Photo: Robert Ashworth from Bellingham, WA., USA · CC BY 2.0Culbertson’s library is a branch of Roosevelt County Library, which lends less per resident than 92% of systems its size
Culbertson’s library is the Culbertson Public Library, a branch of Roosevelt County Library, which serves 10,794 people and lent 12K items last year.
The short version on Culbertson’s library
Open only about 18 hours a week
The Culbertson branch keeps short hours: about 18 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
People visit, but borrow less than most
The Roosevelt County Library system lends 0.9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, fewer than 92% of similar-size libraries, though visits are closer to typical. 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; Culbertson’s library is a branch of Roosevelt County Library, so they cover the whole system (10,794 people), not just the Culbertson branch.
What’s behind Culbertson’s civic life grade
Culbertson 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 2 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Roosevelt County Library serves 10,794 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Roosevelt County Library system. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: spending. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
12K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
2,946 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card.
About 2 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Find it
Culbertson Public Library, 307 Broadway Ave, Culbertson.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Good at every Roosevelt County Library branch.
New in Culbertson? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Culbertson cardholder borrows.
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 4,876 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Not reported for 2024: spending. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left out.
- System-wide. Culbertson Public Library is one branch of Roosevelt County Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 10,794 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 Culbertson
Does Culbertson have a public library?
Yes: Culbertson Public Library, 307 Broadway Ave, is a branch of Roosevelt County Library, which serves 10,794 people. The branch is open about 18 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Roosevelt County Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Culbertson’s library?
It logged 3.5 visits and lent 1.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Culbertson’s civic life grade?
Culbertson 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 Culbertson.
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.