Puxico’s library runs 117 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Puxico Public Library serves Puxico’s 873 residents. Last year it lent 1,616 books, movies and e-books and logged 2,435 visits.
The short version on Puxico’s library
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 Puxico’s civic life grade
Puxico 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 →
About 2 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Puxico last year.
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 Puxico 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.
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 Puxico
Does Puxico have a public library?
Yes. Puxico Public Library, 201 N Hickman St., serves Puxico’s 873 residents (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 Puxico’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 Puxico’s civic life grade?
Puxico 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 Puxico.
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.