Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Laddonia’s library is a branch of Mexico-Audrain County Library District, which lends less per resident than 65% of systems its size
Laddonia’s library is the Laddonia Branch, a branch of Mexico-Audrain County Library District, which serves 24,962 people and lent 89K items last year.
Laddonia’s library, in brief
Programs are almost all for children
88% of the 288 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 2.7 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Open only about 19 hours a week
The Laddonia branch keeps short hours: about 19 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
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; Laddonia’s library is a branch of Mexico-Audrain County Library District, so they cover the whole system (24,962 people), not just the Laddonia branch.
What’s behind Laddonia’s civic life grade
Laddonia 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Mexico-Audrain County Library District serves 24,962 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 12 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Mexico-Audrain County Library District system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
89K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
18,858 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 5 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
Laddonia Branch, 406 E Second St., Laddonia.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Mexico-Audrain County Library District branch.
New in Laddonia? 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 $1.41 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Laddonia cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $972K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.4M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $972K 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 11,997 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Laddonia Branch is one branch of Mexico-Audrain County Library District, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 24,962 people it serves.
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 Laddonia
Does Laddonia have a public library?
Yes: Laddonia Branch, 406 E Second St., is a branch of Mexico-Audrain County Library District, which serves 24,962 people. The branch is open about 19 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Mexico-Audrain County Library District 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 Laddonia’s library?
It logged 1.8 visits and lent 3.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Laddonia’s civic life grade?
Laddonia 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 Laddonia.
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.