Photo: Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0Wickliffe’s library logs 0.1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Ballard/Carlisle Public Library serves 12,286 people in and around Wickliffe. Last year it lent 2,890 books, movies and e-books and logged 919 visits.
What Wickliffe’s library is like
Ballard/Carlisle Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Ballard/Carlisle Public Library records 0.1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people. Borrowing is 0.2 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $1 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Open only about 7 hours a week
The Wickliffe branch keeps short hours: about 7 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Ballard/Carlisle Public Library offered 4 programs last year, 0.3 per 1,000 residents against a typical 24. Kids & programs ↓
Runs on less money than most
Ballard/Carlisle Public Library spends $1 per resident, less than 99% of similar-size libraries (typical: $43). 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; Ballard/Carlisle Public Library serves 12,286 people in and around Wickliffe, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Wickliffe’s civic life grade
Wickliffe 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Ballard/Carlisle Public Library serves 12,286 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 8 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Ballard/Carlisle Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
2,890 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
4 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Ballard/Carlisle Public Library, 257 North 4th Street, Wickliffe.
No late fees. Good at every Ballard/Carlisle Public Library branch.
New in Wickliffe? 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 $7.02 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Wickliffe cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $6,800.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $48K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $6,800 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 250 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Ballard/Carlisle Public Library serves 12,286 people in and around Wickliffe, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Wickliffe.
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 Wickliffe
Does Wickliffe have a public library?
Yes. Ballard/Carlisle Public Library, 257 North 4th Street, serves 12,286 people in and around Wickliffe (the survey’s count) and is open about 7 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Ballard/Carlisle Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Wickliffe’s library?
It logged 0.1 visits and lent 0.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Wickliffe’s civic life grade?
Wickliffe 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 Wickliffe.
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.