Photo: Lorie Shaull · CC BY-SA 4.0Emily Public Library serves Emily’s 869 residents
Emily Public Library serves Emily’s 869 residents.
Emily’s library, in brief
Few programs for a library this size
Emily Public Library offered 0 programs last year, 0 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60.
A small-town library
Emily Public Library serves 869 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 32 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 ↓
Runs on less money than most
Emily Public Library spends $4 per resident, less than 99% of similar-size libraries (typical: $54). 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Emily’s civic life grade
Emily 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 5 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Emily Public Library serves 869 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at City of Emily Public Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: visits and print loans. 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
City of Emily Public Library, 39811 State Highway 6, Emily.
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 Emily resident borrows (the library didn’t report its card count for 2024).
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $3,651.
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 resident’s month = the library’s yearly loans and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ the 869 people it serves ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily | City of Emily Public Library fine-free | — | 32 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Fifty Lakes | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Crooked Lake Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Fairfield Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Little Pine Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Not reported for 2024: visits. Emily Public Library didn’t report visits; the survey’s estimate is its own, so we leave it out and never rank it.
- Not reported for 2024: print loans. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left out.
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 Emily
Does Emily have a public library?
Yes. Emily Public Library, 39811 State Highway 6, serves Emily’s 869 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 32 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Emily Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Emily’s library?
It lent 0.0 items per resident in 2024 (print and digital). Visits weren’t reported for 2024.
What is Emily’s civic life grade?
Emily 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 Emily.
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.