Public Library serves 13,104 people in and around McKee. Last year it lent 14K books, movies and e-books and logged 43K visits.
McKee’s library, in brief
Programs draw a crowd
24,000 people came to the system’s 318 programs last year: 1.9 per resident, against a typical 0.4, more than at 98% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
People visit, but borrow less than most
Jackson County Public Library lends 0.7 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, fewer than 94% of similar-size libraries, though visits are closer to typical. What people borrow ↓
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; Jackson County Public Library serves 13,104 people in and around McKee, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind McKee’s civic life grade
McKee 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 →
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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Jackson County Public Library serves 13,104 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Jackson County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
14K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
4,688 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Jackson County Public Library, 338 North Main Street, Mckee.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Jackson County Public Library branch.
New in McKee? 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 $1.18 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average McKee cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $412K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $485K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $412K 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 7,841 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Jackson County Public Library serves 13,104 people in and around McKee, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just McKee.
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 McKee
Does McKee have a public library?
Yes. Jackson County Public Library, 338 North Main Street, serves 13,104 people in and around McKee (the survey’s count) and is open about 45 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Jackson 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 McKee’s library?
It logged 3.3 visits and lent 1.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is McKee’s civic life grade?
McKee 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 McKee.
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.