Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0Stewartville’s library lends 4.9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Stewartville Public Library serves 10,813 people in and around Stewartville. Last year it lent 60K books, movies and e-books and drew 3,997 people to its programs.
What Stewartville’s library is like
Programs are almost all for children
91% of the 105 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1.3 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 59% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 72% 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; Stewartville Public Library serves 10,813 people in and around Stewartville, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Stewartville’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Stewartville is ahead of 78% of U.S. towns, #58 of 271 in Minnesota. Its library’s 2024 visits weren’t reported, so Stewartville is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Stewartville’s count of community nonprofits ranks highest.
The survey’s stand-in for Stewartville’s 2024 visits is its own estimate, so it is left out.
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 →
40 community nonprofits are registered in Stewartville
5.9 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
8.1%
8.1% of Stewartville’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 7.4% in the typical Minnesota town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Stewartville’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Stewartville Public Library serves 10,813 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 28 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Stewartville Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: visits. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
60K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
6,778 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 2 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.
Find it
Stewartville Public Library, 110 2nd Street SE, Stewartville.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Stewartville Public Library branch.
New in Stewartville? 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 $2.21 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Stewartville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $403K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $891K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $403K 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 3,492 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Not reported for 2024: visits. Stewartville Public Library didn’t report visits; the survey’s estimate is its own, so we leave it out and never rank it.
- System-wide. Stewartville Public Library serves 10,813 people in and around Stewartville, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Stewartville.
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 Stewartville
Does Stewartville have a public library?
Yes. Stewartville Public Library, 110 2nd Street SE, serves 10,813 people in and around Stewartville (the survey’s count) and is open about 42 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Stewartville 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 Stewartville’s library?
It lent 5.5 items per resident in 2024 (print and digital) and ran 105 programs that drew 3,997 people. Visits weren’t reported for 2024.
What is Stewartville’s civic life grade?
A− Stewartville is ahead of 78% of U.S. towns on civic life, #58 of 271 in Minnesota. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Stewartville.
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.