Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Montgomery City’s library logs 7.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Montgomery City Public Library serves Montgomery City’s 2,811 residents. Last year it lent 23K books, movies and e-books and logged 21K visits.
What Montgomery City’s library is like
People come to Montgomery City Public Library a lot
Montgomery City Public Library logs 7.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, more than 88% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing is above typical too, at 6.5 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
A place to get online
Montgomery City Public Library logs about 36 Wi-Fi sessions a day and has 9 public computers. That’s 4.7 sessions per resident a year. A year at the library ↓
A big collection for the borrowing it gets
Montgomery City Public Library holds 31,000 books and other items, but the average item went out about once every two years 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.
What’s behind Montgomery City’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Montgomery City is ahead of 96% of U.S. towns, #10 of 229 in Missouri. All three inputs are above most U.S. towns; Montgomery City’s count of community nonprofits ranks highest.
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 →
23 community nonprofits are registered in Montgomery City
8.3 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 (4 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
10.6%
10.6% of Montgomery City’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 Montgomery City’s residents live; 2022.
Every hour the doors are open, about 9 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Montgomery City Public Library serves 2,811 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
23K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 31K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.6 time last year, on average.
5,304 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program a week
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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Montgomery City last year.
Find it
Montgomery City Public Library, 224 N Allen St., Montgomery City.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Montgomery City? 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 $1.90 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Montgomery City cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $225K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $427K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $225K 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 2,244 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 Montgomery City
Does Montgomery City have a public library?
Yes. Montgomery City Public Library, 224 N Allen St., serves Montgomery City’s 2,811 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 51 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Montgomery City 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 Montgomery City’s library?
It logged 7.4 visits and lent 8.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Montgomery City’s civic life grade?
A+ Montgomery City is ahead of 96% of U.S. towns on civic life, #10 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 Montgomery City.
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.