Krotz Springs’ library lends 10 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Krotz Springs Municipal Public Library serves 875 people in and around Krotz Springs. Last year it lent 8,779 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,102 visits.
What Krotz Springs’s library is like
More library cards than residents
1,107 cards for 875 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
People borrow more than they stay
Borrowing per resident is higher than at 87% of similar-size libraries, but visits are lower than at 88%. People come in, pick up their books and go. How it compares ↓
A small-town library
Krotz Springs Municipal Public Library serves 875 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 40 hours a week. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 0% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 99% of similar-size libraries. 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Krotz Springs’ civic life grade
Krotz Springs 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 →
Mostly books and media off the shelf
8,779 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 8,132 books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.1 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Krotz Springs Municipal Public Library serves 875 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
21 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, 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
Krotz Springs Municipal Public Library, 216 Park St., Krotz Springs.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Krotz Springs? 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 $2.75 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Krotz Springs cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $50K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $136K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $50K 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 1,107 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Krotz Springs
Does Krotz Springs have a public library?
Yes. Krotz Springs Municipal Public Library, 216 Park St., serves 875 people in and around Krotz Springs (the survey’s count) and is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Krotz Springs Municipal 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 Krotz Springs’ library?
It logged 1.3 visits and lent 10.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Krotz Springs’ civic life grade?
Krotz Springs 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 Krotz Springs.
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.