Photo: Classiv · CC BY-SA 4.0O'Fallon’s library is a branch of Saint Charles City-County Library District, which lends more per resident than 96% of systems its size
O'Fallon’s library is the Middendorf-Kredell Branch, a branch of Saint Charles City-County Library District, which serves 405,262 people and lent 6.1M items last year.
What O'Fallon’s library is like
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 55% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 97% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
A system of heavy borrowers
The Saint Charles City-County Library District system lends 11 print items per resident, against a typical 3.2 for libraries serving 100,000+ people, more than 96% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 3.9 e-items per resident, against a typical 1.4, higher than at 89% of similar-size libraries. It’s 26% of all loans. 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; O'Fallon’s library is a branch of Saint Charles City-County Library District, so they cover the whole system (405,262 people), not just the O'Fallon branch.
What’s behind O'Fallon’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, O'Fallon is ahead of 49% of U.S. towns, #150 of 229 in Missouri. O'Fallon is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; O'Fallon’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 →
206 community nonprofits are registered in O'Fallon
2.2 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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 (61 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 8 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
10.5%
10.5% of O'Fallon’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 O'Fallon’s residents live; 2022.
About 49 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Saint Charles City-County Library District serves 405,262 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 200 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Saint Charles City-County Library District system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
6.1M loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
1,581,773 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
3 places to borrow in O'Fallon
Middendorf-Kredell Branch, 2750 Highway K, O'Fallon.
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 Saint Charles City-County Library District branch.
New in O'Fallon? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other Saint Charles City-County Library District branches in O'Fallon
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $4.38 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average O'Fallon cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $2M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $89M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2M 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 240,337 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'Fallon | Middendorf-Kredell Branch fine-free | — | 63 | B− |
| St. Peters | Spencer Road Branch fine-free | — | 62 | B |
| Wentzville | Corporate Parkway Branch fine-free | — | 64 | B+ |
| Dardenne Prairie | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Lake St. Louis | None of its own | — | — | A |
| St. Paul | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Cottleville | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
| Weldon Spring | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Josephville | 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.
- System-wide. Middendorf-Kredell Branch is one branch of Saint Charles City-County Library District, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 405,262 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 O'Fallon
Does O'Fallon have a public library?
Yes: Middendorf-Kredell Branch, 2750 Highway K, is a branch of Saint Charles City-County Library District, which serves 405,262 people. The branch is open about 63 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Saint Charles City-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 O'Fallon’s library?
It logged 3.0 visits and lent 14.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is O'Fallon’s civic life grade?
B− O'Fallon is ahead of 49% of U.S. towns on civic life, #150 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 O'Fallon.
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.