First State Bank of LeRoy · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0Le Roy’s library lends 12 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Leroy Public Library serves Le Roy’s 974 residents. Last year it lent 13K books, movies and e-books and logged 4,854 visits.
What Le Roy’s library is like
A small-town library
Leroy Public Library serves 974 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 33 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 ↓
Kids borrow more here than almost anywhere
Children’s books and media are 51% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 92% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 41 items per child in Le Roy last year. Kids & programs ↓
The library is a National Register landmark
LeRoy Public Library has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986. Today’s library there has 1,710 square feet. The building ↓
Le Roy is a town of borrowers
Leroy Public Library lends 12 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, more than 90% 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 Le Roy’s civic life grade
Le Roy 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 →
45 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Le Roy last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Leroy Public Library serves 974 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 7 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
13K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 16K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.7 time last year, on average.
1,323 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card.
A National Register landmark since 1986
Leroy Public Library, 605 N Broadway, Le Roy.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
LeRoy Public Library
LeRoy Public Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Mar 20, 1986. It is significant for its education and architecture at the local level. Its architecture is described as Classical Revival.
The LeRoy Public Library is public library in Le Roy, Minnesota, United States. It is a member of Southeastern Libraries Cooperating, the library region serving southeastern Minnesota.
More about the building →For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.00 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Le Roy cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $99K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $199K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $99K 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 393 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 Le Roy
Does Le Roy have a public library?
Yes. Leroy Public Library, 605 N Broadway, serves Le Roy’s 974 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 33 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Leroy Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Le Roy’s library?
It logged 5.0 visits and lent 13.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Le Roy’s civic life grade?
Le Roy 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 Le Roy.
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. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places; photo via Wikimedia Commons. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.