Denton’s library lends 10 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Denton Public Library serves 500 people in and around Denton. Last year it lent 5,002 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,060 visits.
The short version on Denton’s library
People borrow more than they stay
Borrowing per resident is higher than at 86% of similar-size libraries, but visits are lower than at 72%. People come in, pick up their books and go. How it compares ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 0% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 99% of similar-size libraries. 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; Denton Public Library serves 500 people in and around Denton, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Denton’s civic life grade
Denton 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 →
Mostly books and media off the shelf
5,002 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Denton Public Library serves 500 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Denton Public Library system. The library’s own count.
40 programs a year
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
Denton Public Library, 515 Broadway, Denton.
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 $4.27 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Denton cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $20K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $84K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $20K 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 126 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Denton Public Library serves 500 people in and around Denton, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Denton.
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 Denton
Does Denton have a public library?
Yes. Denton Public Library, 515 Broadway, serves 500 people in and around Denton (the survey’s count) and is open about 35 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Denton Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Denton’s library?
It logged 2.1 visits and lent 10.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Denton’s civic life grade?
Denton 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 Denton.
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.