Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0Climax’s library logs 1.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Lawrence Memorial District Library serves 2,633 people in and around Climax. Last year it lent 3,422 print books and media and logged 3,567 visits.
The short version on Climax’s library
Lawrence Memorial District Library is used less than most libraries its size
Lawrence Memorial District Library records 1.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 1.3 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. It also spends less than most: $15 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Lawrence Memorial District Library offered 8 programs last year, 3 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Runs on less money than most
Lawrence Memorial District Library spends $15 per resident, less than 90% 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; Lawrence Memorial District Library serves 2,633 people in and around Climax, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Climax’s civic life grade
Climax 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 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Lawrence Memorial District Library serves 2,633 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Lawrence Memorial District Library system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
3,422 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
8 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
Lawrence Memorial District Library, 107 North Main Street, Climax.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Lawrence Memorial District Library branch.
New in Climax? 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 $1.39 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Climax cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $40K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $56K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $40K 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 804 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Lawrence Memorial District Library serves 2,633 people in and around Climax, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Climax.
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 Climax
Does Climax have a public library?
Yes. Lawrence Memorial District Library, 107 North Main Street, serves 2,633 people in and around Climax (the survey’s count) and is open about 26 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Lawrence Memorial District 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 Climax’s library?
It logged 1.4 visits and lent 1.3 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Climax’s civic life grade?
Climax 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 Climax.
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.