Duck Creek Township’s library runs 117 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Puxico Public Library serves 873 people in and around Duck Creek Township. Last year it lent 1,616 books, movies and e-books and logged 2,435 visits.
What Duck Creek Township’s library is like
Programs are almost all for children
100% of the 102 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 0 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
A small-town library
Puxico Public Library serves 873 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 23 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 ↓
Programs draw a crowd
4,769 people came to the library’s 102 programs last year: 5.5 per resident, against a typical 0.7, more than at 98% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
A big collection for the borrowing it gets
Puxico Public Library holds 39,000 books and other items, but the average item went out less than once last year. 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 Duck Creek Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Duck Creek Township is ahead of 59% of U.S. towns, #128 of 229 in Missouri. Duck Creek Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Duck Creek Township’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
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 →
8 community nonprofits are registered in Duck Creek Township
3.0 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 (7 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
10.1%
10.1% of Duck Creek Township’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 9.3% in the typical Missouri 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 Duck Creek Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 2 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Puxico Public Library serves 873 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 1 item goes out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
1,616 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 39K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0 time last year, on average.
Find it
Puxico Public Library, 201 N Hickman St., Puxico.
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 $1.91 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Duck Creek Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $39K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $74K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $39K budget.
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 429 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Duck Creek Township ranks 3rd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Township | Keller Public Library of Dexter | 5.2 | 40 | B− |
| Castor Township | Bloomfield Public Library fine-free | 4.0 | 39 | C+ |
| Duck Creek Township | Puxico Public Library | 1.9 | 23 | B |
| New Lisbon Township | None of its own | — | — | — graded with its twin city |
| Fisk | 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.
- 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 Duck Creek Township
Does Duck Creek Township have a public library?
Yes. Puxico Public Library, 201 N Hickman St., serves 873 people in and around Duck Creek Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 23 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Puxico Public Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Duck Creek Township’s library?
It logged 2.8 visits and lent 1.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Duck Creek Township’s civic life grade?
B Duck Creek Township is ahead of 59% of U.S. towns on civic life, #128 of 229 in Missouri. 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 Duck Creek Township.
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.