Egypt Township’s library logs 1.3 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Norborne Public Library serves 634 people in and around Egypt Township. Last year it lent 1,013 books, movies and e-books and logged 809 visits.
The short version on Egypt Township’s library
Norborne Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Norborne Public Library records 1.3 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 1.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $21 per resident, against a typical $54. How it compares ↓
A small-town library
Norborne Public Library serves 634 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 40 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 ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 7% of the people Norborne Public Library serves have a library card, against a typical 54% for its size. How it compares ↓
Runs on less money than most
Norborne Public Library spends $21 per resident, less than 90% 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 Egypt Township’s civic life grade
Egypt Township 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 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Norborne Public Library serves 634 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Norborne Public Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
1,013 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 13K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
18 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, 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
Norborne Public Library, 109 E Second St., Norborne.
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 $1.35 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Egypt Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $13K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $18K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $13K 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 46 cardholders ÷ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt Township | Norborne Public Library | 1.6 | 40 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Prairie Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Moss Creek Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Sugartree 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.
- 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 Egypt Township
Does Egypt Township have a public library?
Yes. Norborne Public Library, 109 E Second St., serves 634 people in and around Egypt Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Norborne Public Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Egypt Township’s library?
It logged 1.3 visits and lent 1.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Egypt Township’s civic life grade?
Egypt Township 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 Egypt 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.