Waldron’s library runs 264 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Waldron District Library serves 2,408 people in and around Waldron. Last year it logged 5,941 visits.
What Waldron’s library is like
Four times the programs of a typical library its size
Waldron District Library ran 635 programs last year, about 12 a week. That’s 264 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
Most programs are for young children
71% of the 635 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 3.8 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
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; Waldron District Library serves 2,408 people in and around Waldron, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Waldron’s civic life grade
Waldron 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 9 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 1 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Waldron District Library serves 2,408 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Waldron District Library
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Waldron District Library system. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: print loans and books & media on the shelves. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
Find it
Waldron District Library, 107 North Main Street, Waldron.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Waldron District Library branch.
New in Waldron? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Waldron cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $96K.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 900 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Not reported for 2024: print loans and books & media on the shelves. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left out.
- System-wide. Waldron District Library serves 2,408 people in and around Waldron, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Waldron.
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 Waldron
Does Waldron have a public library?
Yes. Waldron District Library, 107 North Main Street, serves 2,408 people in and around Waldron (the survey’s count) and is open about 37 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Waldron District Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Waldron’s library?
It logged 2.5 visits per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Waldron’s civic life grade?
Waldron 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 Waldron.
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.